More than 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate as wildfires burn close to Los Angeles. Strong winds are making the fires difficult to fight and causing them to spread rapidly. The fires are burning across nearly 3,000 acres, and fire officials say there has been no containment.
President-elect Donald Trump has expressed renewed interest in acquiring Greenland, citing its strategic location and natural resources. Trump has also not ruled out using force to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal. His son, Donald Trump Jr., visited Greenland on Tuesday.
A day after banning offshore drilling across large areas of U.S. waters, President Joe Biden set aside more than 800,000 acres of California’s land for conservation. The White House says Biden has now protected more lands and waters than any president in history—or some 674 million acres.
