In a shift, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared on Sunday to walk back earlier plans for a sweeping dismantling of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying Trump wants to "remake" ...

A New York Times report found thousands of calls to FEMA went unanswered after the Department of Homeland Security laid off ...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is under fire amid reports of a botched disaster response effort in Texas, one that the editorial board of the state’s biggest newspaper is comparing to ...

Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem denied that Texas flood victims could not contact FEMA's call centers in the days following the disaster.

Senator Gary Peters exposed Secretary Kristi Noem for gutting FEMA's disaster relief programs during a recent Senate hearing.

Kristi Noem Fucked Up FEMA’s Response to Texas Floods Noem took more than three days to sign off on additional FEMA requests for rescue efforts in Texas—a needless hurdle she herself ...

Noem’s DHS, which oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is defending its approach after four FEMA officials told CNN that a new cost-cutting measure requiring her personal sign-off ...

With hurricane season already underway, multiple sources told CNN that Noem’s policy threatens to bog down FEMA’s rapid-response efforts – and could choke off critical aid when every second ...

The Homeland Security chief denied that a memo she issued in June requiring her to approve FEMA expenditures over $100,000 ...

Unpacking reports Noem's cost controls delayed FEMA's Texas flood response Noem reportedly issued a directive requiring all contracts and grants over $100,000 to receive her personal sign off for ...

It needs to be redeployed in a new way, and that's what we did during this response," Noem said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "It's not just FEMA that can respond in these situations.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is tightening her grip on her department’s purse strings, ordering that every contract and grant over $100,000 must now cross her desk for approval ...