From federal funding to the restaurant industry, Trump’s executive orders are having early implications for the region he’s expected to visit Friday.
At least 28 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across Southern California.
As more firefighters arrived to battle the blazes in Southern California — including a strike team from New Mexico — rumors have spread about some firefighters being turned away.
President Trump took action to close the nation’s southern border and terminate a widely used app. Many migrants expressed despair, and some moved to cross the border anyway.
Canada, Mexico, Ukraine and Iran have all offered support to Los Angeles as wildfires continue to destroy the Californian city's landscape and infrastructure. Newsweek has contacted the office of California Governor Gavin Newsom for comment and updates on help that has been sent to the state.
With many communities still smoldering from the Los Angeles wildfires, the forecast for rain this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a disaster respite or a disaster repeat.
The fire was reported around 2:20 p.m. Thursday in the Otay Mountains of San Diego's South Bay near the border.
Cooler, wet weather is forecast to bring moisture to the parched landscape and reduce the fire threat. But heavy rainfall could also trigger flash floods in burn scars.
Active-duty military troops are set to begin arriving in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego on Thursday evening, marking the initial phase of deploying new forces to secure the southern border, according to defense officials.
One U.S. hummingbird species truly hunkers down for the winter, and that’s the Anna’s Hummingbird. In the early 1900s, they lived solely in Mexico and southern California, where summers are dry, hot, and unfavorable; because of that, the species evolved to breed in the milder winter.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), one of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, is the latest to express public disapproval, particularly for the pardons for those convicted of assaulting police officers.