Mexico sent firefighters to the US state of California to help douse wildfires that devastated portions of Los Angeles in early 2025. However, social media users are falsely claiming a video shows a fleet of helicopters arriving in America's second-largest city from its southern neighbor -- the clip,

Learn how the LA wildfires have complicated the bitter political feud between President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The California Democrat has pressed moderate measures to aid victims and been a constant TV presence as he and the state battle online falsehoods.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has only expanded the size and scope of California government during his tenure, while Trump plans radical federal cuts.

President Donald Trump, right, and Gov. Gavin Newsom speak to the media upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. Mandel Ngan AFP/Getty via TNS Gov.

"Stay in LA" organizers Sarah Adina Smith and Alexandra Pechman outline their plans as their petition reaches over 15,000 industry supporters

The Trump administration’s budget freeze on federal grants and loans will affect more than 2,600 accounts across the government. Beginning at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, tens of billions of dollars directed to the likes of the Pentagon,

Aides spent months drafting executive orders that allowed Trump to rapidly set the political agenda, leaving his many enemies in disarray

“Despite being smack in the middle of the rainy season, brush conditions over Southern California are currently as dry as they ever get in the summer (the dry season),” AccuWeather California Expert Ken Clark said. “So when you throw dry air and Santa Ana winds into the mix, you have prime ingredients for wildfires.”

So far, many clues to the origins of the deadly Eaton fire, which started in the area just after 6 p.m. that evening and went on to kill 17 people, have pointed to the brushy hillside where a tangle of electrical lines stretch up Eaton Canyon.

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President Donald Trump traveled to California to survey the wildfire damage in his first presidential visit since his inauguration.