Texas floods expose stakes of Trump-era weather service cuts
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Noem Defends FEMA Response to Texas Floods
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Sources have said FEMA wasn’t authorized to launch search and rescue teams until 72 hours after flooding began.
While insisting this wasn't Trump’s fault, Noem blamed previous administrations for failing to update NOAA’s “ancient” systems—which would include Trump’s first term, no?
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is asking for answers from federal agencies over the warning systems and subsequent federal response following devastating flooding in Central Texas over the July 4th weekend.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's voice broke as she recounted her emotional visit to Camp Mystic in Texas.
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AlterNet on MSN'Unforgivable': Outrage as agency Trump admin 'broke on purpose' hurt 'countless' victimsOutrage continues to grow against U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem over her response to the deadly floods that ravaged Texas last week. According to a Friday report from The New York Times,
Six months into Trump’s second term, Americans confront more bureaucracy, more paperwork, more delays and more inefficiencies.
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BuzzFeed on MSNKristi Noem Under Fire As FEMA Officials Blast Her Texas Flood ResponseDepartment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is in increasingly hot water as Democrats demand answers about her response to last week’s deadly Texas floods and emergency officials sound the alarm on policies they say stopped them from quickly providing relief.
Fox News senior correspondent Mike Tobin reports on the latest in Texas after catastrophic flooding leaves several dead and missing on ‘Fox Report.’
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not authorize the deployment of Federal Emergency Management Agency urban search-and-rescue teams in the Texas Hill Country flood disaster until more than 72 hours after the crisis began,