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March 2, 2022

Biden announces new COVID-19 initiative at State of the Union address

President Biden on Tuesday announced a new COVID-19 initiative to return Americans to "more normal routines." 

January 15, 2022

FEMA administrator on delayed COVID testing efforts: Agency's role 'has not changed'

Responding to questions about whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) should have been surging resources for COVID-19 testing months ago – before the omicron variant of the coronavirus began to infect individuals nationwide – Administrator Deanne Criswell said Friday that the agency was working to support states based on what they had requested. 

January 14, 2022

Biden to hold first press conference in months, Psaki says

President Biden will conduct a press conference next week, the first held in months.

December 12, 2021

FEMA administrator blames climate change for deadly tornado outbreak

Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell laid blame on climate change for the deadly tornado outbreak over the weekend, claiming such disasters will be the "new normal" from now on.

October 28, 2021

FEMA announces disaster assistance, adaptation initiatives to advance climate change resilience

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced two initiatives on Thursday to advance climate change resilience.

October 7, 2021

Abbott asks Biden to appeal FEMA's denial of border crisis disaster declaration

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to President Biden Thursday formally requesting an appeal of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) denial of an emergency disaster declaration due to the massive influx of migrants at Texas' border with Mexico.

September 11, 2021

NASA satellite image shows impact of 9/11 attacks

20 years after the September 11 terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 men, women and children, NASA is remembering the day, sharing images and memories.

September 5, 2021

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell calls climate change the ‘crisis of our generation’

Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Sunday that climate change is the "crisis of our generation" after Hurricane Ida tore through the country and left dozens of people dead.

August 31, 2021

Afghanistan and Ida, the two stories that eclipsed all others this month in Washington

This month blew in like Cerberus and blew out like the Minotaur.

August 30, 2021

Biden calls Black adviser 'boy' during FEMA briefing

The president used the term while introducing his senior adviser Cedric Richmond, a Black former member of Congress for Louisiana for a decade.