California's wildfire recovery faces political challenges in Republican-led Washington
Trump takes office in less than a week, but California's road to recovery will take months, and politics might get in the way.
Republicans eye conditions on California wildfire aid after Trump criticism
Top Republicans in the U.S. Congress are considering imposing conditions on disaster aid to Los Angeles communities devastated by wildfires, after President-elect Donald Trump claimed that state and local officials had mishandled the situation.
Republicans say they want to put conditions on wildfire aid to California
California and other Democratic-controlled states would need to atone for “bad behavior” if they wanted federal assistance, one lawmaker said.
Trump has long threatened to withhold California fire aid. Now Republicans in Congress are too
House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans say they believe approval of wildfire aid to California to assist with devastating fires in Los Angeles County should be contingent on policy changes.
What Blue States Can Do if Trump and Republicans Withhold Disaster Aid
The president-elect and his minions in Congress have threatened to punish California for its liberal policies by letting its people suffer
Trump’s threat to place conditions on fire aid outrages Democrats
Withholding natural disaster aid to force policy changes is unusual and would mark a major escalation in Republicans’ feuds with blue states.
California Republicans call for special session to combat wildfires
Governor Gavin Newsom agreed to add the Southern California wildfires to a special session of the legislature. This comes after Republicans in Sacramento called for that special session to deal solely with the wildfires and not focus on the incoming Trump administration.
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