California wildfires are the first test for a new GOP-led Congress

Responding to the Los Angeles area’s apocalyptic wildfires will be the first test of the newly minted Republican Congress.

After this past summer’s hurricanes left disaster funding running low, Congress will almost certainly have to allocate more funding to help Californians rebuild from what’s projected to be the costliest wildfire in modern California history.

But with Donald Trump offering only scorn and blame as Californians flee for safety and reckon with the loss of their homes...