In the aftermath of deadly Hill Country flooding, Texas’ junior Republican U.S. Senator is defending the National Weather ...

Alabama U.S. Sen. Katie Britt criticized Democrats for what she said was their politicizing of the catastrophic Texas flooding that occurred last week. Britt said “there will be time” later to ...

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.

Still, Schumer and Co. appear to have jumped the gun on this one. While staffing shortages at the NWS and related entities ...

The death toll from the Texas floods has risen to at least 111 as search and rescue efforts continued for a fifth day on ...

During remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called for an investigation into cuts ...

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said without staffing cuts to the National Weather Service, Texans would have received an “earlier, ...

The White House is defending the National Weather Service and accusing some Democrats of playing politics in the wake of ...

The Trump administration denies the hundreds of reductions to the National Weather Service workforce had any effect on ...

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Senate’s top Democrat today asked a government watchdog to investigate whether cuts at the National ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer is pressing the NWS’s watchdog to probe whether Trump’s cuts worsened the recent catastrophe.

President Donald Trump is expected to visit Central Texas this week. Local officials and forecasters have defended their actions before and after flash floods killed dozens in the region.