Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday, June 5, asked President Donald Trump to issue a presidential disaster declaration for 43 Michigan counties that suffered severe flooding in April, as well as nine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island's Congressional delegation is slamming President Donald Trump's decision to deny their ...

President Donald Trump finds himself at the center of yet another wave of criticism, as he denied disaster aid to four Democratic-led states, while approving the same for six Republican-led states, ...

President Donald Trump denied disaster aid to four Democratic-led states in a move that is raising new questions about whether he’s injecting political motivations into emergency management decisions.

The declaration unlocks millions of dollars in FEMA aid for dozens of counties hit by severe weather this spring, while another tornado-related disaster request remains pending.

As of Jan. 28, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had 18 disaster declaration applications awaiting President Donald Trump’s approval. Eleven are more than a month old and some date back to ...

Trump approved storm-related disaster relief requests from three red states and denied them from three blue states in October. He also approved a major disaster declaration for the Leech Lake Band of ...

Days after a severe winter storm left tens of thousands of people in Nashville without power in freezing temperatures, a rumor began to spread: If power had been out for more than 24 hours, people ...