Just days into his second term, President Trump said he was going to recommend that the Federal Emergency Management Agency “go away,” dismissing the agency as bloated and ine

Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in the first meeting of a new council to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He criticized FEMA as “slow and clunky,” arguing that states are able to respond “more nimbly, more swiftly, more effectively” to disasters.

Cuts made to the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Trump administration severely impaired its ability to respond to the devastating floods in central Texas.

AUSTIN ( A company spokesperson said H-E-B prioritizes disaster relief because “it’s important to us for Texans to take care of Texans, and that’s who we are.” Lisa Helfman, managing director of H-E-B public affairs,

Politics played a pivotal role in Kerr County’s lack of a flood warning system—including local distrust of Biden-era handouts.