The president criticised the last administration for its response in North Carolina and leaders in California in the wake of recent wildfires.

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

The White House has asked California congressional members to organise a roundtable at an airplane hangar in Santa Monica during Donald Trump’s visit.

Here in the Commonwealth, thousands of miles from the wildfires ravaging Southern California, one non-profit is working to spread hope to those on the West Coast.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, using the first trip of his second administration to tour areas where politics has clouded the response to deadly disasters.

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Pittsburgh hosts the North Carolina Tar Heels after Jaland Lowe scored 22 points in Pittsburgh's 77-73 victory against the Syracuse Orange.

The demand further politicized a fragile situation that has left Gov. Gavin Newsom scrambling to respond to the whims of the president — or even to speak with him at all — to secure billions of dollars from the federal government to help Los Angeles fight an ongoing firestorm and rebuild.

President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles

Trump's itinerary sets the tone for his nascent second administration, already in its fourth full day, as a more confident, defiant commander in chief compared to eight years ago.