Cameron Hamilton, who was fired from his role as acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency last year, has now been nominated to run the agency on a permanent basis.
Hamilton was appointed acting administrator when the second Trump administration began in January 2025. He was publicly fired after testifying to Congress that eliminating FEMA was not in the best interest of the American people. Two additional acting administrators followed before the current nomination a year later.
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President Donald Trump has tapped Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to become acting director of national intelligence, a move that has helped derail congressional efforts to extend a key U.S. surveillance authority under FISA Section 702 ahead of a Friday deadline.
Congress passed a major bipartisan housing bill last month that includes a provision to convert the Department of Housing and Urban Development's disaster recovery program into a permanent effort. The change aims to deliver aid faster after floods, fires, and other catastrophes. President Donald Trump has indicated he may not sign the measure.
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President Trump announced Tuesday that he is appointing Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard. Pulte currently leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Gabbard will step down on June 30.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that President Donald Trump can remove commissioners from independent agencies like the Federal Trade Commission without cause. In a 6-3 decision in Trump v. Slaughter, the court overturned a 1935 precedent. A separate 5-4 ruling in Trump v. Cook preserved limits on firing Federal Reserve board members.
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President Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday that reclassifies an estimated 8000 senior federal civil servants as at-will employees who can be dismissed without cause. The move targets GS-15 level positions with policy influence and follows efforts begun in his first term. It has already drawn lawsuits from advocacy groups.