Trump announces FEMA elimination plan after 2025 hurricane season
Trump announced June 2025 that FEMA would be eliminated by December 2025, after Atlantic hurricane season ends in November. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed elimination plans. 20-member FEMA Review Council formed May 2025 to recommend changes by mid-November. Trump wants states to handle disasters with federal reimbursement. Agency projected to lose 30% of workforce (26,000 to 18,000) by year end. Project 2025 calls for reducing federal disaster relief from 75% to 25%, privatizing flood insurance.
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- Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season (2025-06-11)
- The Trump administration says it wants to eliminate FEMA. Here's what we know (2025-06-26)
- FEMA set for elimination, Noem says, amid bipartisan House reform proposal (2025-03-26)
- Trump Moves to Abolish FEMA, Shift Disaster Response to States (2025-03-21)
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