President Trump derided FEMA as politicized and inadequate. North Carolina is a reality check for needed reforms.

The federal response to the California wildfires has so far mimicked the government’s response to Hurricane Helene hitting North Carolina in September 2024. In both instances, President Joe Biden ...

Trump said Michael Whatley, a North Carolina native and chair of the ... disasters when local leaders request a presidential emergency declaration, a signal that the damage is beyond the state's ...

President Donald Trump said he was considering "getting rid of FEMA” as he visited hurricane-battered North ... to disasters when local leaders request a presidential emergency declaration ...

causing devastating flooding in western North Carolina on Sept. 27. The next day, Biden approved a disaster declaration for North Carolina. The Palisades fire in Los Angeles began as a brushfire ...