What Is the International Emergency Economic Powers Act?
President Trump said he was using powers granted under the law to impose tariffs on the United States’ largest trading ...
Explainer: What is FEMA, US emergency agency under fire from Trump?
President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council for the Federal Emergency Management ...
Black Hawk helicopter was on emergency evacuation trial run before Washington DC crash, officials say
A senior army chief defended the helicopter's flight near a busy airport, pointing to the sensitive nature of its mission.
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Get rid of FEMA? Trump-appointed group to look at shifting disaster response to states
Trump, who proposed doing away with the Federal Emergency Management Agency altogether while on a tour of disaster scenes in ...
What to Know About the Passenger Jet, Army Helicopter Collision Near Washington, D.C.
Air traffic controller audio TIME retrieved from LiveATC.net revealed what happened moments before the collision. The tower ...
U.S. Figure Skaters Were on Plane that Crashed in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Figure Skating confirmed that athletes were onboard the plane that crashed with a helicopter in Washington, D.C.
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How FEMA works and why Trump is threatening to kill it
In addition to coordinating a direct federal response to natural disasters, FEMA manages preventive measures such as the National Flood Preparedness Program. Headquartered in Washington ...
Head of disaster relief agency FEMA reassures staff after Trump criticism
The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote to staff reassuring them that the agency's continued ...
Emergency crews search for survivors after midair crash near Washington
A passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided midair near Reagan National Airport, prompting a large-scale search and ...
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Trump takes aim at FEMA in new executive order
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that establishes a task force to conduct a review of the Federal Emergency Management Agency after he trashed the agency in trips to North Carolina ...
No survivors found after Wichita plane crashed in Washington, D.C. Here’s what we know
The plane collided with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.
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What is FEMA, the agency Trump has threatened to get rid of?
(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Ahead of a tour of two states recently struck by natural disasters, President Donald Trump on Friday proposed overhauling the Federal Emergency Management ...