The future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is uncertain as President Donald Trump has suggested he may overhaul or eliminate the agency.

President Donald Trump criticized the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday and floated the idea of eliminating the agency.

As President Donald Trump wraps up his first week in office, he has already sparked a major discussion on disaster response, particularly in Florida.

FEMA just hasn’t done the job,” the president said in North Carolina. “We’re looking at the whole concept of FEMA.”

President Donald Trump floated “getting rid” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday as he visited western North Carolina to survey the damage and recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene.

The president said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been too bureaucratic and slow in its response to disasters.

President Donald Trump said he'll sign executive order to eliminate or overhaul FEMA on Friday. What would that mean for Mississippi disaster relief?

President Donald Trump assailed the agency as he toured areas of North Carolina that were ravaged by Hurricane Helene.

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Although President Donald Trump has floated eliminating FEMA with an executive order, he does not have unilateral authority, according to federal law.

President Trump on Wednesday was sharply critical of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), suggesting at one point states should handle their own response to natural disasters but still

Shifting positions: Trump administration officials continued to reverse or revise the government’s stance on multiple fronts, including active Supreme Court cases, Jan. 6 prosecutions, school book bans, foreign aid programs and gender definitions. Mr. Trump also reinstated a Republican anti-abortion policy known as the “Mexico City Rule.”