President Joe Biden announced a one-time payment of $770 to each California resident affected by wildfires. During his last week in office, Biden signed proclamations establishing the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, protecting hundreds of thousands of acres of land in California. The Chuckwalla National Monument will safeguard over 600,000 acres in the California desert, while the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument will protect more than 224,000 acres in Northern California.
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Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent leaves powerful two-word message in Irish airport's welcome book
In a brief message left in the welcome book at Shannon Airport in Ireland, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote "AMERICA FIRST!" as the Trump administration's motto. Bessent was en route from Kyiv, Ukraine, to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss sanctions, rare Earth minerals, and U.S. funding. Vice President JD Vance was also scheduled to meet with Zelenskyy before U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg's planned trip to Ukraine on Feb. 20 to work on...
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