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,

President Trump is ripping California Gov. Gavin Newsom over mismanagement of the state leading up to the devastating wildfires and handling of sanctuary cities ahead of his visit to the Golden State.

Some Republican leaders insist that before California can get disaster aid, there will be conditions attached.

The California Senate Republican Caucus slammed Democratic colleagues in a 15-page report detailing years of mismanagement, with GOP lawmakers telling the Daily Caller News Foundation that ...

The president’s 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.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will join Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and some GOP governors in directing U.S. flags be raised to full height on Inauguration Day.

President Trump is ripping California Gov. Gavin Newsom over mismanagement of the state leading up to the devastating wildfires and handling of sanctuary cities ahead of his visit to the Golden State.

Altadena, California, January 2025 [Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images] “It drives me crazy when you hear people talk about how we need to manage the forests around L.A.,” says Richard ...

That leaves GOP lawmakers from California in a political quandary: whether to forcefully stand up for their home state, often pilloried by the GOP as representing all that is wrong with America ...

Amid threats to withhold federal disaster aid to California, President Donald Trump with tour the Pacific Palisades this afternoon.

Jon Stewart addressed the ongoing fires in Los Angeles, as well as the varied responses to the disaster, on a new episode of The Daily Show. The late-night host specifically took aim at Republicans, who have called for strings to be attached to the relief funds.