President Donald J. Trump Approves District of Columbia Emergency Declaration Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the District of Columbia and ordered Federal assistance to supplement the District's response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the 59 Presidential Inauguration from January 11 to January 24, 2021. The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA , to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and publ