Trump uses longest-ever State of the Union to try to convince voters that U.S. is ‘winning so much’Video
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared during Tuesday’s marathon State of the Union that “we’re winning so much,” saying he’d sparked a jobs and manufacturing boom at home while imposing a new world order abroad — hoping that offering a long list of his accomplishments can counter approval ratings that...
Trump’s DOJ losing court fights over DOGE, Elon Musk secrecy
WASHINGTON — U.S. courts are foiling efforts by the Trump administration to keep under wraps information about the Department of Government Efficiency and the role that Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, played in it during his whirlwind stint with the White House last year. A New York federal judge...
Pentagon appeals order blocking Sen. Mark Kelly’s punishment for call to resist unlawful orders
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appealing a judge’s order that blocks him from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders, according to a court filing on Tuesday. Justice Department officials filed a notice...
Judge bars government from ‘wholesale’ search of Washington Post reporter’s seized devices
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities are barred from conducting an “unsupervised, wholesale search” of electronic devices that they seized from a Washington Post reporter’s Virginia home while investigating allegations that a Pentagon contractor illegally leaked classified information to the journalist, a magistrate judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter said...
Iranians worry over American military buildup as last-chance round of talks nears
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As the United States assembles its greatest military firepower in decades in the Middle East, Iranians are warily awaiting the next round of talks with the U.S. in Geneva this week — negotiations that many see as a last chance for their ruling theocracy to...
States sue Trump administration over changes to childhood vaccine recommendations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its rollback of vaccine recommendations for children, calling the move an illegal threat to public health. The states argue that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put children’s lives at risk when it announced last...
Suspect, 4 others are dead after stabbing near Tacoma, Washington, authorities say
SEATTLE — A man fatally stabbed four people before being shot by a sheriff’s deputy outside a home northwest of Tacoma, Washington, on Tuesday, authorities said. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said deputies initially responded to reports made at around 8:40 a.m. Tuesday that a 32-year-old man was violating a...
Democrat says DOJ withheld Epstein files on Trump abuse claim
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice appears to have withheld from disclosure files on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein related to a claim that President Donald Trump sexually abused a minor, a top Democratic lawmaker said Tuesday. “Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews...
2 Missouri sheriff’s deputies fatally shot, 2 others wounded, authorities say
A man with a long criminal history fatally shot a Missouri sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop and then killed a second deputy in a gunbattle hours later as the deputy tried to save two wounded officers, authorities said Tuesday. “We will be honoring them for a lifetime,” Christian County...
Justice Department suit accuses UCLA of failing to protect Jewish employees from campus hostility
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is suing the University of California over allegations that UCLA failed to protect Jewish employees from antisemitic harassment amid pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the campus in 2023 and 2024. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in California, is the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign to...
Officials warn ICE detention centers in Pa. could overwhelm sewer, other critical services
This story was produced by the Berks County bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom. Sign up for Good Day, Berks, a daily dose of essential local stories at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/gooddayberks. UPPER BERN — Not enough clean water. Hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage dumped into systems designed to...
Pennsylvania residents question police response to student ICE protesters after juveniles detained
PHILADELPHIA — Some residents in the Philadelphia suburb of Quakertown are calling for the police chief to resign after a scuffle between police and high school students protesting immigration enforcement policies left several juveniles in custody for four days. Video circulating online shows an older man in street clothes approach...
House rejects bill requiring aircraft locator systems to prevent midair collisions like last year’s
The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington, D.C., to require all aircraft flying around busy airports to have key locator systems to prevent such crashes. The collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter killed 67 people in...
Texas Rep. Gonzales resists calls to resign over allegations of affair with ex-stafferVideo
HOUSTON — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas resisted growing calls Tuesday from fellow congressional Republicans to resign over a report of an alleged affair with a former staffer who later died when she set herself on fire. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky joined Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Anna...
Pete Hegseth warns Anthropic to let the military use the company’s AI tech as it sees fit
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic’s CEO a deadline for Friday to open the company’s artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use or risk losing its government contract, according to a person familiar with their meeting Tuesday. Anthropic makes the chatbot Claude and remains the last of its...
Louvre Museum director resigns in wake of brazen October crown jewel heist in Paris
PARIS — The Louvre Museum’s director resigned Tuesday, ending months of questions in France’s cultural world over why no top official had stepped down after the October crown jewels theft. Laurence des Cars’ departure closed a bruising chapter for the world’s biggest museum. It came as the Louvre faces a...
Severe floods in southeast Brazil kill at least 23 and force hundreds to evacuate
SAO PAULO — Severe floods in southeastern Brazil have killed at least 23 people and left dozens missing in the state of Minas Gerais, officials said Tuesday. Meteorologists warned more rain is expected in the region in the next few days. The torrential rains began on Monday in the cities...
New York City police investigating after officers were hit with snowballs during a snowball fightVideo
NEW YORK — New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan, as a winter storm blanketed the Northeast in snow. A video of the fracas shows two uniformed officers pacing a walkway in...
Supreme Court rules Postal Service can’t be sued, even when mail is intentionally not delivered
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Americans can’t sue the U.S. Postal Service, even when employees deliberately refuse to deliver mail. By a 5-4 vote, the justices ruled against a Texas landlord, Lebene Konan, who alleges her mail was intentionally withheld for two years. Konan, who...
Gallery: Near or far, the world in focus on Feb. 24, 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,...
Trump cites health care issues in Greenland saying he’s sending a hospital ship. His claims are off
President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post Saturday that he would deploy a hospital ship to Greenland, alleging many people there are sick and not receiving care, even though both of the U.S. Navy’s hospital ships are undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in Alabama. The announcement prompted a...
2 Missouri sheriff’s deputies fatally shot, 2 others wounded, authorities sayVideo
HIGHLANDVILLE, Mo. — Two Missouri sheriff’s deputies were fatally shot, one during a traffic stop and the other hours later during a shootout with the suspect, who was also killed, authorities said. Christian County Sheriff Brad Cole said the initial shooting happened during a traffic stop south of Highlandville on...
Drone strike in eastern Congo kills senior rebel official, escalating tensions
KINSHASA, Congo — A spokesperson for the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels fighting in eastern Congo has been killed in a drone strike, a local U.N. official and a rights group said Tuesday, escalating tensions over the region’s conflict after peace negotiations stalled. Willy Ngoma, a senior officer who was deeply involved...
Senegal introduces legislation to boost minimum sentence for homosexuality to 5 years
LAGOS, Nigeria — Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko introduced legislation in parliament Tuesday that would toughen the prison term for homosexuality in the West African nation to at least five years from the current minimum of one year. The bill also seeks to broaden the scope of what is defined...
Trump faces tough legal landscape to oppose tariff refunds
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is likely to face legal obstacles if it argues against refunds for the tariffs struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court — thanks to statements by Justice Department lawyers. In a 6-3 decision last week, the justices declared President Donald Trump’s use of an economic...
