Trump rips LA Mayor Karen Bass at wildfire briefing

LA residents fume at Mayor Karen Bass during Trump wildfire roundtable: ‘We can’t even see our homes right now!’
LA residents informed Bass that they’ve been told it will be 18 months before they can start rebuilding — a claim the mayor said wasn’t the case.
The claim: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fired fire chief
The fire chief spoke at a press briefing with Mayor Karen Bass after her supposed ouster. The department said claims of her firing are false.
Trump adds his criticism to L.A. voters’ anger at Mayor Karen Bass
As local voters say they have lost confidence in the mayor, a presidential visit gave her a platform to plead her case. Then the president intervened.
Trump rips LA Mayor Karen Bass at wildfire briefing: ‘You have emergency powers, just like I do’
President Trump tangled with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Friday after touring wildfire damage in America’s second-largest city — demanding she use her “emergency powers” and
LA Mayor Karen Bass' brother loses home in Palisades Fire
Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has revealed that her brother lost his Malibu home in the still-raging Palisades wildfires.
Petition demanding LA Mayor Karen Bass resign over fire response reaches over 152K signatures
Nearly 153,000 people have signed a petition demanding Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass resign, citing mismanagement of the city's wildfire crisis.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faces mounting backlash over wildfire response
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) is facing mounting backlash over her response to the wildfires that have torn through her city, raising questions about her own political future as the region continues to struggle to contain the fires.
Trump vs. LA Mayor Karen Bass on Wildfire Cleanup: You Need To Let People Do It, It Will Take The City 2 Years
President Donald Trump and Los Angeles Karen Bass tangled at a roundtable discussion on the wildfire cleanup in the Pacific Palisades. KAREN BASS, LOS ANGELES MAYOR: Well, and let me just tell you that we are going to do everything we can,
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass And Trump Spar Over California Fire Response
President Donald Trump has previously called out Democratic politicians like LA Mayor Bass, blaming them for the California fires.
Los Angeles area begins debris removal from fire zones ahead of possible weekend rain, Mayor Karen Bass says
As the Los Angeles area continues to monitor extreme fire danger, Mayor Karen Bass said officials are preparing for the possibility of rain in burn scar areas over the weekend.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass should resign in disgrace, but it’s not worth trying to recall her
There can be no question that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has failed. She traveled out of the country days after being warned that extreme fire risk from high winds would threaten her city ...
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‘There’s just a pile-on’: How Karen Bass lost control of the wildfire narrative
LOS ANGELES — Karen Bass may have been born and raised ... Zach Seidl, a spokesperson for Bass, said the mayor’s “greatest concern right now is protecting the lives of Angelenos during ...
Fact Check: LA Mayor Olympic flag video falsely linked to 2025 wildfires
A video of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass disembarking a flight with the Olympic flag after the 2024 Paris Games handover ceremony has been falsely linked online to the January 2025 wildfires in the ...
Rain in Southern California creates mudflows but helps firefighters extinguish lingering fires
More rain fell Monday on parts of Southern California after causing mudflows over the weekend, helping firefighters but ...
Joe Mathews: How could LA have not be ready for an epic fire? One answer is corruption.
Planning is about imagining a future. A city that doesn’t plan isn’t tapping its collective imagination. That’s the bitter ...
Trump 2nd term live updates: President takes pride in getting rid of 'woke crap'
President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and more. In his first trip since becoming president, Trump headed to survey ...
California Wildfires: Expected rain may boost firefighting efforts, but officials are vigilant about flooding.
The rain that is expected to hit the scorched Los Angeles landscape this weekend may bring relief to the fire fights, but it ...
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Trump tells LA Mayor to let California fire victims start rebuild sooner than '18 months'
President Donald Trump and LA Mayor Karen Bass briefly argued over the timeline for allowing evacuated residents to return and rebuild after the Palisades Fire.