Southern California Fire Chief Takes Helm of US Wildland Fire Service

Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy speaks during a news conference about Southern California’s upcoming wildfire season at the Los Angeles County Fire Department headquarters in Los Angeles, on June 14, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Former Chief of the Orange County Fire Authority Brian Fennessy, who grew up in Altadena, will

U.S. says it’s moving into next phase of Gaza peace plan, warns Hamas

The United States says it’s moving into the next phase of a Gaza peace plan involving disarming Hamas, rebuilding and daily governance. Trump envoy Steve Witkoff  said in a post on X that this second phase of the president’s “20-Point Plan to End the Gaza Conflict” would move on from the initial ceasefire deal agreed late last year

Vance, Rubio meet with Greenland and Denmark’s foreign ministers

Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other White House officials met Wednesday with Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers amid the Trump administration’s ongoing threats to take over Greenland.  Officials involved in the meeting have not yet briefed reporters on the discussion.  The meeting came one day after Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik