With hundreds confirmed dead or still missing, questions remain about the local response to flood warnings. Meanwhile, lawmakers will weigh measures to mitigate future disasters.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been exerting more direct control over the agency, which President Donald Trump ...

By Kylie Caldwell, Gaylord News WASHINGTON – The homeland security secretary on Wednesday called the nation’s emergency disaster response agency a “bloated bureaucracy” as deadly floodwaters surged ...