National FEMA Says It Will Stop Paying For Cloth Face Masks For Schools The federal agency has reimbursed states for protective equipment and disinfection throughout the pandemic. Now state officials are wondering where they will find funding to reopen schools safely. Laurel Wamsley
National White House Coronavirus Testing Czar To Stand Down Adm. Brett Giroir says he will be "demobilized" from his role overseeing coronavirus testing at FEMA in mid-June and going back to his regular job at the Department of Health and Human Services. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Science COVID-19 Has Created A Legal Aid Crisis. FEMA's Usual Response Is Missing The agency usually provides funding for legal aid hotlines after disasters. But the White House has not approved such funding for those affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Rebecca Hersher
Health Pentagon Says FEMA Wants It To Find 100,000 Body Bags For Pandemic Fatalities The request from FEMA to the Pentagon's Defense Logistics Agency for cadaver pouches follows warnings at the White House of coronavirus death tolls surpassing 100,000. David Welna
Health Trump, Governors To Discuss Coronavirus Strategy As FEMA Takes Bigger Role The Federal Emergency Management Agency usually steps in to help with hurricanes and other natural disasters. Now, it will help states overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. Philip Ewing Franco Ordoñez
Scores Of People In Puerto Rico Remain Without Shelter, Power Days After 6.4 Quake Some 2,000 people have been displaced, according to one humanitarian group's estimate. But there are hopeful signs. Puerto Rico's utility says roughly 80% of its customers have their electricity back. Brakkton Booker
National Rethinking Disaster Recovery After A California Town Is Leveled By Wildfire The 2018 Camp Fire destroyed 90% of the town of Paradise, Calif., and killed 85 people. Should the federal government jump in to rebuild communities at high risk of future disasters? Kirk Siegler
World From Trailers To Tents: What Happens To Leftover Aid Supplies? FEMA is now auctioning off trailers sent to Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. But that's just one way to deal with a surplus. Joanne Lu
National Wreckage Left By Hurricane Michael Slows Relief Efforts Government and nonprofit agencies work in advance of storms to create distribution networks for critical aid, but the category 4 storm damaged key communications and transportation infrastructure. David Schaper
Politics This Is Only A Test: Why Your Cellphone Will Buzz Wednesday Afternoon Texts stating "Presidential Alert" will be sent to some 225 million U.S. cellphones at 2:18 p.m. ET. Brian Naylor
