1 day ago · Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she supports the idea of getting “rid of FEMA” as part of President Donald Trump’s massive overhaul of the federal government. “I would say ...

1 day ago · Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that she is in favor of getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in its current form. “I would say, yes, get rid of FEMA the way ...

1 day ago · Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she wants President Trump to “get rid” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as it exists today. Noem joined CNN’s “State of the ...

1 day ago · Then-South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on January 17 in Washington, D.C.

1 day ago · Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she supports the notion of shutting down the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Last month, when he visited the North Carolina region affected by Hurricane Helene and Los Angles amid its wildfires, President Donald Trump said that he was considering "getting rid of FEMA.". Trump said state governments, not federal, should handle disasters, and he ...

Noem said she would recommend offering block grants to states and local officials in place of FEMA’s current work. She said South Dakota saw 12 different natural disasters during her time as ...

1 day ago · Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday she'd encourage President Trump to shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency "as it exists today.". The big picture: The president has said he's considered "getting rid of" FEMA entirely, an agency that many in the GOP have accused of bias and that Trump has blasted for its response to recent natural disasters.

22 hours ago · Noem's remarks on FEMA echoed Trump's remarks on the agency. During the president's Jan. 24 visit to Swannanoa he suggested abolishing the agency. FEMA operates under the U.S. Department of ...

1 day ago · Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem said Sunday that she would recommend to President Donald Trump that he “get rid of FEMA the way it exists today” and allow local officials to have ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tells CNN’s Dana Bash that there should still be a federal role in disaster relief but says Trump should “get rid of FEMA the way it exists today.”