FEMA: President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Mississippi
FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Mississippi to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from a severe winter storm beginning on January 23, 2026, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Indiana
FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Indiana to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from a severe winter storm beginning on January 23, 2026, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Kentucky
FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the Commonwealth of Kentucky to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from a severe winter storm beginning on January 23, 2026, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Tennessee
FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Tennessee to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from a severe winter storm beginning on January 22, 2026, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for South Carolina
FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of South Carolina to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from a severe winter storm beginning on January 21, 2026, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by…
FEMA: President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Virginia
FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the Commonwealth of Virginia to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from a severe winter storm beginning on January 22, 2026, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the…
FHFA: U.S. Federal Housing Receives ‘Best Result’ from Annual GAO Audit, Publishes Accountability Report Documenting Agency Achievements
U.S. Federal Housing’s (Federal Housing Finance Agency’s) annual Performance and Accountability Report published today, showing the Agency’s clean audit results from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report also documents the Agency’s success in securing the safety and soundness and housing affordability mission of Fannie, Freddie, and the Federal Home Loan Banks during fiscal…
HUD: Agency Orders Immediate Citizenship Verification for all Tenants in HUD-Funded Housing Nationwide
Following a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) audit into all tenants across HUD-funded housing nationwide, HUD discovered nearly 200,000 tenants requiring eligibility verification, nearly 25,000 deceased tenants, and nearly 6,000 ineligible non-American tenants. HUD announced that all Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) and owners participating in HUD-funded housing…
ICBA: FDIC Approval of Ford, GM Industrial Loan Companies Threatens Banking System Stability
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today expressed serious concern with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s approval of industrial loan company applications from Ford and General Motors, citing the systemic risk the ILC regulatory loophole poses to the banking system by allowing financial institutions to receive federal deposit insurance while avoiding full regulatory oversight….
SBA: Clarifying Guidance Issued that Race-Based Discrimination Is Not Tolerated in the 8(a) Program
Action is Latest in Year-Long Effort to Dismantle DEI Discrimination, Expose Fraud, and Restore Fairness in Federal Contracting Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued formal guidance to SBA program officials reiterating, in alignment with policy changes implemented by Administrator Kelly Loeffler last year, that race-based discrimination within the 8(a) Business Development Program is unconstitutional and…