Hurricane Katrina

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025.

SEARCH AND DESTROY

FEMA Workers Told to Out ‘ICE Barbie’ Critics or Be Fired

The damming “FEMA Katrina Declaration” open letter attacking Kristi Noem had 154 anonymous backers.

Ewan Palmer

President Donald Trump participates in a round table event at the Hill Country Youth Event Center to discuss last week's flash flooding on July 11, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas.

Trump’s Revenge Hits FEMA Staff Who Warned He Risks Disaster

The staff warned that Trump’s policies were putting lives at risk.

Ewan Palmer

Damage in New Orleans, Louisiana, seen from the back of a military truck.

GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES

FEMA Staffers Warn Trump Is Risking Another Katrina

The 2005 storm was the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history.

Harry Thompson

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks about Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Tampa, Florida, U.S. June 11, 2016.

Trump AG Pick Pam Bondi Was Caught Up in Dog-Stealing Drama

Bondi reportedly refused to return an adopted dog that was separated from a couple after Hurricane Katrina.

Lily Mae Lazarus

Rescue workers search amid debris

Helene Is Deadliest Mainland U.S. Hurricane Since Katrina

The storm’s death toll eclipsed 200 on Thursday, with nearly half of the storm’s fatalities coming from western North Carolina.

Josh Fiallo

Actor Brad Pitt poses during a photocall for the film “Babylon” at the Grand Rex in Paris, Jan. 14, 2023..

‘ONE LONG NIGHTMARE’

Second Charity Fails Katrina Homeowners After Brad Pitt Mess

A nonprofit stepped up to pay for the shoddily rebuilt homes of Katrina survivors—but it apparently never had the money in the first place.

Erik Uebelacker