By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA, Associated Press

A meeting by a council appointed by President Donald Trump that was meant to announce recommended reforms to the Federal Emergency Management Agency was abruptly canceled Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The FEMA Review Council, which has been meeting for months to try to overhaul FEMA and was set to make its final report public at the meeting, was scheduled to gather Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. EST. Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem, the council’s co-chair, left a Congressional hearing early because she said she needed to attend it.

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The Department of Homeland Security referred questions about the meeting’s cancellation to the White House, which did not respond to requests for comment. The person famili

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