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DHS to cut 75% of staff in intelligence office amid heightened threat environment
The Department of Homeland Security's intelligence arm plans to cut nearly three-quarters of its full-time employees, shaving ...
Emergency conflagration act invoked as fire in eastern Oregon triggers evacuations warnings
In Umatilla County, another wildfire broke out around 5 p.m., closing all lanes of traffic on Interstate 84 near milepost 133 ...
DHS to cut 75% of staff in its intelligence office amid heightened threat environment
The Department of Homeland Security's intelligence arm plans to cut nearly three-quarters of its full-time employees, shaving ...
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Florida Hasn't Applied for $450 Million Reimbursement for Alligator Alcatraz, DHS, FEMA Say
MIAMI—A day after Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz detention facility received its first van-load of undocumented immigrants, the state still hasn’t applied f ...
‘We’ve been ghosted by FEMA’: Officials across country say they can’t get answers on critical funding
As hurricane season bears down, a new layer of uncertainty is spreading through the disaster response system: a wall of ...
States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up
Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders ...
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When disaster strikes, your local congressional office can help
"Work with your liaisons, work with your state and local counterparts to make sure that no matter what happens, you are as ...
Government Executive6d
Cuts to FEMA and other agencies will lead to slow disaster response, former administrator says
It just slows down the entire response and delays the recovery process from starting,” the previous FEMA chief said.
Trump is cutting holes in America’s natural disaster safety net
The Trump administration is weakening FEMA’s ability to respond to disasters and refusing to provide federal funding for ...