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FEMA council expected to announce recommendations |
The Trump administration is set to unveil its plan this week to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a proposal that is sure to be contentious but is not expected to go as far as earlier calls to eliminate the agency completely. |
Earlier this year, President Trump established a FEMA Review Council, tasking the group — jointly led by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — with making recommendations for changes. On Thursday, the group is expected to announce and publicly vote on its recommendations, likely laying out how the administration plans to reform FEMA, which it has accused of being bloated and inefficient. The plan will be presented at a meeting that will be available for public viewing online. Noem and Hegseth will lead the meeting, and members of the review council will vote on the proposal. The report will be made available for public comment. Earlier this year, both Trump and Noem floated nixing the agency altogether — and even fired an acting leader who advised against doing so. However, since that time, their rhetoric has shifted more toward reforming the agency, and in particular doling out less money to states. Recent news reports have included similar indications, saying the council is not expected to recommend axing the disaster response agency but could call for ending funding for states 10 years after a particular disaster and making FEMA its own Cabinet-level agency. Read more at TheHill.com. |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed several mentions of human activity on a webpage related to the causes of climate change. |
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President Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, the latest escalation in what has become an increasingly tense relationship between the two countries. |
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A federal judge on Monday rejected the Trump administration's effort to halt approvals for all new wind energy projects — dealing a blow to the president's efforts to hamper renewable energy. |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- Tomorrow, the FEMA Review Council is expected to announce its recommendations.
- The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on a series of bills
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday in an unusually narrow vote, underscoring the divides among bank officials over the effect rate cuts will have on inflation and employment. Read more |
| House GOP leaders will bring a vote next week on a package of health care bills that does not include an extension of expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, as Republicans remain divided about how to address the health care cliff ahead of a midterm election year. Read more |
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