The president used his address to warn of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy and and of a “tech-industrial complex.”
Pam Bondi sought to reassure Democratic senators that her Justice Department would not prosecute anyone for political purposes.
The government has not yet released damage estimates, but private firms expect they will climb into the tens of billions.
A father and son died when their house burned down in the Los Angeles-area wildfires as they waited for help evacuating.
An Olympic kite surfer on a practice run saved a woman who was pulled out to sea.