Columbia student protester who’s lived in the U.S. since age 7 sues to stop deportation order
NEW YORK — Another Columbia University student said Monday that the Trump administration has targeted her for deportation over her pro-Palestinian views, accusing immigration officials in a lawsuit of employing the same tactics used on Mahmoud Khalil and other college activists. Yunseo Chung, a 21-year-old lawful permanent resident who came...
Trump to nominate acting CDC director Susan Monarez for the position, White House official says
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will nominate Susan Monarez, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a longtime federal staffer, to the permanent position, a White House official confirmed Monday. Trump abruptly withdrew the nomination of his first pick, David Weldon, earlier this month....
Webb Space Telescope captures a star in the making and a galaxy far, far away
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a stunning backdrop. The composite image makes it look as though the overflow of stellar material is the billowing contrail of a...
Supreme Court turns back casino mogul Steve Wynn’s appeal in defamation lawsuit
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court turned back an appeal Monday from casino mogul Steve Wynn, who had challenged a landmark libel ruling as part of a lawsuit against The Associated Press. The court declined to hear the case in a brief order without comment, as is typical. Wynn had sued...
Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in case over deportations under wartime law
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday invoked a “state secrets privilege” and refused to give a federal judge any additional information about the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law — a case that has become a flashpoint amid escalating tension with the...
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigns after 5 years in the position
The head of the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, Louis DeJoy, resigned Monday after nearly five years in the position and following protests last weekend by postal workers concerned about the direction of the agency. DeJoy had said last month he planned to step down but hadn’t set a date. Deputy...
Allentown employee planted noose on her desk, faces false report charges, police say
Allentown officials announced charges Monday against a city employee, alleging that she made a false police report and tampered with evidence after reporting she found a noose on her desk in January. LaTarsha Brown, who works for the city’s community and economic development department, faces charges of making false reports,...
Police: Berks County fire chief arrested after dropping 3-month-old, fracturing her skull
A fire chief in Berks County has been arrested and suspended after police said he dropped his three-month-old daughter and fractured her skull. Falls Township Fire Chief Brian Salt, 36, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault after police said he admitted to intentionally letting...
Trump officials texted war plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalistVideo
WASHINGTON — Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, the magazine reported in a story posted online Monday. The National...
Powerful interests poured $18M into top Pa. lawmakers’ campaign coffers
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — Power plant operators, gambling magnates, charter school backers, and trade unions are among the interests that gave almost $18 million to Pennsylvania’s top...
Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at U.S. agencies
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing people’s private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued a preliminary injunction in a case filed last month by a coalition...
Trump criticizes his portrait hanging in Colorado Capitol
President Donald Trump has taken aim at a portrait of himself hanging in Colorado’s Capitol. He’s demanding that it be taken down. Unveiled in 2019, the portrait was painted in oil by the Colorado-based artist Sarah Boardman, the New York Times reported. It depicts the president in a dark suit...
AOC trades barbs with Fetterman, apologizes to Conor Lamb
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York reached out publicly to apologize to fellow Democrat and former U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb. In a post on the social media platform X, AOC tweeted a response to Lamb’s post critiquing Democrat Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman. Lamb, of Mt. Lebanon, lost to Fetterman...
Rosie O’Donnell wrote apology letter to Irish PM after his Trump meeting
Comedian Rosie O’Donnell revealed she wrote an apology letter to Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin after her name came up during his meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House. O’Donnell, 63, moved to Ireland after Trump was reelected as president. The two have famously feuded for years. During...
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt judge’s order to rehire probationary federal workers
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government. The emergency appeal argues that the judge can’t force the executive branch to rehire some...
Gallery: Photos from March 24, 2025
Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Monday, March 24, 2025. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity....
Military veterans are becoming the face of Trump’s government cuts and Democrats’ resistance
WASHINGTON — As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump’s slashing of the federal government, one group is already taking a front and center role: military veterans. From layoffs at the Department of Veterans Affairs to a Pentagon purge of archives that documented diversity in the military, veterans...
Caught in the middle, this U.S. oddity at the border is grappling with Trump’s trade war with Canada
POINT ROBERTS, Wash. — In the northwest corner of Washington state lies a quirky U.S. exclave so dependent on Canada’s goodwill that the strain of President Donald Trump’s tariff war is inescapable — in the sole grocery store, at any of the three eateries, and for the many residents who...
U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels kill at least 1 person, wounds others, group says
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels pounded sites across the country into Monday, with the group saying the one attack in the capital killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others The American strikes entered its 10th day without a sign...
French actor Gérard Depardieu arrives for trial in Paris over alleged sexual assaults on film set
PARIS — French actor Gérard Depardieu arrived to a Paris courthouse on Monday to stand trial over accusations he sexually assaulted two women during the filming of a movie in 2021. Depardieu, 76, is facing charges that he groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant director during production...
Target brand green beans recalled over unknown foreign object risk
Target’s brand of green beans have been recalled due to a foreign object contamination risk — and Pennsylvania is affected. Del Monte Foods issued a voluntary recall last month for nearly 200,000 cans of the Target brand Good & Gather Cut Green Beans, Today reported. The cans affected are “Best...
Deadly hit-and-run in New Mexico brings juvenile justice challenges into focus
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Behind the wheel of the stolen car was a 12-year-old boy. In the front passenger seat was a boy who just days earlier had marked his 11th birthday. He was waving a handgun as a 15-year-old boy in the backseat recorded video of what police described as...
Security is enhanced in Greenland as U.S. vice president’s wife plans visit to island coveted by Trump
Danish police have sent extra personnel and sniffer dogs to Greenland as the mineral-rich island steps up security measures ahead of a planned visit this week by U.S. second lady Usha Vance, which has stirred new concerns about the Trump administration’s interest in the autonomous Danish territory. Greenland’s prime minister...
Concerns about espionage rise as Trump and Musk fire thousands of federal workers
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk work to overhaul the federal government, they’re forcing out thousands of workers with insider knowledge and connections who now need a job. For Russia, China and other adversaries, the upheaval in Washington as Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency guts government...
‘Give me liberty or give me death’ turns 250. Here’s what it meant in 1775
The phrase “Give me liberty or give me death!” has been expressed by protesters from the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising in China to those who opposed COVID-19 restrictions in the U.S. in 2020. Malcolm X referenced it in his 1964 “Ballot or the Bullet” speech, demanding equal rights for Black...
