President Donald Trump is set to visit North Carolina and California on Friday, two states that have faced significant natural disasters.

Trump said domestic and international challenges over the last four years would not have happened had he been president.

President Trump sat down Wednesday with Fox News host and ally Sean Hannity for his first one-on-one interview since returning to the White House for his second term. Trump has taken questions from reporters on each of his first three days in office,

Hannity described his and Trump's "friendship" as the president responded to soft questioning with claims about January 6, immigration, and the size of the 2024 presidential election victory. Despite the easy ride, Trump still peppered the conversation with a mixture of falsehoods that Newsweek's Fact Check team has assessed.

President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, using the first trip of his second administration to tour areas where politics has clouded the response to deadly disasters.

The president criticised the last administration for its response in North Carolina and leaders in California in the wake of recent wildfires.

There aren't many details about President Donald Trump's Jan. 24 Asheville visit. For now, see scenes from his previous two stops here.

President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to recent wildfires in California and last year’s hurricane in North Carolina.

President Trump is heading to hurricane-battered North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles for the first trip of his second administration.

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In an interview on Fox News on Wednesday, President Donald Trump made it clear that release of emergency assistance to victims of the disastrous Los Angeles wildfires will be contingent on political conditions imposed by the White House on California.