{"id":5449,"date":"2026-03-28T15:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/?p=5449"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:53:30","slug":"fema-boss-fired-after-remarks-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/?p=5449","title":{"rendered":"FEMA Boss Fired After Remarks To Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Cameron Hamilton, FEMA\u2019s acting administrator, was fired by Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Troy Edgar and Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski, a day after testifying against eliminating FEMA. Hamilton, a former Navy SEAL, was replaced by David Richardson. No official reason was given for his termination, which occurred amid Trump\u2019s plans to overhaul or abolish FEMA. Hamilton\u2019s firing, following a lie-detector test he passed and a memo<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p dir=\"auto\">suggesting reduced FEMA disaster aid, raised concerns among lawmakers and emergency managers. Senators Patty Murray, Brian Schatz, and Thom Tillis expressed worry about FEMA\u2019s leadership instability during hurricane season. Hamilton\u2019s lack of emergency management experience barred his nomination as permanent administrator. His dismissal, seen as retaliation for opposing FEMA\u2019s elimination, sparked fears about the agency\u2019s ability to handle upcoming natural disasters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cameron Hamilton, FEMA\u2019s acting administrator, was fired by Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Troy Edgar and Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski, a day after testifying against eliminating FEMA. Hamilton, a former Navy SEAL, was replaced by David Richardson. No official reason was given for his termination, which occurred amid Trump\u2019s plans to overhaul or abolish FEMA. Hamilton\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5450,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449\/revisions\/5450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}