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

LIVE NOW: Advocates, Legislators, Attorneys General Urge FDA to End Biden’s Abortion Drug Policies

The Family Research Council, a nonprofit research and educational organization, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and state attorneys general lead a press conference at 1 p.m. ET on Jan. 14 urging the FDA to end Biden-era abortion drug policies. Participants: Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council U.S. Senator L… Original News Source Link – Epoch

U.S. reduces some personnel at airbase in Qatar as tensions rise with Iran

The U.S. is withdrawing a small number of personnel as a “precautionary measure” from a major U.S. airbase in Qatar, a U.S. official tells CBS News. The step comes amid President Trump’s threats to target Iran for killing anti-government protesters in a brutal crackdown.  The Al Udeid airbase in Doha, Qatar, is the forward operating