Supreme Court to hear arguments over push to end legal protections for migrants from Haiti, Syria
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for people fleeing war and natural disaster from countries around the world, including Haiti and Syria. The justices refused to immediately lift the protections for hundreds of thousands of people Monday, allowing them...
Trump faces new pressure on mass deportations as Republicans weigh Homeland Security nominee
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security will soon be under new management, an opportunity to reset President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda or to double down on his signature campaign promise to conduct the largest deportation operation in American history. The White House’s political director recently encouraged party lawmakers during...
Kennedy Center votes to shut down operations for 2 years and names new presidentVideo
WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center’s board of directors voted on Monday to shut down operations for two years following this summer’s July 4 celebrations. The widely expected decision comes in the wake of numerous resignations and cancellations during President Donald Trump’s second term, although Trump himself has cited the need...
Utah woman who wrote a book on grief after husband’s death found guilty of murdering him
PARK CITY, Utah — A Utah woman who wrote a children’s book about coping with grief after her husband’s death was convicted of aggravated murder in his death by poisoning him with fentanyl. Jurors on Monday also found Kouri Richins guilty of fraudulently claiming insurance benefits after the death of...
Tax scams are on the rise. Here’s what to know
NEW YORK — Robocalls, texts, and phishing emails from scammers are up this tax season compared to previous years, with artificial intelligence likely increasing fraud attempts, according to the consumer protection bureau of the Federal Trade Commission. Consumer advocates and government officials urge the public to stay wary, to stop...
In a tense meeting, Dr. Oz pressed medical societies on trans care for teens
Over the winter, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, summoned the leaders of the country’s major medical societies to his office for what he called a “grand rounds” — a hospital term for a meeting where doctors discuss complex cases. The topic was...
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has breast cancer but will keep working through treatment
WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer but plans to continue working through her treatment, retaining her place as one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides during a period of political turbulence. Wiles, 68, announced on Monday that she had...
Antitrust trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster continues with states leading the charge
NEW YORK — The antitrust trial of Live Nation and Ticketmaster resumed Monday in a New York federal court with three dozen states remaining in the case a week after the Justice Department settled its claims and withdrew. Judge Arun Subramanian greeted jurors in Manhattan federal court by asking them...
Thousands of workers strike at one of the largest meatpacking plants in the country
GREELEY, Colo. — Thousands of workers for the world’s largest meatpacking company began a two-week strike Monday in Colorado, threatening to make already costly beef even more expensive for U.S. consumers. As the sun rose, employees picketed outside the Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley, one of the largest slaughterhouses...
Is spring really — finally — here?
It’s far from clear if the weather is planning to cooperate, but spring arrives — technically, at least — Friday. The vernal equinox arrives on Friday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in the Southern Hemisphere. On the equator, the sun will...
Mezcal’s popularity is booming in the U.S. That comes with a growing environmental cost in Mexico
SAN PEDRO TOTOLAPAM, Mexico — Thirty years ago, a single light bulb would illuminate the mezcal distillery owned by Gladys Sánchez Garnica’s family in rural Oaxaca, where the agave-based spirit was made through the night. As drops dripped from a clay oven, Garnica and her siblings listened to stories told...
Gallery: Around the world or close to home, the world in focus on March 16, 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...
Republicans resist calls for Iran war hearings, creating a new standoff with Democrats
WASHINGTON — The United States’ war with Iran is entering its third week, but Congress has yet to publicly test the Trump administration’s case for the conflict. Republicans in Congress have so far side-stepped public debate over the war, even as Senate Democrats reach for every tool at their disposal...
Severe storms pummel parts of U.S. with snow and high winds and raise tornado threat
CHICAGO — Successive punches of snow and wind were impacting the eastern half of the United States on Monday as severe weather swept across much of the nation, making roads impassable in the Upper Midwest and canceling more than 2,000 flights nationwide. Forecasters said mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C., were...
How Trump’s Homeland Security pick, a prolific investor, got a lot wealthier in Congress
A few days after Christmas, Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s expansive stock portfolio got significantly bigger. Mullin reported buying shares in Chevron, the only major U.S. oil company producing in Venezuela. Five days after the purchase, President Donald Trump attacked Venezuela, demanding that its leadership give better terms to U.S. oil companies....
Confidential report calls for sweeping changes to track covid vaccine harms
Citing a survey called “Killer Jab?,” which found that nearly 1 out of 4 Americans reported knowing someone who died from a covid vaccine, a federal work group is calling for sweeping changes to how the medical establishment tracks and treats injuries from the shots. The changes are proposed in...
Trump suggests he may delay China trip, but Bessent says it’s not to pressure on Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump may delay his China trip due to the Iran war, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday it’s not to pressure Beijing on the Strait of Hormuz. Bessent said any delay to Trump’s month-end trip to Beijing would not be because of disagreements over the...
Tricky negotiations begin Monday to renew a trade pact between the United States, Mexico and Canada
WASHINGTON — Every day more than $4 billion worth of goods cross the United States’ borders with Canada and Mexico — U.S. auto parts headed for car factories in northern Mexico, cartons of Mexican avocados bound for California supermarkets, Canadian aluminum destined to become cans of Campbell Soup. Much of...
Asian and European nations are tepid to Trump’s call for help unblocking gulf
A call by President Donald Trump for Asian and European countries to send warships to help unblock oil supplies from the Persian Gulf received a cautious public response Sunday as a global oil shock from the war in Iran continued to reverberate through the global economy. Chris Wright, the U.S....
2 dead after 2 boats carrying students capsize off U.S. base construction site in southern Japan
TOKYO — Two boats carrying 21 people capsized Monday off Henoko, a controversial relocation site for a U.S. military base off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, throwing all into the water and leaving two of them dead, officials said. The Japan Coast Guard said 18 of them were students from...
President Trump ripped for controversial fundraising email: ‘Mentally and morally sick’
President Donald Trump continues to face criticism after sending out a fundraising email that featured a photo of himself at the dignified transfer of the first six soldiers killed in the war with Iran. That photo also shows the President wearing the white USA hat that he failed to take...
Pentagon sees Iran war lasting up to 6 weeks, Trump aide says
A top aide to President Donald Trump said the Pentagon estimates the Iran war, now in its third week, would take between four and six weeks. Kevin Hassett, head of the White House’s National Economic Council, offered the timeline along with a caveat that the ultimate decision on when the...
Israeli military claims brother of man who attacked Michigan synagogue was Hezbollah commander
JERUSALEM — The man who attacked a Michigan synagogue was the brother of a Hezbollah commander killed earlier this month in an Israeli airstrike, Israel’s military claimed Sunday. Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in the March 5 strike in Lebanon along with three other relatives of the attacker in Michigan —...
FCC chair threatens to revoke broadcasters’ licenses over war coverage
Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, threatened to revoke broadcasters’ licenses over their coverage of the war with Iran, his latest move in a campaign to stomp out what he sees as liberal bias in broadcasts. As the war entered its third week, Carr accused broadcasters of...
State Department cuts price of renouncing U.S. citizenship to $450
The State Department is drastically reducing the cost of renouncing American citizenship, ending a yearslong legal battle over the price of relinquishing a blue passport. In an update published in the Federal Register on Friday, the State Department said it was reducing the consular fees of renouncing U.S. citizenship to...
