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The Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sign over the entrance to the Federal Center Plaza in Washington, D.C., February 15, 2026. (REUTERS/Ken Cedeno)
Mar 27, 2026

FEMA resumes disaster prevention program it canceled last year

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it was resuming a disaster prevention program canceled last year and reopening it to funding applications following legal setbacks.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters is photographer in Washington, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Aug 27, 2025

Some FEMA staff are put on leave after signing dissent letter

Over 180 FEMA staff signed a dissent letter. Some employees were placed on administrative leave after criticizing cuts to disaster response capacity.

Work progresses on a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades in Ochopee, Florida, on July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Aug 25, 2025

Feds fight to keep ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ open amid legal battle as 3rd challenge is filed

The DOJ asks a Miami judge to pause her order closing Florida’s Everglades detention center as lawsuits cite civil rights and environmental violations.

Rana Mourer waves an American flag outside of the migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Saturday, July 12, 2025 in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Alexandra Rodriguez)
Jul 30, 2025

Judge considers whether ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ challenge was filed in wrong venue

State attorneys argue lawsuit over Everglades migrant facility was filed in the wrong venue; critics say it threatens wetlands and detainees' rights.

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