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WASHINGTONPOST (Brianna Sacks) - FEMA aims to rehire most of the disaster-response employees it fired months ago Thu Apr 30 20:10:54 2026

The agency is planning to bring back most of the staffers from the Cadre of On-Call Response and Recovery who were terminated as part of Kristi Noem’s plans to cut the agency.

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NYTIMES (Scott Dance) - Unions Sue FEMA Over Work Force Cuts They Say Threaten Readiness Wed Jan 28 20:37:48 2026

The suit argues that the recent dismissals and plans for further cuts violate laws designed to preserve the disaster response agency’s independence and capabilities.

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