Experts say compromise might be needed to get the president’s support for a big aid package. Some say politicization of the process would set a bad precedent.

President Trump is visiting California Friday to survey damage from a deadly wildfire that devastated the coastal community of Pacific Palisades. The blaze, together with the Eaton Fire, led to the deaths of 28 people this month.

President Donald Trump, who has criticized state and local leaders over what he calls faulty water-management policies that he says contributed to the region’s deadly wildfires, arrived in Los Angeles Friday.