ICE chief defends his officers’ actions before Congress after the deaths of 2 protesters
WASHINGTON — Todd Lyons, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his agency’s officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carry out the president’s mass deportation plans. Lyons was one of the three heads of agencies implementing...
Russia can’t attack NATO this year but plans to boost its own forces, an intelligence chief says
LONDON — Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine, a senior European intelligence official said. Speaking in an online briefing with journalists, Kaupo Rosin,...
Israeli drone strike kills 2 cyclists in Gaza as death toll mounts despite ceasefire
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Two Palestinians on bicycles were killed in an Israeli drone strike on Tuesday, hospital officials said, marking the latest deaths since an October ceasefire that hasn’t halted deadly attacks in the Gaza Strip. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said the two men were hit near the ceasefire...
When conflict meets competition: Trump’s immigration agenda roils opening days of Winter Olympics
LIVIGNO, Italy — As the Winter Olympics opened in Milan, Vice President JD Vance hailed the competition as “one of the few things that unites the entire country.” That unity didn’t last long. The early days of the Milan Cortina Games have been roiled by the tumultuous political debate in...
How Americans’ optimism about their future has changed, according to new polling
WASHINGTON — Americans’ hope for their future has fallen to a new low, according to new polling. In 2025, only about 59% of Americans gave high ratings when asked to evaluate how good their life will be in about five years, the lowest annual measure since Gallup began asking this...
Democrats say White House offer on ICE is ‘insufficient’ as Homeland Security funding set to expire
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and threatening a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a...
‘Blatant disrespect’: Md. Gov. Wes Moore responds to being uninvited to National Governors Association dinnerVideo
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said his disinvitation from the 2026 National Governors Association dinner is a “snub” to bipartisan federal-state partnerships, a move he said reflects a broader effort by President Donald Trump to divide institutions traditionally built on cooperation. “As the nation’s only Black governor, I can’t ignore that...
DOJ moves to wipe out Stephen Bannon contempt of Congress case
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department took steps Monday to unwind the contempt of Congress case against Stephen Bannon, who already served four months in prison for a conviction that he has appealed to the Supreme Court. A jury convicted the President Donald Trump ally in 2022 for his refusal to...
Trump threatens to block new bridge between Detroit and Canada from opening
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to block the opening of a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River, demanding that Canada turn over at least half of the ownership of the bridge and agree to other unspecified demands in his latest salvo over cross-border trade issues. “We...
Trump loyalist Sen. Dave McCormick defends controversial White House aide Stephen Miller
Sen. Dave McCormick is among more than a dozen Republican senators who are defending senior White House aide Stephen Miller amid growing calls for his removal. McCormick, a staunch ally of the president, on Sunday told The Hill that Miller has been “instrumental in delivering on the promises President Trump...
Judge blocks California’s ban on federal agents wearing masks but requires badges be clearly seen
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Monday blocked a California law from going into effect that would ban federal immigration agents from covering their faces, but they will still be required to wear clear identification showing their agency and badge number. California became the first state to ban most...
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
President Donald Trump has repeatedly maintained that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes. But in July 2006, just as Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case became public, Trump called then-Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter to tell him that Epstein’s activities with teenaged girls were well known in New...
Tulsi Gabbard’s office warns attorney against sharing classified complaint with Congress
WASHINGTON — The general counsel for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Monday warned the attorney for an anonymous government employee not to directly share a top-secret complaint about Gabbard’s handling of classified material with members of Congress. The letter to attorney Andrew Bakaj is the latest escalation in...
Officials deny seeking quick end to asylum claims for the Minneapolis family of 5-year-old
MINNEAPOLIS — Federal authorities have denied attempting to expedite an end to asylum claims by the family of a 5-year-old boy who was detained with his father during the immigration crackdown that has shaken the Minneapolis area. Images of Liam Conejo Ramos wearing a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack surrounded...
Trump administration fights federal order restoring funding for Hudson River Gateway tunnel project
NEW YORK — The Trump administration on Monday filed papers to fight a court order that would restore federal funding to the $16 billion Hudson River Tunnel as a deadline looms to resume payments. Attorneys for the Department of Transportation filed a notice asking the Second Circuit federal appeals court...
FBI says it’s unaware of Savannah Guthrie talking with her mom’s suspected kidnappers
TUCSON, Ariz. — The FBI said Monday it is unaware of any continued communication between Savannah Guthrie’s family and suspected kidnappers more than a week after the “Today” show host’s mom went missing. The FBI has still not identified any suspects or persons of interest in the mysterious disappearance of...
British PM Starmer vows to fight for his job after furor about former ambassador’s Epstein ties
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Monday to fight for his job as revelations about the relationship between the former U.K. ambassador to Washington and Jeffrey Epstein spiraled into a full-blown crisis for his 19-month-old government. The prime minister’s authority with his own Labour Party has been battered...
Death toll in Lebanon building collapse rises to 15
BEIRUT — The number of people killed in a building collapse in the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon has risen to 15, state media reported Monday, while the government ordered evacuation of more than 100 other buildings believed to be at risk. A further eight people were injured, the...
Cuba says airlines can no longer refuel on the island as U.S. blockade deepens energy crisis
HAVANA — Cuban aviation officials have warned airlines that there isn’t enough fuel for airplanes to refuel on the island, part of a critical energy rationing as the Trump administration cuts the island off from its fuel resources, a commercial pilot confirmed on Monday. A notice was sent to companies...
Trump’s immigration crackdown is straining federal courts. Judges are raising the alarm
ATLANTA — Federal judges around the country are scrambling to address a deluge of lawsuits from immigrants locked up under the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. Under past administrations, people with no criminal record could generally request a bond hearing before an immigration judge while their cases wound through immigration...
Rebels linked to Islamic State group kill at least 20 in Congo village attack, army says
KINSHASA, Congo — Rebels backed by the Islamic State group killed at least 20 people in an attack over the weekend on a village in eastern Congo, the military said Monday. The attack by the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, took place early Saturday in the village of Mambimbi-Isigo in...
Ghislaine Maxwell appeals for clemency from Trump as she declines to answer questions from lawmakers
WASHINGTON — Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers in a deposition Monday, but indicated that if President Donald Trump ended her prison sentence, she was willing to testify that neither he nor former President Bill Clinton had done anything wrong in...
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett critical of Trump’s election gambit
In the days since President Donald Trump called for the federal government to “nationalize” elections, two former high ranking officials from Pennsylvania, former Gov. Tom Corbett and former U.S. District Court Judge John Jones III, have spoken out. Both have a history in Republican politics. Corbett was the last Republican...
JD Vance is in Armenia, a country no sitting U.S. president or vice president has visited before
YEREVAN, Armenia — Vice President JD Vance landed in Armenia on Monday — a country that no sitting U.S. vice president or president has visited before — as the Trump administration looks to advance a U.S.-brokered deal aimed at ending a decades-long conflict with Azerbaijan. The vice president and his...
Gallery: Near or far, the world in focus on Feb. 9, 2026
The world is always moving — and TribLive’s gallery is there to catch it. From the rolling hills of Western Pennsylvania to far-flung corners of the globe, photographers near and far capture moments of place, connection and the quiet beauty of everyday life. More than a snapshot of Western Pennsylvania,...
