Political tensions and questions swirling around the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) promise to be a key test for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as she takes over the department

Trump’s nominee for massive cabinet job rebuffs ‘hypothetical’ question as he threatens California fire relief

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Homeland Security, promised to deliver aid to all Americans despite political leanings during her confirmation hearing on Friday. Noem was pressed on the topic by Sen.

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Monday he had formally requested a federal major disaster declaration to help communities repair public buildings and infrastructure battered by the bomb cyclone that ...

If confirmed, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem will lead ... Trump refused to act on Governor Jay Inslee’s request for $37 million in federal disaster aid over a personal dispute, and then ...

Ahead of the presidential inauguration, several other governors have ordered that flags be temporarily raised. On Wednesday, a spokesperson for California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that flags in the state would be temporarily raised for the presidential inauguration.

Live updates and latest news as the Trump administration prepares to take office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation hearings continue for Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem.

Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee pressed Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump’s nominee for secretary of Homeland Security, on whether she would apply conditions to or withhold disaster aid based on politics at her confirmation hearing Friday.

Hawley called CHNV a “mass parole program” that exceeds the government’s authority under immigration law. Hawley said the law allows parole “in only very limited circumstances,” which he said requires case-by-case evaluation and is not practiced by the Biden administration.

Live updates and latest news as the Trump administration prepares to take office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation hearings continue for Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem.

Jay Inslee (Democratic Party) was the Governor of Washington. He assumed office on January 16, 2013. He left office on January 13, 2025. Inslee (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Governor of Washington. He won in the general election on November 3 ...

Olympia correspondent Jeanie Lindsay recently sat down with Inslee to discuss his achievements and areas where his critics say he could have done better. In part one of this interview, Lindsay asks the outgoing governor if he should have made an effort to ...