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FEMA’s search and rescue chief resigned because of ICE Barbie Kristi Noem’s sluggish response to the Texas flooding disaster, sources have told CNN. Ken Pagurek had become increasingly frustrated with ...
The scrutiny on the agency comes as President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned the necessity of FEMA and called for states to take a greater role in disaster response.
The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can ...
States used to be on their own when a disaster hit. Then the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and the Dust Bowl showed ...
Since taking office, President Trump has called for the elimination of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, suggesting it ...
Ken Pagurek, head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, resigns following delayed response to Texas floods ...
The last straw for the Senior FEMA Leader was the 72-hour delay to deploy search and rescue teams to the catastrophic ...
Former FEMA official Jeremy Edwards joined Morning Joe after the resignation of the agency’s Urban Search and Rescue chief, who reportedly quit over the Trump administration’s delayed response to ...
FEMA was ready to respond to this week's floods in Texas—but was delayed by administrative hurdles and approval processes ...
Ken Pagurek, head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, resigns following delayed response to Texas floods ...