A former governor of Washington has ripped into the GOP for suggesting there should be strings attached to aid in the wake of some of the most devastating wildfires in U.S. history. Speaking with MSNBC’s Ali Velshi on Friday,

Trump takes office in less than a week, but California's road to recovery will take months, and politics might get in the way.

Actor Denzel Washington donated $50 million to victims of the January 2025 wildfires in California. Rating: False (About this rating?) According to an online rumor that emerged in mid-January 2025, actor Denzel Washington donated $50 million to help victims of wildfires that caused significant property destruction in the Los Angeles area.

The Air Quality Index measured 156 near Forks, Washington, and received a rating of "unhealthy," meaning some members of the general public may experience health effects and members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects. No major wildfires were reported nearby, however.

The animals were flown here over the weekend to escape the deadly wildfires tearing through the southern part of the state.

The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 37 square miles. That’s more than half the land size of Washington, D.C. A second fire, the Eaton Fire, is now more than 22 square miles. The Palisades Fire threatens thousands of structures inside the fire’s perimeter.

Republicans say they may make California bend to their policy demands before approving wildfire aid. That would set a terrible precedent.

The wildfires in Southern California have led to the evacuations of over 130,000 people and have destroyed over 10,000 structures. Overlaying the wildfire outbreak across other major U.S. cities shows that the blaze is one of the worst in United States history, as it continues to spread across residential areas in Los Angeles.

According to Oregon and California’s fire departments, trucks were stopped in Davis, California, just outside Sacramento, for maintenance and safety checks, and those trucks continued onward. Photos and news coverage confirm that trucks from other states were assisting firefighters in Los Angeles.

A large number of Washington fire crews have arrived in California to help to fight the fierce wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area.

Rep. Brad Sherman (D-California), whose district has suffered some of the worst damage, told The Washington Post that rebuilding could cost more than $150 billion. The death toll from the fires is ...

More than a dozen high-profile faces will be missing from the sea of spectators huddled in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.