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,

Carl DeMaio aims to revive California's Republican Party with a bold, combative style, promising to challenge Democrats and reshape the party's direction

All the talk about attaching conditions to California’s federal disaster aid have placed the state’s Republican members of Congress in a quandary.

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.

Some U.S. House Republicans in California are breaking with Speaker Mike Johnson over his suggestion that federal disaster aid be coupled with as-yet unspecified conditions on the wildfire-ravaged sta

Trump has threatened to withhold federal aid to California unless it makes policy changes. How will the state's House GOP delegation respond?

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

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 organizing committee, said Trump had vowed to make the games ‘the ...

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.

President Trump landed in Los Angeles Friday afternoon to tour damage from the devastating Palisades Fire, one of two deadly wildfires fires this month, greeting Gov. Gavin Newsom who was waiting at the bottom of the steps to Air Force One.

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.

SACRAMENTO, California — California Attorney General Rob Bonta assailed the Trump administration’s edict to halt federal funding as imprecise and frustratingly vague on Tuesday. But among the dozens of programs that could be cut, the state’s top law enforcement official pointed to one with certainty: money to help fire-scorched Los Angeles rebuild.