The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has billions of dollars in disaster funds, which are used to reimburse states for eligible recovery efforts after major disasters, contrary to posts online saying FEMA has “no money” to respond to the wildfires in southern California.
Southern California residents are being proactive about new fire threats while others are in the process of healing and recovering from what has burned down.
President Donald Trump warned FEMA is set to face reckoning for not doing its job for four years under the Biden administration, he said in an exclusive interview with Sean Hannity.
California wildfire victims are eligible for ... The Serious Needs Assistance Program is one of a number of FEMA programs currently in place to offer Californians relief as coordinated wildfire ...
“JUST IN: Biden just announced California fire victims are being given $770,” tweeted Nick Sortor, a self-described “independent journalist.” “Barely a FEW NIGHTS in a hotel out here in LA. Why are Americans given pennies while foreigners are given blank checks?!”
Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.), whose district has been damaged by the Eaton Fire, criticized FEMA for reportedly rejecting disaster assistance claims because of a lack of insurance information.
Trump made similar false claims about FEMA being out of money in the wake of Hurricane Helene in the fall.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is undergoing streamlining in Congress to make its disaster relief more effective.
President Donald Trump will visit storm-ravaged North Carolina on Friday in his first trip outside Washington since the start of his second term.
President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal disaster aid for wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles unless California leaders change the state’s approach on its management of water
In his first sit-down interview since the inauguration, Trump called it ‘sad’ that Biden had not pardoned himself, spoke of abolishing FEMA, and berated California Gov. Gavin ‘Newscum.’