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Dustin Amos walks near debris at a gas station on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., after Hurricane Laura moved through the state. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Hurricane Laura further strains FEMA in disaster-filled year

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a Hurricane Laura briefing at FEMA headquarters, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington. Vice President Mike Pence is at right. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump says he’ll be ‘very aggressive’ with Hurricane Laura recovery

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 21, 2020, file photo, a man walks along a usually busy Fremont Street after casinos were ordered to shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak in Las Vegas. Nevada is making plans to funnel $300 a week in federal coronavirus pandemic relief funds to out-of-work state residents. But Gov. Steve Sisolak and state unemployment officials announced Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, the state doesn't have the budget to add another $100. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Nevada to seek $300 weekly jobless aid, won’t add $100

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Tennessee approved for additional federal unemployment funds

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COVID: Oregon will apply for federal lost wages assistance

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A sign reading &quot;For Sale (Cheap)&quot; is seen on a damaged vehicle, n Marion, Iowa, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, as trees a severely damaged by a an Aug. 10 derecho are cleaned up. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette via AP)

FEMA aid approved for Iowa county hardest hit by storm

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Washington. Trump is en route to Minnesota and Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs only a portion of Iowa’s disaster relief request

By DAVID PITT - Associated Press

Human-caused Columbia River Gorge fire prompts evacuations

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Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor speaks as he holds a "COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season" manual during a House Committee on Homeland Security meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 22, 2020, on the national response to the coronavirus pandemic. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

FEMA: States must protect supplies, evacuate smartly in hurricane season

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FEMA: Families will not receive aid after sinkhole collapse

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Hawaii County to receive $61M for roads damaged by lava

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The U.S. Capitol is seen from the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

EDITORIAL: Federal government overusing the coronavirus rubber stamp

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this March 19, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump attends a teleconference with governors at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters, Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Washington. From left, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx and Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health. There’s the standard process for getting urgently needed coronavirus equipment: send a request to FEMA. Then there’s the other way: have a buddy who can pick up the phone and call the Trump White House. Trump’s team has proudly recounted instances where a call to the White House has produced fast results for those who have an in with the president. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Poolm, File)

Calling Trump: When connections help steer virus supplies

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 24, 2020, file photo stacks of medical supplies are housed at the Jacob Javits Center that will become a temporary hospital in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in New York. A review of federal purchasing contracts by The Associated Press shows federal agencies waited until mid-March to begin placing bulk orders of N95 respirator masks, mechanical ventilators and other equipment needed by front-line health care workers. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

US ‘wasted’ months before preparing for coronavirus pandemic

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

New York Go. Andrew Cuomo, left, speaks as he stands beside Rear Adm. John B. Mustin after the arrival of the USNS Comfort, a naval hospital ship with a 1,000 bed-capacity, Monday, March 30, 2020, at Pier 90 in New York. The ship will be used to treat New Yorkers who don't have coronavirus as land-based hospitals fill up with and treat those who do. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

States demand ventilators as feds ration limited supply

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ROBERT BURNS and BEN FOX - Associated Press

Bodies wrapped in plastic are loaded on to a refrigerated container truck operating as a makeshift morgue while being handled by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Pentagon moves to supply 100,000 military body bags for civilian use as virus death toll mounts

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns pause for rest before loading bodies onto a refrigerated container truck functioning as a makeshift morgue, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

First N95 medical mask imports finally reaching US

By JULIET LINDERMAN and MARTHA MENDOZA - Associated Press

A group of volunteers moves items salvaged from a damaged home Friday, March 6, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Residents and businesses face a huge cleanup effort after tornadoes hit the state Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

FEMA opens Nashville intake center to aid tornado victims

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FEMA denies aid for tornado damages, Benton County to appeal

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Senate approves former Rhode Island official to lead FEMA

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