In a shift, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared on Sunday to walk back earlier plans for a sweeping dismantling of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying Trump wants to "remake" it.

Homeland Security Kristi Noem hit back at The New York Times over a report finding thousands of victims couldn’t get through to FEMA as catastrophic flooding engulfed Central Texas. A Times report found the Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to answer “nearly two-thirds” of all distress calls from victims of the catastrophe,

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has not budged in her belief that the Federal Emergency Management Agency should be eliminated, Amanda Marcotte wrote for Salon — and the reason has its roots in a white nationalist-adjacent conspiracy theory that has been bubbling below the surface in American politics for years.

The point of FEMA is that the vast majority of Americans don’t have the independent wealth that allows them to rebuild after a disaster with ease. But in the eyes of Trump and Noem, those who are not wealthy — like many of the victims in Texas — should be on their own if they can’t pay their way out of trouble.

Schumer accuses Trump and Noem of crippling FEMA, leading to delays in aid for Texas floods. Noem denies claims but critics call it government failure.

Kristi Noem has been slammed for enacting disaster relief reforms which officials say hobbled FEMA at the crucial moment after the Texas floods. Calls for her to resign are growing as the death toll continues to mount and 160 people remain missing after the Guadalupe River burst its banks,