President Trump repeated falsehoods about California’s firefighting efforts on Friday and blamed Democratic officials for a wide variety of issues affecting the response to wildfires as he toured areas of Los Angeles damaged by the disaster. In a meeting with state leaders in Pacific Palisades, a community that was heavily damaged by fire, Mr. Trump … Read more
Follow our live coverage of the latest news on President Trump. Gov. Gavin Newsom came into office in 2018 confronting one of the deadliest and most destructive fires in the state’s history: the Camp fire. Even before he was sworn in, Mr. Newsom accompanied Donald Trump, then the president, and Jerry Brown, then the governor, … Read more
After nearly two weeks of cross-country jousting, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California waited alone Friday at the bottom of the steps outside Air Force One to greet President Trump as he arrived in Los Angeles to tour wildfire damage. It wasn’t clear how the meeting would go. Mr. Trump often derides the governor as “Newscum.” … Read more
President Trump was scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles on Friday to visit communities that have been affected by the recent fires, his first presidential visit to a state from which he has threatened to withhold federal aid, citing what he called water mismanagement. Ahead of his visit, Mr. Trump said in an interview on … Read more
When two hijacked jetliners struck the World Trade Center towers in New York City on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani became the face of a city struggling with tragedy, a ubiquitous presence projecting authority, assurance and control. The reputation he forged that day would be tarnished with time, but it became … Read more