That does it for today’s liveblog. Here are some of the big events from the day:
Joe and Jill Biden visited the town of Lahaina today. They took an aerial tour of the devastation and met with residents, officials and emergency responders.
Federal prosecutors are objecting to the April 2026 trial date proposed by lawyers for Donald Trump in the case accusing the former president of scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Defense lawyers said that the far-off date was meant to give prosecutors time to review the 11.5m pages of potential evidence.
Donald Trump’s bond in the sweeping Georgia racketeering case has been set for $200,000, according to court filings at Fulton county court.
Texas senator Ted Cruz, a former candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, appeared on Monday to fall for one of the oldest internet hoaxes, sharing a supposed picture of a shark on a flooded highway in Los Angeles with the remark: “Holy crap.”
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Joe Biden just finished speaking from downtown Lahaina, near the banyan tree that has come to symbolize the devastation from the wildfires and the steadfastness and resilience of the community. “Today it’s burned but it’s still standing,” Biden said of the tree.
During his remarks Biden emphasized that the recovery and rebuilding on the island will be done with respect for Hawaiian traditions. He also shared his connection to Daniel Inouye, a US senator from Hawaii who Biden said was a source of support after he lost his first wife and daughter in a car accident in 1972.
“Danny Inouye helped bring me back,” he said.
The president also spoke to the federally sponsored recovery efforts that are currently under way. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has given out tens of thousands of blankets and meals to displaced people and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is working with Lahaina residents to get them from temporary shelters into temporary housing.
Biden stressed to Hawaiians that the US ‘grieves with you” and promises help ‘for as long as it takes.’
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