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Cameron Hamilton, above, has been nominated by President Trump to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He previously led the agency in an acting capacity, but was removed by the Trump administration about a year ago after telling Congress that did not think the agency should be eliminated.
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AP
Trump taps former FEMA director to lead the disaster agency again
Rebecca Hersher
Cameron Hamilton led FEMA briefly in 2025. He was removed by the Trump administration after telling Congress that the agency should continue to exist. Now, he's been nominated to lead it once again.
With a blue sky above the Lincoln Memorial, people walk along the reflection pool in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 2023.
Jose Luis Magana
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AP
Nonprofit sues the federal government over plans to paint Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue
Anastasia Tsioulcas
The National Quarantine Center is located at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Nebraska Medicine
Why cruise ship passengers with possible hantavirus exposure went to Nebraska
Scott Neuman
President Donald speaks, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel, Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, during a press briefing shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, 2026.
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New poll finds a majority of Americans unsure if attempts on Trump's life were real
Elena Moore
Texas Standard
The gas peddle
Records show how LNG special interests have shaped city and county leaders’ decisions to ignore Laguna Madre community concerns about a fossil fuel build-out.
HISD under federal investigation over plans to restructure special education services
Democrat James Talarico, running for Senate to get money out of politics, attracts ultra-wealthy backers
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