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U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled Sept. 11 that a DHS plan to cut FEMA's staffing by 50% — more than 11,000 employees — was unlawful. Illston found DHS, then led by Secretary Kristi Noem, directed FEMA's leadership...
FEMA's office of the administrator emailed staff on the evening of September 4, 2026 that the Department of Homeland Security, working with the Justice Department, would use a conference center inside FEMA's Washington...
The Government Accountability Office reported on Aug. 4, 2026 that FEMA reduced its workforce without basing the decisions on any analysis of current staffing or any forecast of what future disasters would require. GAO...
CNN reported in the week of July 7, 2025, citing multiple sources inside the agency, that FEMA's response to the July 4 flash floods in the Texas Hill Country was slowed by a policy Homeland Security Secretary Kristi...