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While visiting disaster victims, the president proposed shuttering the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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The New York Times

Jan. 24, 2025, 3:14 p.m. ET

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Trump Says States Should Manage Disasters and Weighs Shuttering FEMA

President Trump doubled down on a suggestion that states should manage responses to natural disasters, saying during a visit to flood victims in North Carolina that he may recommend “FEMA go away.”

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