The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary on Monday, elevating the hedge fund manager to the new administration’s top financial job as President Donald Trump forges ahead on an ...

Much-needed rain helped firefighters make gains on several blazes in Southern California on Monday as flooding shuttered schools, triggered landslides and prompted road closures. Intermittent ...

LOS ANGELES – President Donald Trump, long a vocal detractor of California, touched down in Los Angeles on Friday to tour fire ravaged areas, pledging federal support after days of criticizing ...

California Secretary of State Shirley Weber has approved a campaign to gather signatures petitioning for a vote on whether the Golden State should leave the U.S. and become an independent country ...

NOWHERE. WELL, A GROUP WANTING CALIFORNIA TO SECEDE FROM THE UNITED STATES IS TRYING TO GET THE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS A GROUP HAS BEEN CLEARED TO START GATHERING ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Scott Bessent to be President Donald ... (Reporting by Ann Saphir in Berkeley, California; additional reporting by Bo Erickson and Richard Cowan ...

Southern California has faced an exceptionally dry winter thus far, contributing to the wildfires currently raging in the state, but an ongoing winter storm will alleviate some of that struggle ...

Scott Bessent Confirmed as Treasury Secretary, Giving Him a Key Role in Extending Trump's Tax Cuts WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to ...

On Monday the team was able to fill the other hole, acquiring 26-year-old defender Scott Perunovich from St. Louis for a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2026 draft. At one point, not long ago ...

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He and Gov. Gavin Newsom hugged it out Friday on the tarmac at LAX after not speaking for years, but it was Trump’s increasingly friendly words toward California that offered some semblance of ...

He planned to greet President Trump upon his arrival in Southern California on Friday. By Adam Nagourney Ahead of his trip, the president threatened to withhold aid from California, which he ...