President Donald Trump said he would “love" California Gov. Gavin Newsom to launch a White House bid for the Democrats but said his response to wildfires and other issues “pretty much put him out of the race.

Researchers say that over the last few decades, rising global temperatures have been the driving force behind prolonged drought and increasing wildfire risk across the western United States. In cities throughout the U.S., the warming atmosphere is trapping more moisture and creating wetter, more powerful storms and hurricanes.

The state is confronting what officials say is an unprecedented confluence of forces that will test its long record of enduring catastrophes, natural and otherwise.

Gavin Newsom is proposing to close a projected $12 billion state budget deficit by curbing a signature health care program for undocumented immigrants as President Donald Trump’s tariffs and rising health care costs batter California’s finances.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation contractors south of the San Joaquin Delta to receive up to 50% of their contracted amount of Central Valley Project water.

The president said Gov. Gavin Newsom’s support for high-speed rail and his handling of the Los Angeles wildfires make him unelectable.

The battle over immigration and federal power escalated Tuesday as California and 19 other states accused President Donald Trump of illegally withholding tens of billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds from states that refuse to cooperate with the administration’s policies.

In the California legislature, Democrats are pushing a bill that could hand control of the state’s energy markets to the pro–fossil fuel Trump administration. Expert analyses suggest the bill could jeopardize California’s trailblazing clean energy laws.