In a shift, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared on Sunday to walk back earlier plans for a sweeping dismantling of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying Trump wants to "remake" ...

A New York Times report found thousands of calls to FEMA went unanswered after the Department of Homeland Security laid off ...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is under fire amid reports of a botched disaster response effort in Texas, one that the editorial board of the state’s biggest newspaper is comparing to ...

The federal response to the deadly flooding in Texas was hampered by a Department of Homeland Security policy implemented by ...

Noem said FEMA's response to the Texas floods was "the fastest" in the agency's history. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) The July Fourth floods killed at least 129 people in central Texas.

Noem issued a memo on June 11 that called for U.S. Department of Homeland Security agencies, including FEMA, to submit for her review any contract for more than $100,000.

Senator Gary Peters exposed Secretary Kristi Noem for gutting FEMA's disaster relief programs during a recent Senate hearing.

Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem denied that Texas flood victims could not contact FEMA's call centers in the days following the disaster.

“False reporting, fake news,” Ms. Noem said. Experts and current and former FEMA employees have said the agency was slow to deploy response and search-and-rescue coordination teams.

As the head of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem has a lot to answer for. Noem is the top dog in U.S. natural disaster response, which is under fire following deadly floods in Texas ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday defended FEMA's response to deadly floods in Texas last week, saying her agency acted swiftly and that Texas officials had ...