Exclusive: Power struggles and paralysis: Inside FEMA’s lost year as storm season approaches
- Posted on May 31, 2026
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Exclusive: Power struggles and paralysis: Inside FEMA’s lost year as storm season approaches
In late December, the chief of staff for Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley sent a sharply worded email to the White House, subject line “Five Alarm Fire.” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s “ridiculous” stranglehold on FEMA was choking off funds his California district needed — a district, the email noted, that President Donald Trump had carried.
