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February 02, 2026
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Map: Trump Has Often Delayed or Denied Disaster Aid
The Trump administration so far has refused to allocate federal disaster aid in a timely manner. Check out our interactive map for more details on the White House’s careless approach to major disaster declarations.
January 09, 2026 | The American Prospect
The Trump Regime Is Making Disasters Worse
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sat atop millions of dollars in flood prevention grants while the West Coast was being inundated. Now she’s slashing FEMA disaster response staff.
January 09, 2026
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TRACKER: Trump's Disastrous Disaster Policy
We are tracking how the Trump administration’s callous policy choices, before and after bouts of extreme weather, exacerbate avoidable suffering and death.
January 06, 2026
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Timeline: Trump's Attacks on Disaster Preparedness and Response
The Trump administration has been criminally negligent when it comes to disaster mitigation and response. Check out our interactive timelines documenting the White House’s pre-disaster recklessness and post-disaster cruelty.
December 11, 2025
Trump Has Already Shattered FEMA Without Eliminating It
The Trump administration doesn’t need to formally eradicate FEMA to destroy it.
December 05, 2025 | The American Prospect
Trump’s Katrina Is Coming
The president’s FEMA sabotage has all but guaranteed us more acute disasters in the future.
October 28, 2025
RELEASE: Hurricane Melissa Is a Reminder That the Trump Administration Is Putting U.S. Residents at Risk of Catastrophic Harm
Melissa serves as a reminder that Americans will face huge—and largely avoidable—risks if and when the game of dice comes up against us.
October 24, 2025 | The Lever
Amid The Shutdown, Flood Insurance Profiteers Are Riding The Wave
Private insurers like Neptune Insurance Holdings are cashing in on the shutdown and pushing to privatize the National Flood Insurance Program, despite risks to homeowners.
August 29, 2025
Will Democrats Have the Guts to Blame Hurricane Deaths on Trump?
Republicans will continue to put Americans in harm’s way unless Democrats make them pay a political price for unleashing needless suffering.
August 29, 2025
Trump's Homicidal Hurricane Policy
This report summarizes how the Trump administration’s attacks on NOAA and FEMA are putting millions of Americans in mortal danger this hurricane season and beyond.
August 13, 2025 | Jacobin
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Heat Kills. Trump Has Ensured There Will Be More Victims
We should be slashing emissions and climate-proofing our cities. Instead, Republicans are turning up the carbon spew and stripping away heat protections — effectively condemning the poor to die under rising temperatures.
July 03, 2025 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
Want a Big Tent? Use Congressional Oversight
Ahead of the 4th of July holiday weekend, Republicans are trying to ram through their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes enough horrors to dampen any parade. As written, the bill will do untold harm to Americans across the country through devastating cuts to Medicaid, food assistance, and student loan forgiveness. Working people will suffer, but the Republican’s bill will be a boon for the wealthy, fossil fuel interests, and draconian immigration detention centers. Democrats will not be able to stop the destruction, but they can use every available tool to make sure the public knows who is to blame.
July 02, 2025
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RELEASE: Tracking Trump's Disastrous Disaster Policy
“It’s only a matter of time before Trump and Musk’s reckless assault on disaster response and preparedness kills people in the United States.”
January 28, 2025
The Attack on FEMA Begins
Trump’s call to review FEMA’s efficiency is straight out of Project 2025, and doesn’t bode well for an agency he’s threatened to “terminate.”
October 10, 2024 | The Hill
Harris should promise to elevate FEMA head to Cabinet
The FEMA director has been elevated to a cabinet-level post once before: under President Clinton in 1996. Even that relatively small step could make a huge difference.