Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis promised that the federal government would reimburse the state for the costs of "Alligator Alcatraz," but doing so would make the detention facility subject to environmental reviews Florida ignored.
This isn't the first time FEMA has faced scrutiny for partisan bias.
After criticizing the agency for being ineffective for months, the Trump administration now plans to reform it to supplement state disaster response efforts.
More questions arise over how Florida’s newest immigration detention center is being funded by the Trump administration.
The Florida attorney general stated that the facilities will add 5,000 beds and be operational as early as the first week of July.
Plus: Romanian democracy, FEMA's insane policies, Maher on trans kids, and more...
One perk that may materialize from Elon Musk upending the federal bureaucracy is the downfall of the government’s obsessive use of abbreviations.
One grant for $1.1 billion was supported by one sheet of paper and didn’t include itemized costs for the project.
The agency is ineffective, duplicative, and expensive.
FEMA has given Americans every reason to believe it is highly politicized, a poor steward of federal resources, bad at establishing priorities, and often unable to communicate clearly to people in distress.
Government agencies and officials can’t be trusted, so we should give them less to do.
Someone did allegedly threaten first responders, but the panic may have done more damage.
The relief effort after Hurricane Helene is powered by private citizens, and volunteers have discovered that it's better to ask forgiveness than permission.
The Vice President of the United Cajun Navy, Brian Trascher, discusses effective disaster response and the problems with FEMA.
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As hurricane damage mounts, the government is buying—and sometimes seizing—homes in flood-prone areas, sparking concerns over property rights and accusations of discrimination.
Goal 1 of FEMA's strategic plan is to "instill equity as a foundation of emergency management."
To give storm victims the best chance at recovery, let local knowledge and markets guide decisions.
How the National Flood Insurance Program subsidizes living in high-risk flood zones.
Government is "promoting bad behavior," says Sen. Rand Paul. He's right.
Department of Homeland Security
Break it up into fewer, smaller agencies that are more accountable to pre-9/11 departments.
It shouldn't be the federal government's responsibility to protect wealthy homeowners from the inevitable.
The G Word, a new documentary, only occasionally covers serious issues. But it opts not to do honest reporting.
No, a big storm does not require big government.
After a Category 1 hurricane made landfall Sunday, a million Puerto Rican households are still without power.
Wanda Vázquez, the latest in a string of Puerto Rican officials to face criminal corruption charges, is accused of bribery and mail fraud charges during her failed 2020 reelection campaign.
The COVID-conscious advice from the federal government's primary disaster response agency is silly. It's also outdated.
The senator's opposition to past disaster relief bills has always been on the grounds that congressional budgets should mean something.
Department of Homeland Security
The consolidation of numerous unrelated government agencies within a single department has led to decades of waste, mismanagement, and terrible abuses of authority.
The episode illustrates the perils of confirmation bias on both sides of the debate about disease control measures.
Puerto Rico is temporarily free from Buy American restrictions on crucial protective medical gear thanks to FEMA.
But what he will do with that power remains uncertain.
Unclear and contradictory procedure guidelines slowed down relief efforts in Puerto Rico in 2017. Will it happen again this year? Probably.
At the height of the agency's deployments in the summer of 2017, 54 percent of staff were serving in a capacity for which they were not fully qualified.
Naomi Klein misses the meaning of "the miracles Puerto Ricans have been quietly pulling off while their government fails them."
A report from Florida's ravaged Panhandle.
Most of us got a "presidential alert" text today. Is that something we really want?
One of his unauthorized trips included a tour of a pineapple plantation with his family.
FEMA confirmed the investigation just one day after admitting to leaving nearly a million water bottles for storm victims on an airstrip.
The "Waffle House Index" shows some differences between the private and public sector when it comes to emergency preparedness.
But yeah, I'm sure FEMA is ready for Hurricane Florence.
If FEMA's prior record when it comes to disaster response is any indication, the agency is not going to handle this well.
Former FEMA personnel chief Corey Coleman is accused of nepotism and sexual harassment.
Free money and poor oversight sap the incentive of localities to prepare for disasters or respond to them effectively.
Is rebuilding after disasters the government's responsibility?
The Texas governor sells out his supposed principles for billions in federal aid.
