President Donald Trump on Friday floated the idea of abolishing the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Here's what to know.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who on Friday talked about shutting down the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on Sunday night issued orders for a commission to investigate the disaster response agency that is so familiar to people in hurricane-prone south Louisiana.

The executive order begins the process of a review of the agency's effectiveness by establishing a 20-member task force

President Donald Trump on Friday halted Democratic California Rep. Brad Sherman’s defense of using the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, just days after he floated shuttering the agency whose resources are strained following multiple weather-related disasters and which is burdened by past failures in handling massive storms.

SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster zones Friday, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation’s central organization for responding to disasters.

President Donald Trump said that his administration will step in and assist North Carolina as it recovers from Hurricane Helene months after the storm.

The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote to staff reassuring them that the agency's continued existence was vital to the country's disaster response efforts, after President Donald Trump said he wanted to overhaul or scrap it.

Although President Donald Trump has floated eliminating FEMA with an executive order, he does not have unilateral authority, according to federal law.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the FEMA Review Council, which will be tasked with reviewing several aspects of the agency for drastic improvements.

That has left Trump more emboldened than ever — and with a long to-do list. He's launched into a frenetic pace of appearances that is a dramatic departure from his predecessor, Joe Biden, who often faded from public view by his own staff's design.