A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people. Those staffing cuts did not cause the high number of deaths in the flash floods on July 4, experts said.

Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas ...

Almost 120 people are dead across Central Texas after flooding over the July 4th weekend. More than 170 people are considered missing, according to officials.

There's no sense in finger-pointing over whether or not alerts went out fast enough in Texas, said Landry. As she sees it, preparing for the weather comes down to knowing the landscape where you live ...

For years, employees say, they've had to do more with less. But the ability to fill in the gaps became strained to the ...

Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can ...

Days after the passage of a sprawling domestic policy bill, the Trump administration announced moves that could further ...

More than 100 people are dead after heavy rainfall overwhelmed a river in central Texas. Here's what we know about Trump's ...

FEMA staff have also been answering phones at a disaster call center, where, according to one agency official, callers have ...

U.S. House Democrats are pushing for a federal hearing on the government's disaster response to Texas flooding.

Noem demanding to sign off on all FEMA expenditures over $100K and staff says it’s impacting emergency response - FEMA regularly uses millions of dollars in federal funding to assist states in disaste ...

The Trump administration has resumed sending defensive weapons to Ukraine after a brief pause, raising questions about ...