State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas
American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China ...
Federal funding chaos is hampering WA state planning for wildfire season, officials say
The last thing we need right now planning for wildfire season is uncertainty,” one state official told The News Tribune.
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How Washington State pioneered an “all hands, all lands” wildfire prevention strategy
In January 2025, wildfire driven by hurricane-force winds ripped through Los Angeles County. Over a frightening 48 hours, ...
Wildfires in the Carolinas prompt a state of emergency, evacuations
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) declared a state of emergency Sunday afternoon as wildfires raged across 4,200 acres ...
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DOGE cuts to USDA, Forest Service spark wildfire concerns in the Pacific Northwest
Amid efforts by the Trump administration to purge the federal workforce, a group of Democratic lawmakers in Washington state ...
Putin says he’s ‘carefully studying’ Washington-Kyiv cease-fire agreement as Rubio insists US will ‘have contact with Russians’
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he believes Kyiv “can expect” the US to take “strong steps” against ...
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Federal funding chaos is hampering WA state planning for wildfire season, officials say
Wildfire season is months away in Washington state, but planning efforts already have begun. It is not going smoothly. Local and state agencies told The News Tribune that federal funding freezes ...
What we know so far about the wildfires raging across the Carolinas
Firefighters are battling blazes in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, and officials stress that residents should avoid starting any new fires.