David Richardson, Trump's head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said he only recently learned there's such a thing ...

President Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly floated the idea of terminating the emergency disaster agency.

In April, FEMA rejected North Carolina’s application for an emergency aid extension as the state grappled with recovery ...

According to the White House, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is taking hurricane season planning "seriously " ...

In a meeting with FEMA staff, David Richardson said he was unaware the United States had a hurricane season. Two staff ...

David Richardson’s comment to staff that he was unaware the United States had a hurricane season was meant in jest, the ...

The remark was made during a briefing by David Richardson, who has led the Federal Emergency Management Agency since early ...

It was a problem when the acting FEMA chief jokingly said he didn't know the U.S. has a hurricane season, but it wasn't the ...

The agency’s leader suggested he recently learned there was an annual hurricane season.

A spokesperson said that David Richardson, acting administrator of FEMA as of early May, was joking. During the briefing, ...

The head of the FEMA said he didn’t know about hurricane season, raising major concerns about the agency. DHS issued a ...

The timing of the supposed joke, however, remains questionable as hurricane season in the United States just began this week ...