In late December, the chief of staff for Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley sent a sharply worded email to the White House, subject line “Five Alarm Fire.” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s ...
During President Trump’s second term, the disaster declarations that unlock money are taking longer than in the past. Blue states wait the longest and they hear ‘no’ more often. By Scott Dance and ...
In 2024, Matt Stelwagen’s house in the Seaview neighborhood of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., became uninhabitable. His floors split apart, windows and doors no longer shut, and the moving and cracking ...