Trump threatens to crowd out Republicans’ midterm message
DORAL, Fla. — House Republicans flocked to President Donald Trump’s golf club near Miami on Monday for their annual policy retreat, seeking to carve out a legislative agenda that could blunt the strong headwinds they are facing in the midterm elections. But that effort was unfolding in the shadow of...
U.S. homes sales bounced back in February as homebuyers seized on easing mortgage rates
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes bounced back in February as home shoppers took advantage of easing mortgage rates and a modest increase in properties on the market heading into the spring homebuying season. Existing home sales rose 1.7% last month from January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of...
Gallery: Around the world or close to home, the world in focus on March 10, 2026
Every photograph tells a story. From the rolling hills of Western Pennsylvania to far-flung corners of the globe, TribLive’s gallery brings those stories to life — moments of connection, place and the quiet beauty of everyday life. It’s more than a look at Western Pennsylvania. It’s a view of the...
Trump antisemitism inquiry demanding list of Jews at Penn heads to court
Jacob Naimark, a law student at the University of Pennsylvania, has worried ever since he learned that Trump administration investigators had demanded that his school turn over the names of many Jewish people on campus. “It was disturbing,” said Naimark, a co-president of the school’s Jewish Law Students Association, adding:...
FDA finds little evidence that a generic drug could help many people with autism
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a generic medication for a rare brain disorder, while walking back suggestions by President Donald Trump and other administration officials that the drug showed great promise for people with autism. The agency said it approved leucovorin for children and adults...
Pope accepts resignation of U.S. bishop who was arrested for alleged financial crimes
ROME — Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Chaldean Catholic bishop of San Diego, California, a decision announced Tuesday by the Vatican after the bishop was arrested on embezzlement charges. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office said last week it had arrested Bishop Emmanuel Shaleta on March...
Hungary’s Orbán orders authorities to hold some $82 million in seized Ukrainian cash and gold
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has ordered that a shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold seized last week by Hungarian authorities be held in custody for up to 60 days while his country’s tax authority investigates the case. The gold and the money was being transported through...
Russia and Ukraine both claim front-line progress with U.S.-brokered talks on hold
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian officials are making contradictory claims of battlefield successes in their 4-year-old war, with Ukraine saying it has pushed Moscow’s forces back in some places on the front line but the Kremlin insisting that Russia’s invasion of its neighbor is making progress. At the same...
Wildflowers are blooming in the driest place in North America — but not for long
DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — Death Valley, known as the driest place in North America, is teeming with life with a once-in-a-decade blossoming of wildflowers known as a superbloom, transforming a normally brown desert landscape into carpets of gold. Wildflowers bloom across parts of southern California and Nevada at different degrees...
In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump
DE SOTO, Iowa — Standing alongside his son’s Ford pickup truck at a central Iowa gas station off Interstate 80, Francisco Castillo was not happy. He had voted for President Donald Trump in the last election. He believed Trump had strengthened the economy in his first term, and he wanted...
Iran launches new attacks targeting Israel and Gulf countries as it seeks to ramp up pressure on U.S.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran launched new attacks on Tuesday at Israel and Gulf Arab countries as it kept up pressure on the Middle East in a war started by Israel and the United States that has sent oil prices surging and stunned global economies. Sirens warned of incoming...
Rare coins and diamond jewelry among items in Pa. Treasury’s unclaimed property auctionVideo
The Pennsylvania Treasury is auctioning more than 4,000 unclaimed items this month, from jewelry to coins. The auction is slated for March 25. Treasurer Stacy Garrity has provided an early preview of a few of the items that have been unearthed from the Treasury’s vault. Items up for bid have...
Former Missouri House speaker sentenced to prison for covid relief fraud
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A former Missouri House speaker was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud for misusing federal covid-19 relief funds for his personal benefit. Former Republican House Speaker John Diehl received about $380,000 in federal loans for his law firm between...
Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99
WASHINGTON — Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval Office and Cabinet Room and routinely recorded his conversations, has died. He was 99. His death was confirmed to The Associated Press...
Trump pushes GOP on voting bill, demanding an end to most mail balloting
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he won’t sign any other legislation into law until Congress passes a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill that he says also must end Americans’ ability to vote by mail, a startling demand months before the midterm elections. Trump told House Republicans during their annual...
New Mexico prosecutors launch search of Jeffrey Epstein’s secluded former Zorro Ranch
SANTA FE, N.M. — State investigators began searching a secluded ranch in New Mexico on Monday where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once entertained guests amid allegations that the property may have been used for sexual abuse and sex trafficking of young women. The office of state Attorney General...
Trump says war will resolve ‘very soon,’ lifting oil sanctionsVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he plans to waive oil-related sanctions, have the U.S. Navy escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and predicted the war with Iran would resolve “very soon” as he confronted mounting economic and political pressures after days of dramatic fluctuations in oil markets. The...
FDA opens door to more flavored e-cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it would open the door to e-cigarettes in flavors that it deems appealing to adults, shifting from the agency’s unsuccessful ban on fruit and candy-flavored versions that have continued to flood the market. The agency said in a document released Monday that...
Kentucky soldier in Saudi Arabia is 7th U.S. casualty to die in Iran war
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — A Kentucky man who joined the Army shortly after graduating from high school is the seventh U.S. service member to die in combat during the Iran war, the Pentagon announced Monday. Army Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Kentucky, died Sunday after being wounded during a...
Australia grants asylum to 5 members of the Iranian women’s soccer team, official saysVideo
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Australia granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who were visiting the country for a tournament when the Iran war began, a government minister said Tuesday. The announcement followed days of urging by Iranian groups in Australia and by U.S. President Donald...
Judge disqualifies trio of lawyers tapped to lead New Jersey’s federal prosecutor’s office
TRENTON — A judge on Monday disqualified three Justice Department officials from overseeing federal prosecutions in New Jersey, saying they were appointed as part of an illegal power grab by the Trump administration. The scathing, 130-page ruling is the latest development in a long-running fight between the judiciary and President...
Alexander brothers convicted of sex trafficking in case that shocked real estate world
NEW YORK — Three brothers, including two of the nation’s most successful luxury real estate brokers, were convicted of sex trafficking charges Monday after a five-week trial over accusations that they used drugs and force to rape scores of women they had dazzled with their wealth and opulent lifestyle. The...
As the war rages, Sen. Dave McCormick worries about terrorists, says U.S. should avoid Iranian governance
CONSHOHOCKEN — U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick has strongly supported President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran, but he also warned Monday that the conflict “poses a threat here at home.” During a visit to two Conshohocken technology companies, the Pennsylvania Republican said that Iran has “proxies in the United States”...
FBI subpoenas records in Arizona in expansion of 2020 voting inquiry
The FBI has expanded its criminal investigation into purported irregularities in the 2020 presidential election, issuing a grand jury subpoena for reams of information about voting results in Maricopa County, Arizona, the largest and most influential county in the swing state, according to three people familiar with the matter. The...
Rep. Kevin Kiley to become sole independent member in the U.S. House
Rep. Kevin Kiley of California is set to become sole independent in the House. Kiley, a Republican, said Monday morning that he would ask the clerk in the U.S. House of Representatives to officially designate him an independent for the reminder of his term. The move comes days after Kiley...
