FEMA has suspended at least 30 employees after they warned that spending limits, staffing cuts, and gaps in leadership h...

FEMA has suspended at least 30 employees after they warned that spending limits, staffing cuts, and gaps in leadership hurt the agency’s ability to respond to disasters. The employees received emails notifying them that they’d been put on administrative leave on Tuesday night, according to The New York Times, which reviewed copies of the email. FEMA didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry from The Verge to confirm the suspensions or respond to allegations in the letter. With the deadly July 4th flooding in Kerrville, Texas, “FEMA’s mission to provide critical support was obstructed by leadership who not only question the agency’s existence but place uninformed cost-cutting above serving the American people and the communities our oath compels us to serve,” the letter says. Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge