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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sat atop millions of dollars in flood prevention grants while the West Coast was being inundated. Now she’s slashing FEMA disaster response staff.

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On March 24, 2026, Kristi Noem officially exited her role as Secretary of Homeland Security.

As greater climate chaos is locked in due primarily to the activities of Donald Trump's allies in the oil and gas industry, the White House's

“This isn't using our taxpayer dollars wisely,” said the National Priorities Project. “It's robbing programs that we need, like the discontinued child tax credit that cut child poverty by half.”

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, a U.S. group of state insurance regulators, collects data from all insurers every year.

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