The Homeland Security chief denied that a memo she issued in June requiring her to approve FEMA expenditures over $100,000 ...

The Department of Homeland Security secretary defended the federal government's response and denied that policy changes ...

The City of Laredo activated its Emergency Operations Center in preparation for a Rio Grande flood warning issued by the ...

Some governors and mayors are concerned over how current or potential cuts to agencies will impact how the government can ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to add flood response to the agenda for the July 21 special session, with an expected focus on ...

Sources have said FEMA wasn’t authorized to launch search and rescue teams until 72 hours after flooding began.

In the Austin area, 12 people are still missing and 16 are known to have perished after rain swept away homes along rivers ...

The Department of Homeland Security says it's making FEMA less "bloated." Opponents say that cost people their lives in Texas ...

In the aftermath of deadly Hill Country flooding, Texas’ junior U.S. Senator is defending the National Weather Service, as ...

Were lives unnecessarily lost because of incompetence or policy decisions or dysfunction? It is not partisan politics to ask ...

Kerr County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters ...

In cases of natural disasters and extremely bad conditions, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) often steps in to help, but Pennsylvania officials say the federal government is trying to ...