The National Fire Academy, the country's preeminent federal fire training academy, has canceled classes effective immediately amid the ongoing flurry of funding freezes and staffing cuts by President ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A local woman's house was severely damaged after multiple storms. Then, she turned to the ABC7 I-Team for ...

The FEMA/state centers open Wednesday to help those recovering from the July 13-16, 2024 severe storms, tornadoes, ...

A senior official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency instructed subordinates to freeze funding for a wide array of grant programs Monday, just hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump ...

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Hundreds of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees were fired as part of a wave of terminations of federal workers over the holiday weekend and Tuesday, according to agency officials.

Jennifer Nou, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, said the legality of FEMA’s decision depends the length of the pause in enforcement. If FEMA stops enforcing the flood rule for ...

Staff from FEMA Region 5 will hold a free ... ‘It’s more urgent now’: Protests have taken over Chicago. Here’s what to know. 'It's more urgent now': Protests have taken over Chicago.

Four FEMA officials were fired Tuesday. Tricia McLaughlin, spokesperson for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, declined to name the four officials. When asked why they were let go ...