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California will help lead a coalition of states in suing to block a White House budget office order halting “all federal financial assistance.”
With little power in Republican-led Washington, D.C., California Democrats struggle to mount a countereffort to President Trump’s agenda.
The Department of Justice is planning to investigate and possibly prosecute state and local officials who hinder Trump administration immigration efforts.
Most people who traveled to Washington to watch the event in person have been relegated to the Capital One Arena, a sports venue nearby, for a livestream of the official ceremony.
Donald Trump took the oath of office to become the 47th president in a historic Inauguration Day.
California Sen. Alex Padilla introduced several bills to increase firefighter pay, expand FEMA funding and include affordable housing as part of disaster response.
The measures in Congress prompted by the wildfires so far address forest management, disaster funding and the powers of the California Coastal Commission.
Trump takes office in less than a week, but California’s road to recovery will take months, and politics might get in the way.
