🌪️FEMA Under Fire: Trump Pushes Disaster Response to States
Disaster & Emergency Management
Constitutional Law
Trump established review council to potentially eliminate FEMA on January 26, 2025, while ordering states to take primary responsibility for disaster preparedness. Federal disaster coordination faces major structural changes.
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How many members does Trump's FEMA Review Council include?
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How much money did Florida receive from the federal government after Hurricane Irma in 2017?
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Trump accused FEMA of having what type of bias in disaster response?
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Which legislators introduced a bill to make FEMA a cabinet-level agency?
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What amount did Congress appropriate for FEMA in the last full-year spending bill?
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What did Senator Lindsey Graham say Trump's preferred approach would be for states?
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Who are the two co-chairs of Trump's FEMA Review Council?
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What is the title of Trump's executive order shifting disaster preparedness to states?
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What did Trump call FEMA when visiting Los Angeles fires in January?
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When is the FEMA Review Council's report due to the president?
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Which president signed the executive order in 1979 establishing FEMA?
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President Trump has the legal authority to abolish FEMA without congressional approval.
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Trump accused FEMA of spending over $1 billion to support migrants.
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The FEMA Review Council has requested public comments about the agency's performance.
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