Gabe Cohen
Correspondent at CNN
Correspondent with @CNN. Former @VerifyThis, @WUSA9, @KOMONews, @KHQLocalNews. Basset dad, struggling golfer, and Northwestern University alum.
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1 week ago |
local3news.com | Gabe Cohen
(CNN) — The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fired one day after he broke with fellow members of the administration when he told lawmakers he does not support dismantling the agency, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed to CNN. Cameron Hamilton, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, was escorted out of FEMA’s headquarters on Thursday, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
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1 week ago |
cnn.com | Gabe Cohen
Cameron Hamilton speaks during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on May 7 in DC. House Appropriations Committee/YouTube CNN — The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fired one day after he broke with fellow members of the administration when he told lawmakers he does not support dismantling the agency, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed to CNN.
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2 weeks ago |
abc12.com | Gabe Cohen |Ella Nilsen
Trump emergency management officials are discussing reforms that would make it much harder for communities to qualify for federal disaster assistance, honoring President Donald Trump's executive order to shift more responsibility for disaster response and recovery to states rather than the federal government.
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2 weeks ago |
cnn.com | Gabe Cohen |Ella Nilsen
Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force search a flood damaged area with a search canine in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on October 4, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina.
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3 weeks ago |
cnn.com | Gabe Cohen
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Headquarters is seen in Washington, DC, February 11, 2025. President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack Tuesday on the US federal disaster agency FEMA, calling for it to be shut down and its duties instead handed to individual states.
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RT @priscialva: The acting FEMA administrator has been fired one day after he broke with fellow members of the administration when he told…
SCOOP: Trump officials are discussing making it much harder to qualify for disaster aid, starting this hurricane season. One proposal quadruples the threshold, so communities must suffer 4X as much damage to get federal aid. But can states handle this? https://t.co/vkHMJsf9OS
“People don’t want to work here anymore,” a senior FEMA official told me. “All of these people have seen their work destroyed and denigrated,” another said. “They started seeing that FEMA might actually be killed.” Here's our exclusive reporting on the exodus underway at FEMA.
With hurricane season just weeks away, about 20% of FEMA’s permanent full-time staff – roughly 1,000 workers – are expected to take a voluntary buyout as part of the latest staff reduction effort from DOGE, per @GabeCohenNews. https://t.co/0F74MoLRp4
