President Biden requests $100 billion in emergency disaster relief, urging Congress to provide funds for FEMA, farmers, ...

President Joe Biden requested the emergency disaster aid funds to address the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

The president said the aid was “urgently needed” as emergency programs face funding shortfalls amid the devastation after Hurricanes Helene and Milton and a string of other natural disasters.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is requesting nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters, telling lawmakers that the money is ...

The request comes after the Federal Emergency Management Agency has spent rapidly from its disaster relief fund during hurricane season.

Joe Biden wants nearly $100 billion in emergency funding to help respond to a series of disasters that have stretched government resources thin.

According to the Associated Press, hospitals had to start making small changes to stretch supplies of IV fluids, which are ...