Political tensions between President-elect Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom are hitting a fever pitch as wildfires continue to rage across the Los Angeles area. The New York Times reported that the feud between the two high-profile politicians has reached its most contentious point as Trump prepares to be sworn in as the 47th

Gavin Newsom. Unlike his goals of annexing Greenland and Canada ... Washington state in 2020 “because of a bitter personal dispute” with Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee. “Trump sat on Inslee’s request for the final four months of his presidency ...

Gavin Newsom. Unlike his goals of annexing Greenland and Canada ... Washington state in 2020 “because of a bitter personal dispute” with Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee. “Trump sat on Inslee’s request for the final four months of his presidency ...

The new president faces immediate questions over his threat to deny help to California as wildfires still rage.

Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee pressed Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump’s nominee for secretary of Homeland Security, on whether she would apply conditions to or withhold

Gov. Bob Ferguson suggested cutting 6% of the state’s budget to offset shortfalls, but lawmakers on both sides said fire suppression funds should not be touched

Ahead of the presidential inauguration, several other governors have ordered that flags be temporarily raised. On Wednesday, a spokesperson for California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that flags in the state would be temporarily raised for the presidential inauguration.

Live updates and latest news as the Trump administration prepares to take office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation hearings continue for Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem.

Hawley called CHNV a “mass parole program” that exceeds the government’s authority under immigration law. Hawley said the law allows parole “in only very limited circumstances,” which he said requires case-by-case evaluation and is not practiced by the Biden administration.

Trump’s nominee for massive cabinet job rebuffs ‘hypothetical’ question as he threatens California fire relief

Live updates and latest news as the Trump administration prepares to take office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation hearings continue for Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem.

Noem said she would not withhold disaster aid based on politics but did not directly answer questions on whether she would refuse such a directive from President-elect Trump. Noem initially declined to answer “hypotheticals,