WASHINGTON — California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires ...

U.S. District Judge William Orrick III of San Francisco said Trump had no legal authority for his restrictions.

House Republican budget writers say they are “ready to go” as soon as the Trump administration asks for billions in aid to areas ravaged by the Los Angeles-area wildfires — but 10 months after the ...

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The Trump administration has reportedly reversed a decision made earlier in the day to deny sending relief to California for several wildfires that have scorched the state. Wildfires in California ...

Climate change is causing storms, wildfires, droughts, and floods to become more frequent and severe, and these hazards are ...

California was getting ready to fight President-elect Donald Trump. Instead, it's fighting raging wildfires and a crisis that risks tarnishing the state's image just as its leaders were positioning it ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the restrictions could worsen the crisis by limiting long-term solutions, impacting tens of thousands of Californians. He noted that last year, of the $683 million the state ...