Months of neglect from federal officials threatened to combine the worst elements of two recent major disasters. Fortunately, residents in western North Carolina, a region ravaged by Hurricane Helene in September and then largely ignored by former President Joe Biden's Federal Emergency Management Agency for months thereafter,

27. The next day, Biden approved a disaster declaration for North Carolina. The Palisades fire in Los Angeles began as a brushfire Jan. 7. Biden approved a disaster declaration for California Jan. 8.

U.S. President Donald Trump visited disaster-hit western North Carolina on Friday and was traveling later to Los Angeles, promising help while stoking partisan tensions with Democratic rivals over recovery efforts.

President Donald Trump said he's considering "getting rid of" FEMA as he hit the road for the first time since his second inauguration, visiting victims of Hurricane Helene and the California wildfires.

The president cited the disasters during his inauguration speech Monday as examples of an insufficient federal response to communities in need.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina ... running dry in the Los Angeles area. “I don’t think we should give California anything until ...

President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and ... running dry in the Los Angeles area. “I don’t think we should give California anything until they let ...

FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of FEMA” as he visited hurricane-battered North Carolina on Friday during the first trip of his second term.

President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday ... Young Kim, a Republican from Orange County, south of Los Angeles, said in a recent statement.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina ... dry in the Los Angeles area. “I don’t think we should give California anything until ...

In North Carolina, the president pledged “the support that you need to quickly recover and rebuild” after a hurricane. His message to fire-ravaged California had a different tone.

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