Presidents fully control FEMA aid. The operative word in federal disaster law is “may,” as in: “The President may make ...

Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. PST Los Angeles County public health officials issue closures of several miles of beach near the Palisades ...

While visiting the wildfire-torn community of Altadena Thursday, leading House Democrats called for federal assistance ...

Jan. 8, 5:11 p.m. PSTBiden approves a Major Disaster Declaration for California, making federal funding available to those impacted by the fires in Los Angeles County. Jan. 8, 1:25 p.m. PSTThe ...

Months of neglect from federal officials threatened to combine the worst elements of two recent major disasters. Fortunately, ...

With little power in Republican-led Washington, D.C., California Democrats struggle to mount a countereffort to President Trump's agenda.

President Joe Biden signed a disaster declaration for California at the request of ... Community Foundation has worked to help Los Angeles County since 1915. The agency's Wildfire Recovery Fund ...

Mud and debris from a fire-ravaged hillside covers Topanga Canyon Boulevard on Monday. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) ...

Things are broken and if we want to fix them and we want high standards, then we have to start holding everyone to the ...

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden bid goodbye to the American people Wednesday night, saying in a farewell address to the nation that serving as president has been “the highest honor of my life ...

WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden delivered a vigorous defense of his record and warned of an American "oligarchy" in a primetime address from the Oval Office as he bid farewell to four years in ...

During his farewell address to the nation, President Biden focused on threats to democracy and society, highlighting concerns about oligarchy, climate change and the risks of unregulated technology.