Daily Headlines: Disaster Relief Defense Department to stop sharing microwave satellite data over cybersecurity risks, hobbling forecasters’ ability to track rapidly intensifying hurricanes ahead of peak season. June 28, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Labor Department’s shutdown of 120 Job Corps sites, ruling agency can’t “do as it pleases” when Congress funded program. June 26, 2025 View Details Federal wildland firefighter union warns Trump’s 90-day agency consolidation timeline during fire season could be disastrous as agencies face severe staffing shortages. June 21, 2025 View Details Trump orders Forest Service and Interior to merge wildfire programs during active fire season after 5,000 employees left agency through workforce cuts. June 17, 2025 View Details Trump announces plan to eliminate FEMA after hurricane season while immediately cutting disaster payments and forcing states to handle emergencies with less federal funding. June 11, 2025 View Details White House proposes shutting down chemical safety agency by October 2026 in new budget documents, despite board investigating fatal explosions and toxic disasters at industrial facilities nationwide. June 4, 2025 View Details FEMA head claims he was “joking” after telling staff he wasn’t aware hurricane season exists while Trump administration considers eliminating the disaster agency. June 3, 2025 View Details National Weather Service adds 125 new hires months after Trump administration cuts eliminated over 560 employees just before hurricane season begins. June 3, 2025 View Details FEMA acting administrator rescinds agency’s strategic plan less than two weeks before hurricane season starts. May 22, 2025 View Details Deadly Kentucky tornado that killed 14 people tracked by weather office struggling with staffing cuts that eliminated overnight shifts at many National Weather Service locations. May 18, 2025 View Details Internal FEMA review warns agency “is not ready” for hurricane season as Trump administration halts training, cuts 30% of staff, and disrupts critical preparations. May 16, 2025 View Details National Weather Service seeks internal transfers to fill 155 vacancies as Houston office loses all management and Kansas facility ends 24/7 operations, but hiring freeze remains. May 15, 2025 View Details New FEMA head Richardson tells staff he will ‘run right over’ those who resist changes as agency faces major cuts. May 10, 2025 View Details Acting FEMA head fired a day after testifying against closing the agency, sources say. May 9, 2025 View Details NOAA to discontinue weather disaster database as Trump administration cuts agency resources. May 9, 2025 View Details At a House hearing, Kristi Noem says FEMA should be scrapped and disaster aid converted to state grants. May 7, 2025 View Details FEMA ends door-to-door disaster outreach as Trump administration shifts aid responsibilities to states. May 6, 2025 View Details National Weather Service to resume translating forecasts after contract lapse endangered non-English speakers. April 27, 2025 View Details Trump administration cancels $400 million in AmeriCorps grants, cutting 41 percent of the agency’s 2025 budget. April 26, 2025 View Details DOGE orders AmeriCorps to cut disaster relief corps, stripping young workers of jobs and college aid. April 17, 2025 View Details FEMA denies disaster aid to Washington for bomb cyclone damage after Trump demands immigration and DEI compliance. April 15, 2025 View Details CDC lays off entire cruise outbreak team as infected ship docks and norovirus spikes in Florida. April 13, 2025 View Details Dozens of DHS staffers given lie detector tests over leak probe, with at least one FEMA employee escorted out. April 13, 2025 View Details Noem gives 260,000 DHS employees one week to apply for buyouts in late-night email. April 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration doesn’t renew contract for translating weather alerts and forecasts, cutting access for non-English speakers. April 8, 2025 View Details DHS gives FEMA chief lie detector test after leak of Noem meeting on plan to eliminate agency. April 6, 2025 View Details Rubio-led State Department fires U.S. aid workers while they conduct earthquake relief in Myanmar, where over 3,000 have died. April 6, 2025 View Details Trump administration ends disaster prep grant program for communities, cancels pending funds and past awards. April 5, 2025 View Details Trump pledges U.S. aid after Asia quake kills over 1,000 as former USAID disaster chief calls response system ‘in shambles’. March 29, 2025 View Details Noem said the Trump administration plans to eliminate FEMA’s long-term disaster programs and eliminate the agency’s rebuilding role. March 27, 2025 View Details FEMA hiring overhaul puts most disaster-response workers under DHS review as Trump and Noem move to gut the agency before hurricane season. March 23, 2025 View Details Musk ally who helped slash programs at USAID and CFPB appointed to top USAID role. March 20, 2025 View Details Johns Hopkins Univ. has begun laying off more than 2,000 workers after the WH cut USAID funding for programs it administers. March 14, 2025 View Details The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued FEMA for halting $40M in emergency alert system upgrades, saying it endangers real-time disaster warnings. March 14, 2025 View Details Federal Judge Amir Ali ordered the White House to provide a status report by Friday on unpaid invoices to relief groups for work done before Feb. 13. March 12, 2025 View Details Secretary of State Marco Rubio says 83% of USAID’s programs have been eliminated, with the State Department taking over the rest. March 11, 2025 View Details FEMA cancels National Fire Academy classes days before new training group set to begin. March 9, 2025 View Details Judge rules FEMA doesn’t have to immediately return $80 million to NYC. March 7, 2025 View Details United Nations’ WFP closes Johannesburg hub after Trump aid cuts, shifts its hub 2,500 miles away to Nairobi. March 5, 2025 View Details After firing 1,000 FEMA employees, Trump saw over a dozen senior executives leave and has threatened to disband the disaster relief agency. February 28, 2025 View Details Fired USAID employees and HIV advocates protested in the Capitol including a “die-in”. Police arrested 20 people. February 27, 2025 View Details Trump slashes 90% of foreign aid contracts, $60 billion cut. February 27, 2025 View Details Roberts issues emergency stay, USAID funds remain frozen, answers due Friday at Supreme Court. February 27, 2025 View Details USAID offices given to Customs and Border Protection February 25, 2025 View Details Hundreds at USAID’s humanitarian aid bureau were fired by email late Friday night, raising doubts about Rubio’s claims of aid delivery February 25, 2025 View Details FEMA prohibited employees from speaking to the media and plans to fire hundreds tomorrow February 24, 2025 View Details Trump admin denies Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s request to extend FEMA deadline for Hurricane Helene victims February 24, 2025 View Details Homeland Security Kristi Noem said she would advise Trump to get rid of FEMA as its built today February 23, 2025 View Details FEMA has prohibited employees from speaking to the media without authorization and plans to fire hundreds of people on Tuesday. February 18, 2025 View Details Trump’s administration has denied Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s request to extend the FEMA assistance deadline for Hurricane Helene victims. February 18, 2025 View Details
