The Federal Emergency Management Agency is undergoing streamlining in Congress to make its disaster relief more effective.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has billions of dollars in disaster funds, which are used to reimburse states for eligible recovery efforts after major disasters, contrary to posts online saying FEMA has “no money” to respond to the wildfires in southern California.

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.

Here is a list of some of the relief available for homeowners, renters, nonprofits, and businesses of all sizes affected by the wildfires.

Shifting positions: Trump administration officials continued to reverse or revise the government’s stance on multiple fronts, including active Supreme Court cases, Jan. 6 prosecutions, school book bans, foreign aid programs and gender definitions. Mr. Trump also reinstated a Republican anti-abortion policy known as the “Mexico City Rule.”

But days away from his inauguration — with wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area in what California Gov. Gavin Newsom predicts ... could announce his FEMA pick at any minute, he instead is responding to the fires by hurling unsubstantiated blame ...

The proposals include $2.5 billion for the state’s emergency disaster response efforts, such as evacuations, sheltering survivors and removing household hazardous waste.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a more than $2.5 billion package to help the Los Angeles area recover from its recent deadly wildfires.

Put it all together, and you get something that looks an awful lot like systemic risk, threatening home values across the country.

This interview is Adams’s latest stop on his quest for a presidential pardon. The embattled mayor is doing everything he can to align himself with the MAGA right. He requested a meeting with Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, in December, met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, and was at Trump’s inauguration yucking it up with Jake and Logan Paul.

The Los Angeles wildfires are exposing a gap between what people thought their homes were worth and what they’ll actually get from insurance companies.