Six months into Trump’s second term, Americans confront more bureaucracy, more paperwork, more delays and more inefficiencies.

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,

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem raised eyebrows on social media after claiming Wednesday that one in six survivors of the Maui wildfires resorted to offering “sexual favors” to survive. Noem made the claim during the second meeting of the FEMA Review Council -- the body determining whether the agency should be eliminated and reformed.

DHS blasted CNN’s Texas flood story as false—but their statement confirms FEMA waited 72 hours for Noem’s approval before deploying key rescue resources. The post DHS’s Fiery Rebuttal to CNN on FEMA Response to Texas Floods Ends Up Validating CNN’s 72‑Hour Timeline first appeared on Mediaite.

However, according to the officials, Noem did not authorize FEMA's deployment of the Urban Search and Rescue crews specifically trained to handle catastrophic floods and similar disasters until Monday, nearly 72 hours after disaster struck, CNN reported.

FEMA officials are two months behind in posting grant application guidelines, which are expected to reflect President Trump’s demand for cooperation on his priorities.