U.S. Senator Alex Padilla Questions Defense Secretary Hegseth on Trump’s Purported Military Action to “Turn On” California Water

On the first week of Donald Trump's second presidency, we report from Washington, D.C., and the frontlines of fire damage in California.

California U.S. Senator Alex Padilla Questions Interior Secretary Nominee Doug Burgum on Support for Wildfire Aid and Wildland Firefighter Pay

California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla said he will attend the 47th presidential inauguration on Monday in which President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office for his second term. “I do plan to be there. Of course,” he told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl.

With little power in Republican-led Washington, D.C., California Democrats struggle to mount a countereffort to President Trump's agenda.

In recent weeks, Trump and his allies — notably billionaire Elon Musk on his X platform — have attacked Newsom’s leadership and at times promoted misinformation about California’s response. And House Speaker Mike Johnson has suggested there should be conditions on federal wildfire aid to force changes in California.

Caps give up two penalty shots -- while on the power play -- and lose to Senators in overtime, 5-4, despite a goal from Alex Ovechkin.

History is littered with democracies that lost their freedoms and didn't notice it while it was happening. Let's not be one of them,’ Adam Schiff says

Kash Patel distances himself from Jan 6 rioters and pardons in contentious confirmation - RFK Jr, Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel’s Senate confirmation hearings underway on Capitol Hill

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks after an American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at the airport near Washington,

Dozens are feared dead after a midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter. Washington D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen joins Ana Cabrera to share more on the emergency response.

A new House bill would make it a federal crime to “cause a wildfire, further the spread of a wildfire, or attempt to do either,” according to the bill’s sponsors.