President Donald Trump floated “getting rid” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday as he visited western North Carolina to survey the damage and recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene.

FLETCHER, N.C. — President Donald Trump said Friday that he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation's central organization for responding to disasters.

Michael Whatley was re-elected to lead the Republican National Committee on Friday as its chair after leading the GOP to the presidency and control of both chambers of Congress.

President Donald Trump assailed the agency as he toured areas of North Carolina that were ravaged by Hurricane Helene.

That roped Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsay Graham into the heated back and forth, who impressed on Vought that he did not have attorney-client privilege to evade a line of questioning as some of Trump’s other nominees did. “I am not claiming a privilege, Senator,” Vought said.

President Donald Trump is visiting North Carolina Friday for one of his first trips of his second term. Follow along here for live coverage.

After declining to greet President-elect Donald Trump at Jimmy Carter’s funeral, former second lady Karen Pence also chose to skip his inauguration

A Republican congressman from North Carolina introduced a bill Thursday to rename Dulles International Airport (IAD) after President Donald Trump. Congressman Addison McDowell introduced the legislation with Congressman Guy Reschanthaler (R-Pa.

William McGinley, who was appointed DOGE's legal counsel, said he was departing the agency days after President Donald Trump took office.

Donald Trump’s memecoin, less than a week old, went unmentioned by Republican lawmakers in the opening remarks of a US House Financial Services Committee meeting.