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FEMA administrator discusses their plan of action for the California fires

NPR

By Ayesha Rascoe

Published January 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM EST

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell about the federal assistance available to victims of the Los Angeles wildfires.

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Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.

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