All posts tagged "Pacific Palisades"

Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA) gave a Trump official a piece of her mind on Tuesday, delivering a direct rebuttal to a Trump administration official who she argued was dodging her questions.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner was testifying about his department's 2027 budget request before a House Appropriations subcommittee when Torres started to press him about funding for Californians whose lives and homes were impacted — and many destroyed — during the fires in January 2025 in Southern California.

"It is a disaster, and yes, they deserve the help. When is the administration going to submit a disaster package for California?" Torres asked. ...

President Donald Trump Monday tried to blame Maryland's Democratic Gov. Wes Moore for a sewage dump in the Potomac River, hurling an attack at one of his most open critics.

Local officials have warned people of the wastewater pipe collapse in the river while Trump tried to claim that Moore couldn't handle the incident, despite that the fact that the wastewater falls under the DC Water utility leadership — not the governor. He also tried to point the finger at California Democrat and Gov. Gavin Newsom, another person who hasn't shied away from challenging Trump, as the president tried to draw similarities to the devastating fires in Pacific Palisades, California in January 2025.

Trump posted the following on his Truth Social platform: ...

Investigators on Wednesday announced new information about the suspect in the devastating Pacific Palisades fire in January.

Here are five things to know about the suspect.

1. The suspect's name is Jonathan Rinderknecht. ...