The future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is uncertain as President Donald Trump has suggested he may overhaul or eliminate the agency.

As President Donald Trump wraps up his first week in office, he has already sparked a major discussion on disaster response, particularly in Florida.

President Donald Trump criticized the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday and floated the idea of eliminating the agency.

A key population harmed by Donald Trump’s proposed shutdown of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be Americans living in “tornado alley” in the central U.S. and the flood and hurricane states of the southeast, which include a huge percentage of the president’s MAGA supporters.

President Donald Trump floated “getting rid” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday as he visited western North Carolina to survey the damage and recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene.

FEMA just hasn’t done the job,” the president said in North Carolina. “We’re looking at the whole concept of FEMA.”

The president said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been too bureaucratic and slow in its response to disasters.

President Donald Trump said he'll sign executive order to eliminate or overhaul FEMA on Friday. What would that mean for Mississippi disaster relief?

President Donald Trump assailed the agency as he toured areas of North Carolina that were ravaged by Hurricane Helene.

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Although President Donald Trump has floated eliminating FEMA with an executive order, he does not have unilateral authority, according to federal law.

From abolishing FEMA to ratcheting up the president's immigration spat with Columbia, Republicans are in lockstep with even the most contentious parts of Donald Trump's mandate.