The Palisades and Eaton fires, two of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history, reached 100 percent containment more than three weeks after they began.
A view of a hillside in Topanga, Calif., during the Palisades fire last month. It, along with the Eaton fire, destroyed entire neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area.
The prosecutor firings and a move to scrutinize thousands of F.B.I. agents were a powerful indication that the president has few qualms deploying federal law enforcement to punish perceived enemies.
Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee for F.B.I. director, had testified before Congress on Thursday that the bureau employees would not be targeted for political reasons.
Local officials and experts said the water the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began sending downstream on Friday could have been helpful to farmers later this year. President Trump, in an apparent reference to the move, called it a “victory.”
The inflow to Lake Kaweah in Three Rivers, Calif., in 2021. Federal officials, acting on an executive order from President Trump, unexpectedly released water from the lake on Friday.
A man wounded by gunfire was found several blocks from where the child was killed around the same time, but officials declined to say whether the shootings were related.
The F.A.A. restricted helicopter routes nearby in the aftermath of the Wednesday collision. For some officials, the concerns about clogged airspace were a long time coming.
President Trump relies on tariffs to address trade, immigration and drug issues. Ana Swanson, who covers trade and international economics for The New York Times, explains their potential impact on everyday Americans.
Democratic lawmakers had expressed concerns to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken about the rifles possibly going to settler militias or being misused by the police.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s former minister of national security, said in October 2023 that he would give arms to settlements and create civilian militias for the protection of settlers.
The leader of the New Flemish Alliance party, Bart De Wever, left, with King Philippe of Belgium this month after a meeting at the Royal Palace to discuss the formation of a new government.
There is a long, bipartisan history of attempts to rein in spending and address concerns about government inefficiencies, though the parties have grown increasingly divided about what to cut.
President Trump in the White House on Wednesday. His administration published, and then rescinded, a memo this week freezing federal spending, causing widespread confusion.
Jo Ellis, a National Guard pilot who is transgender, was falsely identified as the captain of the crashed military helicopter in thousands of social media posts.
He played keyboards with a host of rock luminaries, but perhaps his most memorable performance was as part of the band that shocked the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
The broadcaster had declined previous requests by the Trump campaign to release the unedited transcript of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.
President Trump sued CBS last year for $10 billion and accused the network of deceptively editing the interview with Vice President Harris in a manner that benefited her candidacy.
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