Southern California is expecting up to an inch of rain in some parts, aiding the fight against wildfires but also causing ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump heads to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles, here's a look at what could change with the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

President-elect Donald Trump demonstrated in his first term a willingness to withhold and otherwise weaponize relief funding ...

Gavin Newsom, a Democrat ... Another test for Trump involves a disaster request from then-Gov. Jay Inslee, the Washington state Democrat who sought federal aid on Jan. 14 — the day before ...

There is growing unease among other blue-state Democrats that threats to condition disaster assistance will not be unique to California.

American flags at state buildings across Washington will be raised to full staff on Monday in recognition of the presidential inauguration, with flags to return to half-staff by sunrise Tuesday in ...

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 ...

Jay Inslee also ordered that U.S. and Washington ... On Wednesday, a spokesperson for California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that flags in the state would be temporarily raised for the ...

Gavin Newsom (D), a Trump critic and frequent ... then-Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D). In a largely low-key hearing, Noem said unequivocally that she would not politicize aid as head of the ...

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 ...

Live updates and latest news as the Trump administration prepares to take office next week. Follow live as Senate ...