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,

Several California Republicans have expressed dismay that state relief could be hitched to Trump's demands over water management.

Trump and his allies are threatening to withhold aid for a fire-ravaged city while fueling the climate crisis. It's unconscionable.

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.

Republicans say they may make California bend to their policy demands before approving wildfire aid. That would set a terrible precedent.

The California Democrat has pressed moderate measures to aid victims and been a constant TV presence as he and the state battle online falsehoods.

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 ...

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 after top GOP lawmakers huddled at the White House with the president.

Ted Budd of North Carolina argued that hurricanes in his home state were an "absolutely different" matter from wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles.

As large swaths of Los Angeles County burned over the past week, and 24 people lost their lives, Republicans have been quick to play the blame game and use the disaster relief as an opportunity to ...

as they are in urban areas and Los Angeles’ fire hydrant issues aren’t linked to the state’s water management system. Other GOP lawmakers bristled at setting that kind of political precedent.

Donald Trump has vowed to keep the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, despite calls from Republicans to move the games to a red state in the wake of the devastating wildfires. The President-elect ...