The Trump administration has fired U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, the first female uniformed leader of an armed forces branch, the Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday.
While DHS employees largely work in-person, the acting homeland security secretary called remote work rates at some components "unacceptable."
US President Donald Trump dismisses TSA and Coast Guard leaders, disbands aviation security advisory committee, impacting national safety oversight.
Kristi Noem​, Trump's pick to lead the sprawling Department of Homeland Security, took questions from lawmakers on border policies and disaster relief.
Opinion: In this op-ed, a Coast Guard veteran praises President Trump's recent firing of Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan over Operation Fouled Anchor.
The Coastal Georgia Flooding Prevention Act was signed into law earlier this month. It authorizes new Army Corps of Engineers activities in Coastal Georgia. With the new authorization, Sen. Jon Ossoff said Congress can now appropriate funding for the Army Corps to partner with various counties on water infrastructure projects.
President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to recent wildfires in California and last year’s hurricane in North Carolina.
The U.S. Coast Guard says it is deploying assets around maritime borders in support of President Donald Trump’s execute orders.
President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while eliminating all the members of a key aviation security advisory group.
The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday night that it will be surging ships, boats and aircraft to South Florida and other areas of the country to bolster anti-maritime migration efforts to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to use the nation’s military to defend the border.
The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday announced the deployment of personnel and equipment to various maritime borders in the United States, a day after President Donald Trump dismissed the military branch's leader.
Speaking to reporters, the president predicted future disasters would need “probably less FEMA, because FEMA just hasn’t done the job. And we’re looking at the whole concept of FEMA.”