Gabe Cohen
@GabeCohenNews
Correspondent with @CNN. Former @VerifyThis, @WUSA9, @KOMONews, @KHQLocalNews
Why are kids in DC committing so many violent crimes? Children make up most of the arrests for robbery and carjacking. I wanted to know what's fueling this crisis. So I asked the kids. Here's my story for CNN. cnn.com/2024/02/17/us/…
Kristi Noem is tightening her grip on her department's spending - ordering all grants/contracts over $100k get her approval. Sources at FEMA warn it could severely disrupt the distribution of emergency funds during natural disasters. Our exclusive scoop: cnn.com/2025/06/18/pol…
Nice scoop here from @AnnieGrayerCNN and @GabeCohenNews. The administration is preparing to yank more federal funding from California. cnn.com/2025/06/06/pol…
NEW: Trump admin preparing to cancel large swath of federal funding for CA, per sources Agencies starting to identify grants. At least 1 committee was told by whistleblower that research grants to California were going to be cancelled w/@GabeCohenNews cnn.com/2025/06/06/pol…
The acting FEMA administrator has been fired one day after he broke with fellow members of the administration when he told lawmakers he does not support dismantling the agency, @GabeCohenNews reports: cnn.com/2025/05/08/pol…
SCOOP: Trump officials are discussing making it much harder to qualify for disaster aid, starting this hurricane season. One proposal quadruples the threshold, so communities must suffer 4X as much damage to get federal aid. But can states handle this? cnn.com/2025/04/25/pol…
“People don’t want to work here anymore,” a senior FEMA official told me. “All of these people have seen their work destroyed and denigrated,” another said. “They started seeing that FEMA might actually be killed.” Here's our exclusive reporting on the exodus underway at FEMA.
With hurricane season just weeks away, about 20% of FEMA’s permanent full-time staff – roughly 1,000 workers – are expected to take a voluntary buyout as part of the latest staff reduction effort from DOGE, per @GabeCohenNews. cnn.com/2025/04/23/pol…
With hurricane season just weeks away, about 20% of FEMA’s permanent full-time staff – roughly 1,000 workers – are expected to take a voluntary buyout as part of the latest staff reduction effort from DOGE, per @GabeCohenNews. cnn.com/2025/04/23/pol…
Read @GabeCohenNews and @AnnieGrayerCNN on how FEMA sped money to GOP-led Missouri and Virginia while other states were still waiting. cnn.com/2025/04/22/pol…
Amid a massive funding backlog at FEMA, the agency was directed to prioritize payments to Missouri, then to Virginia. Some inside FEMA believe the Trump administration is playing politics with emergency management funds. My story with @AnnieGrayerCNN cnn.com/2025/04/22/pol…