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Trump threatens to withhold aid for California wildfires in first TV interview since inauguration
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 says he may withhold federal aid for Los Angeles if California doesn’t change water policies
Trump says the blame for Los Angeles’ struggles to tame some of the deadly fires lies with Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Crews around Los Angeles battling new wildfires, Trump threatening to withhold aid
Authorities in California are dealing with new wildfires, including the Hughes Fire that has put more than 50,000 people under evacuation orders and warnings in northern Los Angeles. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti has more.
‘I told him’: Donald Trump blasts Gavin Newsom as California wildfires rage
President Trump has slammed California Governor Gavin Newsom for mismanaging the state ahead of the devastating wildfires.
Battling LA's wildfires, priorities shift for Gov. Gavin Newsom's once Trump-focused special session
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, one of President-elect Donald Trump's top political adversaries, has shifted his focus in recent days from gearing up for legal battles against the incoming Republican administration to prioritizing the state’s response to destructive wildfires around Los Angeles.
What Trump Said on Hannity
President Donald Trump sat down with Fox News’ Sean Hannity for the first sit-down interview of his presidency. Here are some ...
Trump suggests Biden probe, withholding aid to California in Hannity interview
In an interview with Sean Hannity that aired Wednesday night, President Donald Trump suggested he would like to see former President Joe Biden investigated, and threatened to withhold disaster aid to ...
Trump Questions FEMA, Suggests States 'Take Care of Their Own Problems'
Trump said FEMA "is going to be a whole big discussion" in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Wednesday.
Sean Hannity interviews Trump; Laken Riley Act passes
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), one of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment ...
5 takeaways from Trump’s interview with Sean Hannity
President Trump sat down Wednesday with Fox News host and ally Sean Hannity for his first one-on-one interview since ...
Right-wing media figures call for withholding California wildfire aid, blame ‘liberals’ for disaster
Prominent right-wing media personalities are calling on the federal government to withhold or place conditions on disaster ...
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Trump Sets His Sights on His Next Revenge Target
The select subcommittee will be chaired by Representative Barry Loudermilk, who also leads the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight and last month released a 128-page “interim report” by ...
Trump gives first interview since returning to the White House
Trump’s sit-down with Hannity, taped Wednesday morning at the White House, is his first television interview as the 47th ...
‘Four years of hell’: What Trump revealed during his first interview as President
The president was allowed to go unchallenged in the interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity as he repeated familiar false claims ...
Trump Says California Failed to Send Water to L.A. to Fight Fires, but Experts Say He’s Wrong
President Trump has blamed a lack of water during the Los Angeles fires on California decisions that benefit a small fish. Yet experts say he’s confusing different issues.