Los Angeles is burning

Early Wednesday, FBI agents raided the home of a Washington Post reporter as part of an investigation of a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials. The reporter – Hannah Natanson – was at her home in Virginia at the time of the search. ... Show More

For years, President Donald Trump has complained about Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H. Powell. He’s called him names, said he should be fired and has tried to pressure the Fed leader into lowering interest rates.Trump’s feud against Powell escalated over the weekend, when P ... Show More

Conflicting narratives of Renée Good’s killing in Minneapolis have quickly emerged – federal officials claim the ICE officer who shot her was acting in self-defense, while others believe her death was easily avoidable and that ICE’s tactics are overly aggressive. Host Martine Pow ... Show More

The fires burning through Los Angeles now are already the worst in the history of California, a state known for its wildfires. Thousands have lost their homes, and nearly 180,000 have been forced to evacuate. What is it like to be in the city on fire?  In this episode: Manuel Ráp ... Show More

Wildfires overtook Los Angeles, firefighters ran out of water, and the political finger-pointing began. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Travis Larchuck, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Peter Balonon-Rosen, engineered by Patrick Boyd and A ... Show More

<p>Over the past 48 hours, wildfires have consumed acre after acre and building after building across greater Los Angeles. More than 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, and at least five people have died.</p><p>The Times’s L.A. bureau chief, Corina Knoll, and our staff ... Show More

It’s been a week since wildfires started sweeping through Los Angeles, California, destroying swathes of the city and reducing communities, homes and schools to little more than rubble and ash. The inferno has now ravaged an area larger than Manhattan. Some fires have been exting ... Show More

Le calvaire des Californiens, confrontés à des feux dévastateurs depuis le 7&nbsp;janvier, est loin d’être terminé. Un <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2025/01/22/un-nouvel-incendie-fait-rage-au-nord-de-los-angeles-1-400-hectares-detruits-en-deux-heures_6510686_324 ... Show More

With so many confusing narratives unfolding around a fire that is still raging out of control, I wanted to talk to somebody I knew and trusted to get stories like this right. Robinson Meyer is the founder and editor of Heatmap News and a former staff writer at The Atlantic, where ... Show More

<p> A week after fires broke out in the Los Angeles area, Californians are grappling with the widespread destruction.</p><p>They’re also seeking answers from their leaders about why so much has been lost.</p><p>Mike Baker and Christopher Flavelle, who have been covering the fires ... Show More