Firefighters battle wildfires, fatigue and Covid-19 as California braces for an extended fire season
CNN
Firefighters battling a devastating wildfire season in California are exhausted as they face the state's massive Caldor Fire that has been threatening a popular tourist city for days -- and the likelihood of more fires in the weeks ahead.
"Firefighters are getting tired, they're getting drained," Cal Fire spokesman Dave Lauchner told CNN. The severe drought suffocating parts of the American West is not only leading to water and food production shortages, but it is also creating the ideal environment for more wildfires to spark rapidly, scientists and climate experts say.President Joe Biden is expected to announce an executive order as early as Tuesday that would effectively shut down the US-Mexico border to asylum-seekers crossing illegally when a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded – a sweeping and controversial proposal that is likely to receive fierce pushback from progressives and immigration advocates.
In the days and weeks leading up Hunter Biden’s trial on felony gun charges, President Joe Biden made little attempt to distance himself from his son. Instead, Hunter Biden was seen at the White House and in Delaware at his father’s side amid what the president’s allies acknowledge is a difficult moment for both men.