President Trump is moving forward with his plans to shift disaster recovery from the federal government to the state level. He told reporters on Tuesday that his administration would wait until after the current hurricane season to start.
The Atlantic hurricane season started June 1 and is predicted to be more active than usual this year. A busy hurricane season would test the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s dramatic cuts to its disaster programs.
FEMA — the nation’s top agency for response and recovery work — has endured significant upheaval since Trump’s return to the White House, including firings, voluntary staff departures, grant freezes and canceled initiatives. Instead of nominating a full-term administrator to lead FEMA, which sits under the Department of Homeland Security, Trump has selected a rotating cast of interim chiefs with little disaster response experience.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-06/what-trump-s-fema-cuts-mean-for-hurricane-season?sref=omvmmwIg
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