FEMA is responding to increasingly frequent climate change-fueled disasters. Hurricane season used to be the agency’s biggest concern. Now, it is activated around the clock as the US is battered by year-round disasters ranging from wildfires to spring thunderstorms producing biblical amounts of hail.

In recent years, FEMA's assistance has covered several crises — wildfires, floods and earthquakes. Over the past four years alone, nearly $500 million in federal aid has been allocated to Utah. The majority, $443 million, has been dedicated to combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded $248 million to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as reimbursement for safety measures the state took during the pandemic.

MDHHS has received $248 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency as reimbursement for costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fauci is the latest in a string of former Trump aides-turned-critics to see their federal protection canceled despite ongoing threats to their lives.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has allocated more than $248 million to the Michigan Department of Health And Human Services (MDHHS) for costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. “FEMA is committed to post-pandemic recovery in Michigan and across the nation,

Donald Trump claimed that if states managed disaster response rather than FEMA, it would be "a lot less expensive" and also there would be "a lot quicker response."

FEMA officials said the funding stems from two projects. Final reimbursement amounts are pending an official project review by the state of Michigan.

FEMA and the Michigan State Police/Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division announced on Jan. 21, 2025 that $248,096,445 has been made available to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for costs related to the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal disaster declaration of March 27,

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), alongside the Michigan State Police (MSP), Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division, announced that over $70 million would be allocated to the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) for pandemic-related expenses.

The Detroit Public Schools Community District is set to receive a $70 million Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursement for costs tied to emergency protective measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his Fox News interview, Trump said that FEMA had failed to do enough to help storm-damaged North Carolina last fall and that it was politically motivated. “The Democrats actually used FEMA not to help North Carolina,” Trump said on Wednesday.