President Donald Trump is in the fifth day of his second term in office, striving to remake the traditional boundaries of Washington by asserting unprecedented executive power. The president also took his first trip of his second administration on Friday,

California is seeking federal emergency aid from Trump and Congress as it continues to recover from the fires, with several blazes still not fully extinguished. The Palisades fire was at 79 percent containment with an estimated 23,448 acres burned as of Friday night, according to Cal Fire.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump met with California residents to tour the damage of the Los Angeles wildfires on Friday.

Trump and Newsom set aside their usual bitterness and say they will figure out how to work together on the region’s recovery.

President Donald Trump met with Southern California leaders of various walks of life to discuss wildfire recovery and rebuild efforts. At one point during the meeting, Trump and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass clashed over the timing of when displaced residents or business owners can go back to their properties to clean up the debris.

President Donald Trump is hitting the road for the first time since his second inauguration, visiting hurricane victims in North Carolina and then heading west to California to tour the devastation left behind by wildfires around Los Angeles.

President Trump is ripping California Gov. Gavin Newsom over mismanagement of the state leading up to the devastating wildfires and handling of sanctuary cities ahead of his visit to the Golden State.

The president has had harsh words for state and local leaders in California amid the deadly blazes. He recently suggested that any federal aid could come with strings.

"We want to get it fixed, we want to get the problem fixed and there will be some ways. It's like you got hit by a bomb," President Trump said once he arrived in LA.

Donald Trump has named two conditions that he said he will need to see before agreeing to provide federal disaster relief to California.

President Donald Trump named voter ID and water reforms as the two concessions he is seeking from California as Washington considers sending relief to the state as it battles wildfires around Los Angeles.