U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday floated shuttering the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster areas in North Carolina and California, where he pledged government support and sparred with Democratic officials.

The president said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been too bureaucratic and slow in its response to disasters.

Frederick and Frances Caple, originally from the Carolinas, spent 58 years calling Altadena, California, home. That is, until January 7th, when wildfires forced them to leave everything behind.

Politics shadowed Trump's visits to disaster areas Politics shadowed Trump's visits to disaster zones in North Carolina and California. Trump recalled a whistleblower reported that Federal ...

While the president emphasized his desire to help North Carolina, a battleground state that’s voted for him in all of his presidential campaigns, he was much less generous toward California ...

President Trump is taking the first trip of his term on Friday to North Carolina and California, visiting communities grappling with recovery from natural disasters.

The president cited the disasters during his inauguration speech Monday as examples of an insufficient federal response to communities in need.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

Donald Trump, who has been a vocal critic of the Biden administration’s response to Hurricane Helene, which struck North Carolina in September 2024, said that he would like to see states assume more responsibility in the aftermath of natural disasters, rather than the federal government.

President Donald Trump said he's considering "getting rid of" FEMA as he hit the road for the first time since his second inauguration, visiting victims of Hurricane Helene and the California wildfires.

When asked about Trump going to North Carolina Asheville today and then heading to California in the Los Angeles area because of the devastation there, Gavin Newsom with people think there might be some tension there, Williams said