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,

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

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 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.

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 ...

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

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of electric vehicles.