During an Oval Office meeting with President Trump on Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke on the critical need for federal assistance as Southern California recovers from a series of devastating wildfires in January.

The president has blamed California's leaders for the fires and threatened to withhold aid if the state doesn't change its water policy.

President Trump on Wednesday met with California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) at the White House, to discuss fire recovery and border security efforts. The Golden State was

Governor Gavin Newsom is heading to Washington, D.C., to meet with the Trump administration in the aftermath of Southern California's deadly and destructive wildfires, while the president has threatened to investigate the state's high-speed rail project.

President Donald Trump said he will personally investigate California's High Speed Rail project. William de Rothschild, who claimed to be a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family, neighbors said,

President Donald Trump recently suggested he was preparing to investigate California's high speed rail project between Los Angeles and San Francisco, but the entity behind it is unfazed. While signing an executive order in the Oval Office on Tuesday,