The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA and the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, confirmed to ...

DHS downplays FEMA Chief questioning hurricane season a ‘joke’ - FEMA chief David Richardson alarmed staff members Monday when he reportedly made the remark during a briefing with staff members ...

Richardson also denied a report from The New York Times that 84% of calls to FEMA went unanswered on July 7, three days after the July 4 floods, because Noem let lapse contract renewals with ...

Richardson also denied a report from The New York Times that 84% of calls to FEMA went unanswered on July 7, three days after the July 4 floods, because Noem let lapse contract renewals with ...

David Richardson told a House panel of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure that he couldn't see anything the administration had done wrong. He called the response “a model for how ...

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to the central Texas floods that killed at least 136 people.

Richardson's appearance came after a wave of criticism and fallout over the response, including the resignation Monday of FEMA's urban search and rescue leader. President Donald Trump and Homeland ...