During his visit to Los Angeles, President Joe Biden was briefed Wednesday morning by local law enforcement and fire officials on three wildfires which have killed two people and injured several others as powerful winds carried them across over 20,

Wildfires in California have broken out and escalated significantly since President Joe Biden touched down in Los Angeles on Monday, where he had initially been set to travel to the Coachella Valley and designate a new national monument.

In what would have been his last overseas trip as president, Joe Biden had been set to depart for Italy Thursday night to meet with Pope Francis.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a briefing Friday on how federal resources are helping the Los Angeles area fight and recover from the massive fires, as President- elect Donald Trump criticizes the federal and state response.

"I told the governor and local officials, spare no expense," President Biden said, calling the damage "catastrophic."

President Biden became a great-grandfather on Wednesday after his eldest granddaughter gave birth to a baby boy in California. “The good news is, I’m a great-grandfather as of today,” Mr. Biden told reporters after leaving a firehouse in Santa Monica,

President Biden announced that he became a great-grandfather on Wednesday after his granddaughter Naomi gave birth in Los Angeles.

The Department of Homeland Security says about 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 200,000 El Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months.

The extension helps safeguard one of the nation’s largest immigrant groups from the incoming Trump administration, which has made mass deportations a top priority.