Karen Evans, who had led the agency since December, is the latest official to be removed from FEMA.

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The president nominated the man he fired as leader of the nation's disaster agency a year ago.

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Long-anticipated recommendations to revamp the disaster agency were approved Thursday. Now, President Donald Trump has to make a decision.

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The agency’s top official told lawmakers that the “vast majority” of calls were answered. New data indicates most people couldn’t get through.

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The FEMA Review Council was scheduled to approve its recommendations for overhauling the agency Thursday.

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The president denied the state’s request for federal aid to rebuild power lines after a fierce ice storm last March, a move that could force thousands of rural electricity customers to pay the entire tab.

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The destruction caused by the summer storms was enough that past presidents likely would have approved requests for federal assistance, former FEMA officials said.

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