Pete Hegseth, US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP Photo)





Firefighters from Mexico rest while hiking to their destination to cut a containment line in the Tarzana area during the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 13, 2025. (Photo by David Ryder/Reuters)





A President-elect Donald Trump supporter holds a segment of a giant flag as Trump appears remotely before a judge for a sentencing hearing at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in New York City on Friday, January 10, 2025. (Photo by USA Today)





Flowers and a car are covered by fire retardant as the Palisades Fire, one of simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, burns at the Mandeville Canyon, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 11, 2025. (Photo by Ringo Chiu/Reuters)





A mural by Sergei Statsenko, who also goes by the artist name Steeke, thanks firefighters in the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles as wildfires burn Monday, January 13, 2025. (Photo by Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)





A fire fighting helicopter drops water as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood and Encino, California, on January 11, 2025. The Palisades Fire, the largest of the Los Angeles fires, spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods January 11, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control. Across the city, at least 11 people have died as multiple fires have ripped through residential areas since January 7, razing thousands of homes in destruction that US President Joe Biden likened to a “war scene”. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP Photo)





Tourists from China pose for photos with a snow sculpture of the U.S. Capitol with the actual Capitol in the background, decorated with flags for the upcoming inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, on the National Mall in Washington, U.S., January 13, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)





A helicopter drops water while fighting the Auto Fire in Ventura County, Calif., on Monday, January 13, 2025. (Photo by Noah Berger/AP Photo)





The light of a fire fighting helicopter illuminates a smouldering hillside as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood and Encino, California, on January 11, 2025. The Palisades Fire, the largest of the Los Angeles fires, spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods January 11, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control. Across the city, at least 11 people have died as multiple fires have ripped through residential areas since January 7, razing thousands of homes in destruction that US President Joe Biden likened to a “war scene”. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP Photo)





Fire retardant from crews battling the Palisades Fire coats a fence of ivy in Mandeville Canyon on Monday, January 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Vogel/AP Photo)





Silvia, only first name given, picks up donated items while carrying her child at an aid center for people affected by wildfires at Santa Anita Park Monday, January 13, 2025, in Arcadia, Calif. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)





A firefighter stands on a hillside covered with retardant as the Palisades Fire, one of several simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, burns in Mandeville Canyon, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 12, 2025. (Photo by Ringo Chiu/Reuters)





A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen in the sky after launching with a payload of a pair of lunar landers at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, January 15, 2025. (Photo by John Raoux/AP Photo)





An aerial view of fire trucks parked near homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire as wildfires cause damage and loss through the LA region on January 13, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. Multiple wildfires fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds continue to burn across Los Angeles County, with some containment achieved. According to reports, 24 people have died with over 180,000 people under evacuation order or warning. Over 12,000 structures have been destroyed or damaged, while more than 35,000 acres have burned. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)





A rehearsal with stand-ins representing U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, his wife Melania Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance, takes place in front of the U.S. Capitol ahead of the presidential inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, in Washington, U.S., January 12, 2025. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)





A Georgia Bulldogs dancer on the court during the game against the Oklahoma Sooners during the second half at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Dale Zanine/USA Today Sports)





Firefighters work to clear a firebreak on a hillside covered with retardant as the Palisades Fire, one of several simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, burns in Mandeville Canyon, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 12, 2025. (Photo by Ringo Chiu/Reuters)





Actress and model Meagan Good and the cast of “Harlem” (Tyler Lepley, Grace Byers, Jerrie Johnson and Shoniqua Shandai) visit the Empire State Building on January 14, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust)





Smoke from the Eaton Fire lingers above the mountains of the Angeles National Forest north of Altadena, California, on January 13, 2025. Firefighters were battling massive wildfires on January 13 that have ravaged Los Angeles and killed at least 24 people, with officials warning of incoming dangerous winds that could whip up the blazes further. (Photo by Étienne Laurent/AFP Photo)





A plane makes a drop as smoke billows from the Palisades Fire at the Mandeville Canyon, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 11, 2025. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)