The federal government typically covers 75% of rebuilding costs after a major disaster. President-elect Trump has threatened to withhold firefighting money from California.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to make Greenland a part of the United States, renewing an interest first expressed in 2019 when he offered to buy the sprawling Arctic island from Denmark - and was rebuffed.

Foreign secretary David Lammy has played down US president-elect Donald Trump's threats to acquire Greenland. The Arctic territory is controlled by Denmark but is also home to a US military base and also has oil drilling and mineral mining potential.

President-elect Donald Trump said a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is being set up. At a meeting with Republican governors at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, the incoming president told a reporter that Putin “wants to meet” and added,

US President-elect Donald Trump has stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to meet with him. The meeting is already in the works, reports Reuters. Trump's statement came on Thursday (January 9 in the US) during his speech before a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach,