{"id":69355,"date":"2026-03-18T15:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/trumps-dhs-pick-markwayne-mullin-stokes-fears-of-more-fema-cuts\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:53:39","slug":"trumps-dhs-pick-markwayne-mullin-stokes-fears-of-more-fema-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/trumps-dhs-pick-markwayne-mullin-stokes-fears-of-more-fema-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s DHS pick, Markwayne Mullin, stokes fears of more Fema cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senator backed restructuring the disaster agency but dodged questions on staffing, leaving officials uneasy over readiness and leadership<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The confirmation hearing for Markwayne Mullin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s pick to replace Kristi Noem as the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), left disaster management officials and experts concerned about what his tenure would mean for the future of the main US disaster response agency.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), which DHS oversees, coordinates federal response efforts to disasters such as hurricanes, floods and wildfires.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/18\/trump-dhs-markwayne-mullin-fema\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator backed restructuring the disaster agency but dodged questions on staffing, leaving officials uneasy over readiness and leadership Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The confirmation hearing for Markwayne Mullin, Donald Trump\u2019s pick to replace Kristi Noem as the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security &#8230; <a title=\"Trump\u2019s DHS pick, Markwayne Mullin, stokes fears of more Fema cuts\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/trumps-dhs-pick-markwayne-mullin-stokes-fears-of-more-fema-cuts\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump\u2019s DHS pick, Markwayne Mullin, stokes fears of more Fema cuts\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}