The native landscape is chaparral, not forest—and clearing out the brush could make fires even worse. When the Palisades Fire started near a hiking trail in Los Angeles on January 7—quickly spreading to more than 200 acres in 20 minutes,

Trump initial guest list doesn't include Gov. Gavin Newsom or state forest officials on his trip to the Los Angeles fires — but he's bringing the head of the Forest Service, a Biden appointee with California experience.

President Trump is expected to visit the areas ravaged by the ongoing wildfires plaguing Los Angeles. Food & Water Watch California Director Nicole Ghio released the following statement:  “It is unconscionable that Trump and the GOP are politicizing these devastating wildfires by attempting to make relief contingent on endorsing their billionaire agenda.

Trump’s pledge to provide his full backing to Los Angeles came despite some critics calling for the Olympics to be moved. open image in gallery Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA 2028 ...

Most of the proposed conditions stem from a Republican mythology about the fires being caused by Democratic water- and forest-management practices that are alleged to have exposed Los Angeles to ...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Tuesday said Republican leaders agreed to move President Trump’s legislative agenda in one sweeping bill, a development he shared with reporters

GOP lawmakers are already considering how they can use the Los Angeles wildfires to extract concessions from California. In a Sunday stop on CBS' "Face the Nation," Wyoming GOP Sen. John Barrasso ...

The disastrous California wildfires are another undeniable sign of the dangers of climate change.

It will be hard for President Trump to revoke FEMA funding — but a GOP-led Congress could slow down recovery in Los Angeles.

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) said he believes Congress should withhold disaster relief funds from California in the wake of devastating Los Angeles wildfires until environmental policy changes ...

Advisers to California Gov. Gavin Newsom spent the week monitoring new White House advance staffers’ social media accounts, hoping for clues for where President Donald Trump might be headed when he lands in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon to talk about the wildfire damage.