5 days ago · President Donald Trump on Thursday stated two conditions that he would need to see before agreeing to release federal aid to wildfire-devastated California. Newsweek reached out to the White House ...

6 days ago · Trump falsely implied in a Truth Social post that Los Angeles lacked the water to put out the fires because Gov. Gavin Newsom chose to protect an “essentially worthless fish called a smelt ...

3 days ago · While Mr. Trump has insisted that the fires in Los Angeles could have been avoided entirely by pumping more water from Northern California to the south, many reservoirs in the region are at or ...

3 days ago · Trump's order said the wildfire disaster has affected the entire country and it's in the nation's "interest to ensure that California has what it needs to prevent and fight these fires and others ...

6 days ago · President Donald Trump visited California on Friday to view the devastation from wildfires that have ripped through the Los Angeles area and continue to wreak havoc, rolling back some of the harsh ...

6 days ago · After nearly two weeks of cross-country jousting, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California waited alone Friday at the bottom of the steps outside Air Force One to greet President Trump as he arrived in Los ...

6 days ago · Why did Los Angeles area fire hydrants run dry? 03:37 As wildfires spread across Southern California earlier this month, President Trump — then still the president-elect — cast blame on state ...

Jan 12, 2025 · In a September 2020 appearance with Trump after other California wildfires, Newsom said the state in the past had “not done justice in our forest management” and thanked Trump for supporting ...

Jan 10, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — As cataclysmic wildfires rage across Los Angeles, President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t been offering much sympathy. Instead, he’s claiming he could do a better job managing the crisis, spewing falsehoods and casting blame on the state’s Democratic governor.

Jan 9, 2025 · For years, Trump has littered his statements on California wildfires and other disasters with inaccurate assertions. He did it again on Wednesday as wildfires raged in Los Angeles County.