Six in 10 Californians wouldn't mind if the state peacefully seceded from the United States, a poll by Independent California Institute shows.

An independent California would need to address defense, healthcare, and Social Security funding challenges. The idea of California secession resurfaces amid renewed tensions between President Trump and Gov.

The president’s repeated talk of a spigot, which he calls a faucet or valve, has been puzzling Californians and Canadians for some time. “I don’t really understand what he’s saying.”

Canada and Mexico have sent firefighting crews to help battle the blazes in the Los Angeles area, and Ukraine also has offered assistance. But social media posts misleadingly claim "$00,000,000" in "foreign aid" has been offered to the U.

These Canadian CL-415 aircrafts, also known as amphibious water bombers, have been on the front lines fighting the wildfires blazing through California

Trump is taking aim at water supplies for an endangered fish, but scientists say he’s missing the point. It’s one of California’s thorniest problems. The nation’s most populous state is full of sprawling cities, vast farmland, rich ecosystems — and it must decide how to divide scarce water resources among them.

On his way to California on Friday, President Trump made some statements about the water situation here during the recent fires. He said, “The water from the north was turned off”; that

For years, Mexico and Canada have often been targets of Donald Trump’s hostile and imperialistic blather. It’s only gotten worse since the election, with Trump referring to Canada, a sovereign nation of more than 40 million people, as “the 51st state ” and claiming he will rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.”

As crews work to contain the destructive fires, posts circulating across social media claim Mexico and Canada have sent firefighters to California to help crews there. Multiple VERIFY readers, including Kimberly, Jeff, Trish and Karin, asked if that’s true.

There are four issues to consider when contemplating a hypothetical U.S.-Canada union: economics, politics, cultural dynamics and military prowess

Canada, Mexico, Ukraine and Iran have all offered support to Los Angeles as wildfires continue to destroy the Californian city's landscape and infrastructure. Newsweek has contacted the office of California Governor Gavin Newsom for comment and updates on help that has been sent to the state.

As crews work to contain the destructive fires, posts circulating across social media claim Mexico and Canada have sent firefighters to California to help crews there. Multiple VERIFY readers ...