January 26, 2025
Homeland Security council targets FEMA abolition under Stafford Act review
Trump establishes council to potentially eliminate FEMA, shifts disasters to states
🌪️Disaster Management📜Constitutional Law
Trump established review council to potentially eliminate FEMA on Jan. 26, 2025, while ordering states to take primary responsibility for disaster preparedness
FEMA coordinates national disaster response capability developed after Hurricane Katrina revealed state-level inadequacies
States cannot replicate federal logistics, communications, and resource coordination systems for multi-state disasters
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program funds flood mitigation, wildfire prevention, and hurricane preparedness projects
Private insurers withdraw from hurricane, earthquake, and wildfire coverage when federal reinsurance programs end
Climate change increases disaster frequency and intensity precisely when federal coordination capacity faces elimination
Wealthy states can afford emergency systems while poor states lack resources for catastrophic disaster response
🌪️Disaster Management📜Constitutional Law
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Trump accused FEMA of spending over $1 billion to support migrants.
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How many members does Trump's FEMA Review Council include?
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Trump accused FEMA of having what type of bias in disaster response?
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What did Trump call FEMA when visiting Los Angeles fires in January?
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The FEMA Review Council has requested public comments about the agency's performance.
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