Long delays in FEMA assistance brought bipartisan complaints, especially in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene in 2024.

The legislation comes as federal disaster programs have faced criticism for slow deployment of aid following major natural disasters.

North Carolina is still waiting for billions in federal disaster dollars to fully support recovery from Hurricane Helene, one ...

The Trump administration is releasing more than $5 billion in long-delayed disaster aid to states – but not to several ...

The report says more than 1,000 FEMA contracts, grants or disaster aid awards have been delayed or remain pending.

A report by Senate Democrats found that scrutiny of large FEMA expenditures slowed housing and employment assistance for ...

Deborah Ross (D-N.C.) drew attention to the money while criticizing Noem at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, saying the disaster aid was “magically” release ...

U.S. Senator Gary Peters, D‑MI, ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new ...

The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in disaster aid that was previously awaiting approval from Homeland ...

The payments to states drain a large share of FEMA's budget reserves, raising questions about the agency’s ability to respond ...

Maryland officials say they are gathering the data needed to pursue federal disaster aid for the state’s struggling oyster ...

The California Assembly this week called on President Donald Trump and Congress to send $34 billion in supplemental disaster ...