Newsom and California are frequently the target of Trump’s ire. Some of his most memorable criticisms of the state have been over how it manages its wildlands in the face of wildfire risk. In his first term, Trump suggested California should be “raking” their forests to clean up dead brush and trees.

Donald Trump has named two conditions that he said he will need to see before agreeing to provide federal disaster relief to California.

A day after President Donald Trump claimed to have used the U.S. military and emergency powers to pump more water from Northern California to Southern California, federal officials have yet to provide details or explain the action.

President Donald Trump touted sending the military into California to turn on the water and relieve a crisis, but state officials question whether there’s a drop of truth in his claims.

Trump is taking aim at water supplies for an endangered fish, but scientists say he’s missing the point. It’s one of California’s thorniest problems. The nation’s most populous state is full of sprawling cities, vast farmland, rich ecosystems — and it must decide how to divide scarce water resources among them.

President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal aid from California as it works to recover from devastating wildfires, recycling several baseless claims and attacks against California’s Democratic leaders during his first sit-down interview since his inauguration.

Trump's new directive to prioritize water for Southern California over environmental protections reignites tensions with Newsom as wildfires in LA continue.

Firefighters from the Northern Lakes Fire District provided fire protection as President Donald Trump touched down in California.

North Carolina is another state prone to hurricanes—and in fact Hurricane Helene last fall triggered a Biden administration recovery effort led by Deanne Criswell, the impeccably qualified and unanimously confirmed director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. There were no conditions attached, but here are two that would have been nice.