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A Top FEMA official has history of violent rhetoric threats and said he once teleported to Waffle House | CNN Politics
As millions of Americans braced for a series of brutal storms this winter, the senior official in charge of the federal government's disaster response had been on the job only a few weeks -- and had previously claimed on podcasts that he once teleported to a Waffle House.
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Rescuers respond to deadly tornadoes without tornado-tracking tool because Kristi Noem's team hasn't renewed the contract | CNN Politics
As deadly tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Plains last weekend, state and local search-and-rescue crews rushed to the devastated areas to look for survivors.
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Rescuers respond to deadly tornadoes without tornado-tracking tool because Kristi Noem's team hasn't renewed the contract
As deadly tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Plains last weekend, state and local search-and-rescue crews rushed to the devastated areas to look for survivors.
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Noem's spending limits have frozen millions in disaster aid, Democratic report charges
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)
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Many FEMA staff can't travel during shutdown. Some working with ICE still can.
A FEMA response team member in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina in 2024. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Across the country, hundreds of Federal Emergency Management Agency responders have been grounded -- unable to work on ongoing recoveries, move to and from disaster sites or fly home for personal emergencies -- amid the Department of Homeland Security's partial shutdown.
#FEMAReform #DisasterResponse #EmergencyManagement
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3 big changes are proposed for FEMA. This is what experts really think of them
A damaged house near the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, after deadly flash floods hit the area in July 2025. Rural communities rely on federal disaster funds to recover after such weather catastrophes.
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First Gold at 41, Elana Meyers Taylor Is Team USA’s Most Heartfelt Olympic Story
The bobsledder is the most decorated Black Winter Olympian of all time with medals at the last five Olympics. Now a mother of two, her first gold medal feels even more special.
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Study shows New Mexico Highlands University suffered $250 million in damages
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LAS VEGAS, N. M. (KRQE) - Nearly four years since the state's largest and most destructive wildfire, a northern New Mexico university says they haven't seen a dime from FEMA, despite hundreds of millions of dollars worth of documented damages.
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FEMA will resume staff reductions that were paused during winter storm, managers say
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will resume staff cuts that were briefly paused during January's severe winter storm, according to two FEMA managers, stoking concern across the agency over its ability to address disasters with fewer workers.
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'It's for the next generation:' How history-making Olympic hockey star Laila Edwards is embracing trailblazer status | CNN
For Laila Edwards, this year's Winter Olympics is about far more than sport, and that's something she's getting comfortable with.
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'It's for the next generation:' How history-making Olympic hockey star Laila Edwards is embracing trailblazer status | CNN
For Laila Edwards, this year's Winter Olympics is about far more than sport, and that's something she's getting comfortable with.
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Eileen Gu: The Winter Olympian who earns $23m a year -- but just $100k of it from her sport
An outlier lies among the list of Forbes' 2025 world's highest-paid female athletes.
Tennis star Coco Gauff tops the list, earning an estimated $33 million, followed by her peers Aryna Sabalenka ($30m) and Iga Swiatek ($25.
