Trump has nominated Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA, the same man he fired for defending the agency. More than 5,000 workers ...

President Donald Trump has nominated Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This marks a ...

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 ...

Cameron Hamilton led FEMA briefly in 2025. He was removed by the Trump administration after telling Congress that the agency should continue to exist. Now, he's been nominated to lead it once again.

The Trump administration is approaching hurricane season with the smallest disaster workforce since 2021, a huge backlog of ...

Hamilton was removed as acting administrator in May 2025 after he told Congress he didn’t think the agency should be eliminated.

The remarks followed testimony the previous day from Noem, in which she stated that “President Trump has been very clear since the beginning that he believes that FEMA and its r ...

On May 11, 2026, Cameron Hamilton was nominated director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). If he passes the ...

Cameron Hamilton, who was removed after publicly opposing efforts to eliminate FEMA, would return to lead the agency as the administration pushes states to take on a larger disaster response role.

Given the recent chaos at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and last year’s reorganization at the Governor’s Office of ...