Tag: FEMA

FEMA Didn’t Properly Vet Border Nonprofits That Received Millions in Federal Funds: Inspector General

Border relief organizations were not made to provide all required documentation before the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) granted them millions in humanitarian relief funds under a Biden-era program, according to a new report by the DHS Inspector General. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) handles the distribution of federal humanitarian relief funds. One of…


LIVE 4 PM ET: FEMA Gives Updates on East Palestine Train Derailment Recovery (March 2)

The Federal Emergency management Agency (FEMA) holds a briefing at 4:00 p.m. ET on March 2 on the recovery efforts of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. …


FEMA Gives Updates on East Palestine Train Derailment Recovery (March 2)

The Federal Emergency management Agency (FEMA) holds a briefing at 4:00 p.m. ET on March 2 on the recovery efforts of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. …


LIVE NOW: FEMA Updates on East Palestine Train Derailment Recovery (Feb. 28)

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) holds a briefing at 4:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 28 to update the public on recovery efforts in the aftermath of the East Palestine train derailment. …


FEMA Updates on East Palestine Train Derailment Recovery (Feb. 28)

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) holds a briefing at 4:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 28 to update the public on recovery efforts in the aftermath of the East Palestine train derailment. …


Five Months On, Victims of Hurricane Ian Are Still Living in Limbo

MATLACHA, Fla.—Jeff Funchion sits in a wicker loveseat in the slim shade of a travel trailer with a fan pushing air and carpets unrolled before him on a crushed-shell driveway with a 50-foot long cement pad at the end. He’s waiting for a buyer this Sunday afternoon, hoping someone will come along and purchase his…


FEMA and Other Agencies Give Update on East Palestine Train Derailment Recovery (Feb. 27)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) holds a briefing on the East Palestine train derailment recovery efforts at 4:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 27. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Debra Shore, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, FEMA Region 5 Regional Administrator Thomas C. Sivak, CDC/ATSDR Team Lead Jill Shugart, Pennsylvania Department of Health Deputy Secretary Dr. Wendy Braund,…


Ukraine or Ohio? Biden’s ‘America Last’ Agenda

While Ohio reels from a train derailment carrying hazardous chemicals, what do Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and President Joe Biden do? Buttigieg stayed silent for far too long. Eventually, he blamed a Trump-era policy, which turned out to be a fabrication to cover up the real problem. Biden, on the other hand, took this time…


Biden Admin’s ‘Migrants First, Americans Last’ Policy

Commentary President Joe Biden’s “Put Americans Last” policy is on full display at the chemical spill disaster in Ohio. Fearing for their lives, local residents of the small town of East Palestine, Ohio, have been forced to evacuate their homes, their eyes burning, their skin mottled with rashes, their drinking water suspect—yet the Federal Emergency…


Biden Administration Facing Criticism for Ohio Toxic Train Derailment Response

Facing scrutiny from Republicans and Democrats for what critics are calling a slow response to the Feb. 3 toxic train derailment in East Palestine, the Biden administration on Feb. 17 announced it would send more help to the eastern Ohio village after pleas from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Sen. J.D.Vance (R-Ohio), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)…