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White House officials stressed after Hurricanes Milton and Helene that federal programs would need to be replenished quickly as the cleanup efforts drag on.

Republicans are also outraged that a FEMA employee directed workers helping hurricane survivors not to go to homes with yard signs supporting Donald Trump's presidential campaign. The agency's leader, ...

The largest chunk of funding — about $40 billion — would be for FEMA's disaster relief fund, so that it has enough money to last through the coming year. But there are requests for 16 agencies.