Disaster victims can be hurt significantly if reform isn’t approached “smartly” and with an unwavering commitment to the agency’s mission, according to Pete Gaynor, who ran FEMA for two ...

President Donald Trump announced plans to reform FEMA following the 2025 hurricane season, ... Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, who serves on the council, supports the initiative.

“We have to reform FEMA. The long-term recovery, whether it’s Vermont or the tragedy in Texas, is too bureaucratic, is too slow, it’s too centralized in Washington,” he said. “And my initiative would ...

California frequently suffers some of the costliest disasters in the country. Now state officials fear they’ll be left to ...