WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires, a scientific study found.

President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold federal disaster relief to parts of California until certain conditions are met was chalked up to “political theater” by experts on Monday. Juliet Musso, associate professor at the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California,

Concerns arose that the freeze could affect California wildfire relief, particularly that from federal agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Trump has often criticized FEMA and has hinted at overhauling the agency.

Calexit is a movement for the largest U.S. state to secede from the union, though the initiative's website offers contradictory definitions.

California joined a coalition of U.S. states that sued to block President Donald Trump's move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.

The California Historical Society, a San Francisco-based institution with a once-vibrant museum on Mission Street, announced Tuesday it will close all its programs and Stanford University will acquire its vast collections and archives.

A new House bill would make it a federal crime to “cause a wildfire, further the spread of a wildfire, or attempt to do either,” according to the bill’s sponsors.

Border officials say the attack bolsters President Donald Trump’s claims that the U.S.-Mexico border is more lawless than official statistics indicate.

SEATTLE — Dozens of cats and dogs rescued from overcrowded shelters in California are now ready and waiting for their forever homes in Washington. The animals were flown here over the weekend to ease the overcrowding of California shelters, which had ...

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California Democrats amplified their efforts to resist President Donald Trump’s agenda for the country after he assumed office this week. Trump infuriated many Democratic lawmakers and leftist ...