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Trump’s government cuts and catastrophe in Texas

Trump’s proposed cuts to climate and disaster agencies under microscope after Texas floods

President Donald Trump's budget requests to Congress for NOAA and his plans to phase out FEMA are under the microscope after fatal Texas floods.

PolitiFact · 15h

Texas floods fact-check: NWS and NOAA cut jobs, but Trump hasn't ‘defunded’ them

There were about 600 employee cuts at the National Weather Service — about 100 probationary employees and 500 buyouts. The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget would increase the National Weather Service budget by nearly 6.

CNN · 1d

Trump’s government cuts and the catastrophe in Texas: Here’s what we know

President Donald Trump’s approach to the federal government has been to cut, cut, cut, which means when there is a disaster in which the government plays a role, he will have to expect questions about those cuts.

National Weather Service, Texas

The Dallas Morning News · 14h

Across Texas, key positions at National Weather Service are vacant

Key positions at National Weather Service offices across Texas are vacant, sowing doubt over the state’s ability to respond to natural disasters as rescuers comb through the flood-ravaged Hill Country.

News On 6 · 3d

New proposed budget calls for NOAA cuts, including National Weather Service

A newly released budget calls for cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The document proposes giving no funding to the agency's climate laboratories or regional climate data, and zeroing out research at NOAA weather research programs and weather laboratories. This also includes tornado and severe storm research.

ABC · 1d

White House pushes back on criticism of weather service around Texas flooding

The White House is defending the National Weather Service and accusing some Democrats of playing politics in the wake of devastating floods in Texas.

Trump administration wants to close key weather labs nationwide, including in Norman

The Trump administration is looking to make cuts at the nation’s weather agencies, including the closure of all federally ...

Key National Weather Service weather prediction leadership roles in Ohio remain empty

The National Weather Service's Wilmington, Ohio office has vacancies in 2 of 3 key leadership positions. What is being done ...

7don MSN

Trump administration wants to axe all of NOAA’s climate research

The Trump administration wants to zero out climate research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), according to a newly released budget document. The document ...

9hon MSN

The US faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren't keeping up

Experts say climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe, but that our attitudes and actions haven't kept up ...

1don MSN

New NOAA budget details plans to eliminate most weather and climate research

Most U.S. weather data is still housed at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, but it also faces a proposed 26% budget cut. Funding toward the eventual replacement of NOAA's aging ...

4don MSN

How the Trump administration is already cutting off climate research

President Trump’s efforts to freeze climate spending have sparked warnings of rippling consequences in years ahead. For many ...

2don MSN

Chantal, now a tropical depression, raises concerns of flash flooding in North Carolina and Virginia

Tropical Storm Chantal has been downgraded to a tropical depression but is raising concerns of flash flooding in central ...

National Climate Report Website Goes Dark

The government website that hosted the federal government’s national climate reports, which are mandated by legislation, went ...

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