New analysis warns FEMA overhaul would make disaster aid harder to access, shifting costs to survivors

A new analysis warns that a proposed overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency by a Trump-appointed panel would limit access to federal disaster aid for survivors, shifting the burden to state and local governments amid hurricane season. Last month, the FEMA Review Council floated sweeping changes to the disaster agency, turning it into a … Read more

As Epstein investigation stalls in Congress, survivors search for accountability

For nearly a year, public demand and increasingly outspoken calls from the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse have driven Congress to mostly set aside party politics and search for accountability. Yet even after interviews with some of the highest-ranked officials to ever appear before a congressional investigation, including a former president, lawmakers have little … Read more

Pam Bondi testifying on Epstein files as survivors demand accountability

Pam Bondi testifying on Epstein files as survivors demand accountability – CBS News Watch CBS News Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is testifying privately before members of the House Oversight Committee on the botched Justice Department rollout of the Epstein files. CBS News’ Caitlin Huey-Burns reports. Source link

Death toll from U.S. boat strikes on alleged drug boats climbs after recent survivors not found

The death toll from the Trump administration’s monthslong series of strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean has risen to at least 199 people after survivors of recent attacks were not found. The total includes at least 22 people who had survived an initial strike only to be … Read more

Recent survivors of US boat strikes haven’t been found, bringing overall death toll to 199

WASHINGTON — The death toll from the Trump administration’s monthslong series of strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean has risen to at least 199 people after survivors of recent attacks were not found. The total includes at least 22 people who had survived an initial strike only … Read more

9 missing after Washington paper mill tank implosion and officials say there’s no hope of survivors

LONGVIEW, Wash. — Crews were set to resume searching Wednesday for nine workers at a Washington paper mill where a tank imploded, releasing a highly destructive chemical mixture called “white liquor” and causing at least one confirmed death. Authorities said there was no hope of finding more survivors of Tuesday’s tank implosion at Nippon Dynawave … Read more

Survivors of plane crash off Florida were on a life raft for hours with no idea if help was coming

For five hours, the 11 survivors of a plane crash off the coast of Florida floated on a life raft, with no means of calling for help and no idea if anyone was coming to save them. As a thunderstorm approached, they gathered under a tarp for whatever protection it might offer. Then, search and … Read more

Survivors of plane crash off Florida coast were on raft for hours, didn’t know help was coming, military says

Members of the U.S. military who helped to rescue 11 people who were on board a plane that crashed about 80 miles off the east coast of Florida on Tuesday spoke about the dramatic incident and said it was “miraculous” that no major injuries were reported. The nail-biting incident took place about 80 miles off … Read more