Donald Trump said the U.S. military entered California and opened a large flow of water to fight fires, but state officials denied those claims.
It's unclear exactly what, if anything, was "turned on" in California, but the Department of Water Resources said no military entered the state.
President Donald Trump claimed that the military entered California and turned on the water, but state water officials say the president's claim is false.
DOGE officials visited the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s water pumps in Northern California and said they’d worked with the agency to increase water deliveries south, as Trump has been pushing California to do.
Donald Trump claimed on social media that the U.S. military "just entered the Great State of California" in an attempt to improve the water supply.
With a new executive order, President Trump is directing federal agencies to essentially assert control over critical sections of California's water system, claiming mismanagement as he tries to assign blame for the LA wildfires.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order to allow federal agencies to override state policies to maximize water amid the Los Angeles wildfires.
California leaders are disputing a claim from President Donald Trump about the state's water resources.