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Rachel Maddow explains how Trump’s tariffs policy came from his economic advisor Peter Navarro, who invented a fake expert in his books to justify it “Ron Vara is an anagram of Navarro.” Jared Kushner found Peter Navarro, an economist and senior counselor for trade and manufacturing for U.S. President Donald Trump, after Kushner browsed Navarro's book "Death by China" on Amazon and asked him to join Trump's 2016 presidential campaign as an economic adviser. “At one point, Ron Vara wrote in the memo that Trump could, quote, ‘Ride the tariffs to victory,’” Maddow said. The problem is, Ron Vara doesn’t exist. He never has. The economics expert that Peter Navarro has long cited to explain why he’s so gung-ho on tariffs, this person, Ron Vara, is a made-up person.” “He is a fictional person. Peter Navarro invented Ron Vara as his expert source, so he could quote this expert source over and over and over again in his crackpot books,” she continued. “Who is Ron Vara? R...

A Pacific Palisades homeowner who watched his house burn on his Tesla cameras is now calling for better long-term fire planning amid the devastation in Southern California.

Filipinos in Los Angeles affected by the Eaton and Palisades fires are racing against time to prepare for incoming dangerous winds that authorities said could whip the blazes even further.

Dia DuVernet from the Pasadena Humane Society, which has been around for over 100 years, said, “This has been a human and animal tragedy.”

Pacific Palisades is devasted. Lakers coach JJ Redick said his family was evacuated from their home in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday and recently returned to see he lost his residence.