Friday, 11:00 a.m. PST Cal Fire data marked the Palisades Fire at 98% containment and the Eaton Fire at 99% containment. Thursday, 10:07 p.m. PST The Hughes Fire reached full containment nine days ...

The actions prompted a tense standoff between the U.S. and Colombia after Colombia's president turned away deportation ...

California paid $83.1 billion more in federal taxes than it received from the federal government — more than any other state — in 2022. When the state’s population is considered, California paid ...

President Trump is considering eliminating FEMA citing inefficiency. States and climate advocates say FEMA needs a fix but it also needs to stay.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency crews continue working Friday to identify and remove hazardous waste from properties ravaged in this month’s wildfires, as many residents return to sift through ...

Republican and Democratic voters across the US are reeling from climate-fueled disasters, with thousands of homes and ...

“FEMA has turned out to be a disaster,” Trump said in North Carolina on Friday while on a multistate tour to areas still ...

Recent federal budget proposals would shift significant costs, explicitly or implicitly, to states and localities by ...

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles are prompting officials in New York’s Orange County to reflect on their own disaster response strategies.

The president fired off a rambling social media post about how the collision “should have been prevented” as officials investigate the cause and search for survivors.

On Friday, while visiting victims of September’s Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, Mr. Trump said he was considering ...