All three core predictions from the January 2026 entry have been substantially vindicated: the FEMA Review Council has still not published a final report (now extended to May 29, 2026 with no report in sight), FEMA's total workforce has demonstrably shrunk well past 15% from January 2025 levels with over 1,000 CORE employees cut, and multiple disaster declaration denials — most prominently Colorado's — have produced documented harm and congressional pushback, though formal litigation specifically over the declaration denials (as opposed to BRIC program cuts) remains nascent.
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EO 14397 extends the FEMA Review Council—established in January 2025 to assess whether to abolish or restructure FEMA—through May 29, 2026 (or 10 days after its final report), marking the council's second extension after it missed its October 2025 deadline and had its December 2025 final vote abruptly cancelled amid reports of White House interference with the report's content.