Western North Carolina's Congressman, U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, has been asked by President Trump to help overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency, thanks to his appointment to a newly created FEMA task force.

The president issued an executive order Friday launching a year-long review of the agency’s recent disaster responses.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) praised President Donald Trump’s actions since taking office just one week ago, arguing there is a “new sheriff in town” and there will be “no daylight” between Congress and the White House on addressing issues including immigration,

From natural disasters to homeland security, FEMA’s development tells the story of resilience, adaptation and innovation in emergency management

New Mexico Democrats on Tuesday lambasted President Donald Trump’s order for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans, saying it created “chaos” and could potentially have dire consequences for many programs in a state that historically has received large amounts of federal aid.

President Donald Trump jetted off for the first trip of his second administration to tour one sprawling disaster zone after the other. The president is in California where he'll survey damage from the wildfires that are ravaging the Los Angeles area.

FEMA just hasn’t done the job … We’re looking at the whole concept of FEMA,” Trump said while touring hurricane-ravaged western North Carolina on Friday.

Cameron Hamilton does not appear to have experience coordinating responses to large-scale disasters, like the wildfires in California.

President Donald Trump said Friday his administration is considering getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Donald Trump’s Justice Department cited an archaic statute in a legal filing Wednesday, arguing that the president’s executive order ending constitutionally guaranteed birthright citizenship should be totally kosher, since the children of Native Americans weren’t historically considered citizens, either.

Donald and Melania Trump are stopping in North Carolina, California and Nevada during the first second term trip. Follow along for live updates.