President Donald Trump on Friday halted Democratic California Rep. Brad Sherman’s defense of using the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has billions of dollars in disaster funds, which are used to reimburse states for eligible recovery efforts after major disasters, contrary to posts online saying FEMA has “no money” to respond to the wildfires in southern California.

President Donald Trump said Friday his administration is considering getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Southern California residents are being proactive about new fire threats while others are in the process of healing and recovering from what has burned down.

President Donald Trump was in Southern California touring what is left of the Pacific Palisades, calling what he saw ‘unbelievable’. Central Valley representatives

Residents face new threats of mudslides and ‘toxic ash’ as rain hits Southern California - Seven fires are still raging across Southern California and have consumed more than 57,000 acres

A key population harmed by Donald Trump’s proposed shutdown of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be Americans living in “tornado alley” in the central U.S. and the flood and hurricane states of the southeast, which include a huge percentage of the president’s MAGA supporters.

The president has had harsh words for state and local leaders in California amid the deadly blazes. He recently suggested that any federal aid could come with strings.

Recovery work is underway to help the thousands of Californians and small businesses that have been impacted by wildfires. Here is how small businesses can help.

The warning comes as the president threatens to withhold aid from California unless the state's leadership capitulates to his political demands

In the first official trip of his second term, Trump also threatened to withhold disaster aid to California unless the state enacts a voter ID law.