Last U.S. soldier found dead after Lithuania training accident. 3 others identified
WASHINGTON — The final U.S. soldier who went missing in Lithuania has been found dead, bringing to an end a massive weeklong search for the four service members whose armored vehicle was pulled from a swampy training area, the U.S. military said Tuesday. The bodies of the three other soldiers...
Institute of Peace headquarters transfer a done deal even as lawsuit continues to unfold
WASHINGTON — A hearing Tuesday on the fate of the Institute of Peace ended without a legal decision, but presented a deep look into how the Trump administration is remaking the federal government. Multiple times in a Tuesday hearing, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell equated the strategy to “a bull...
Democratic senator is putting holds on VA nominees to protest Trump’s plans to cut its workforce
WASHINGTON — Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego announced Tuesday he will block the confirmation of top leaders at the Veterans Affairs Department, raising the stakes in Democrats’ bid to get the Trump administration to back off plans to cut jobs from the sprawling agency that serves millions of military veterans. Gallego,...
Sen. Cory Booker’s marathon speech in protest of Trump breaks Strom Thurmond’s record
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker’s all-night speech that began Monday evening in protest of President Donald Trump’s agenda broke the filibuster record for longest speech on Senate floor over 24 hours later — with hundreds of thousands of viewers online. His livestream on the short-form video platform TikTok hosted...
An ‘administrative error’ sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison, ICE says
President Donald Trump’ s administration has acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El Salvador prison last month, but is arguing against returning him to the United States because of his alleged gang ties and the U.S. government’s lack of power over the Central...
House Speaker Johnson fails to squash a proxy voting effort from new moms in CongressVideo
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson exercised his power of the gavel Tuesday in an unusually aggressive effort to squash a proposal for new parents in Congress to able to vote by proxy, rather than in person, as they care for newborns. His plan failed, 206-222. In an unprecedented move,...
There’s a new push to put whole milk back in school meals. Here’s what you should know
More than a dozen years after higher-fat milk was stripped from school meals to slow obesity in American kids and boost their health, momentum is growing to put it back. Federal lawmakers have revived bills that would allow whole and 2% milk to be served again in schools, in addition...
No batteries? Thinner packaging? U.S. businesses look for ways to offset tariffs
NEW YORK — Gadgets sold without batteries. Toys sold in slimmed-down boxes or no packaging at all. More household goods that shoppers need to assemble themselves. These are some of the ways consumer product companies are retooling their wares to reduce costs and avoid raising prices as President Donald Trump...
With a TikTok ban looming, Trump signals a deal will come before April 5 deadline
LOS ANGELES — As the deadline to strike a deal over TikTok approaches this week, President Donald Trump has signaled that he is confident his administration can broker an agreement with ByteDance, the social media app’s China-based parent company. Speaking with reporters on Air Force One late Sunday, Trump said...
A Senate vote to reverse Trump’s tariffs on Canada is testing Republican support
WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of those plans to the test by forcing a vote to nullify the emergency declaration that underpins the tariffs on Canada. Republicans have watched with some unease as...
FDA’s top tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency’s leadership
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration’s chief tobacco regulator has been removed from his post as part of sweeping cuts to the federal health workforce on Tuesday, the latest in a series of actions that have cleared out many of the nation’s top experts overseeing food, drugs, vaccines and...
Survivors still being found from Myanmar earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700
BANGKOK — Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war. The fire department...
Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
NEW YORK — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, following through on the president’s campaign promise to vigorously pursue capital punishment. It is the first time the Justice...
Cornell student protester facing deportation leaves the U.S. on his ‘own terms’ after losing faith
A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked because of his campus activism said he decided to leave the United States. Momodou Taal, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Gambia, had asked a federal court to halt his detention. But he posted on X late Monday...
Trump administration sued over decision to rescind billions in health funding
A coalition of state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to cut $12 billion in federal funds that go toward covid-19 initiatives and various public health projects across the country. Attorneys general from 23 states filed the suit in federal court in Rhode Island. They...
Trump’s pick for Joint Chiefs chairman strikes a humble, apolitical tone in Senate hearing
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, told senators Tuesday that he understands he is an unknown and unconventional nominee — but that the U.S. is facing unconventional and unprecedented threats and...
Israel strikes a building in southern Beirut, killing at least 4 people
BEIRUT — The Israeli military struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs early Tuesday, killing at least four people, as the military said it had targeted a member of the Hezbollah militant group. The airstrike came without warning days after Israel launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on...
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker launches overnight speech to protest Trump’s agenda
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker carried an all-night speech in protest of President Donald Trump’s agenda into Tuesday morning. Booker took to the Senate floor on Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.” He was still on the floor more than 14...
Gallery: Photos from April 1, 2025
Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Tuesday, April 1, 2025. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity. Today, people all over the world appreciate the blossoms...
Scientists release plans for an even bigger atom smasher to address the mysteries of physics
GENEVA — Top minds at the world’s largest atom smasher have released a blueprint for a much bigger successor that could vastly improve research into the remaining enigmas of physics. The plans for the Future Circular Collider — a nearly 56.5-mile loop along the French-Swiss border and below Lake Geneva...
U.S. sanctions 6 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over rights abuses; Beijing threatens to retaliate
HONG KONG — The United States sanctioned six Chinese and Hong Kong officials who it alleged were involved in “transnational repression” and acts that threaten to further erode the city’s autonomy. The six officials included Justice Secretary Paul Lam, security office director Dong Jingwei and police commissioner Raymond Siu. The...
Mass layoffs underway at the nation’s public health agencies
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being eliminated, part of a sweeping overhaul designed to vastly shrink the agencies responsible for protecting and promoting Americans’ health. The cuts include researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff and senior leaders, leaving the...
Pennsylvania mail-in ballots don’t need accurate envelope dates, federal judge rules
HARRISBURG — Election boards in Pennsylvania’s 67 counties may not invalidate mail-in ballots simply because they lack accurate, handwritten dates on their exterior return envelopes, a federal judge ruled Monday. The decision by U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter, the latest in a long-running legal dispute over what is a...
Pa. Senate passes bill requiring prosecutors to report noncitizens to ICE
The Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill Monday requiring prosecutors in the commonwealth to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they believe a defendant is not a U.S. citizen, with critics voicing concern that the measure would entangle local law enforcement in some of the Trump administration’s recent excesses. The...
20 staffers accused of abusing students or not reporting it at Pennsylvania charter school
Twenty staffers at a suburban Philadelphia charter school are facing charges related to the alleged physical abuse of students using painful, unapproved techniques to restrain and punish youths in a program meant to help them deal with emotional issues, authorities announced Monday. Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said the...
