President Trump recently floated the idea of getting rid of FEMA. It would take an act of Congress to make that happen.

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

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

Find out more about the likelihood of President Donald Trump actually eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency after suggesting the idea on Friday.

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,

Congress later wrote FEMA into law in 1984 ... and mitigate the effects of nonterrorist-related disasters in the United States.”

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.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Friday to establish a task force charged with reviewing the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Shifting positions: Trump administration officials continued to reverse or revise the government’s stance on multiple fronts, including active Supreme Court cases, Jan. 6 prosecutions, school book bans, foreign aid programs and gender definitions. Mr. Trump also reinstated a Republican anti-abortion policy known as the “Mexico City Rule.”

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.