Trump wants to ‘end’ largest U.S. infrastructure project, a tunnel between NY and NJ
NEW YORK − The nation’s largest infrastructure project has drawn President Donald Trump’s ire in his latest fight with congressional Democrats. Trump has vowed to end the Gateway tunnel project meant to expand train service between New York and New Jersey along the nation’s busiest rail corridor. The project −...
Government shutdown on verge of tying 2nd longest, with no end in sight
WASHINGTON ‒ The federal government shutdown rolled on to its 20th day on Monday as a resolution remained elusive amid a bitter stalemate between Democrats and Republicans in Congress. If the shutdown reaches 21 days, it will tie the 1995-1996 standoff during the Bill Clinton presidency as the second longest...
Zelenskiy paints meeting with Trump as a success, touts Patriot missiles
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy painted his meeting last week with President Donald Trump as a success that yielded progress on acquiring new air defense systems, a contrast from reports that Trump had berated him with obscenities in the White House. In comments made to media on Sunday initially...
Gallery: Photos from Oct. 20, 2025
Take a trip through Western Pennsylvania — and beyond! Join TribLive’s photo adventure, where every snapshot tells a story. From the rolling hills and rustic charm of Western Pa. to far-flung corners of the world, this collection captures the little sparks of humanity that connect us all. Think of it...
Supreme Court to weigh law barring drug users from owning guns
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration in a case out of Texas to defend a federal law that bars users of illegal drugs from owning guns - one of the statutes under which former President Joe Biden’s son...
VP JD Vance is charged with keeping Trump’s Gaza peace deal alive. Can he succeed?
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s top messenger, Vice President JD Vance, will travel to Israel and is expected to try and rein in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while seeking to prevent the collapse of a week-old peace deal hailed as a coup for the United States in ending a brutal...
Civilians in Sudan’s al-Fashir cower from drones as siege worsens hunger
LONDON — Residents of Sudan’s besieged city of al-Fashir have been taking refuge in underground bunkers to try to protect themselves from drones and shells after intensifying attacks on displacement shelters, clinics and mosques. Famine-stricken al-Fashir is the Sudanese army’s last holdout in the vast, western region of Darfur as...
Mediators step up diplomacy after Gaza truce shaken
CAIRO/JERUSALEM — Israeli fire killed three people near a ceasefire line in Gaza on Monday, medics said, with U.S. envoys expected in Israel to try to push forward the fragile truce that faced its gravest test so far over the weekend. A Palestinian official close to ceasefire talks said efforts...
Cargo plane slides off runway in Hong Kong, killing 2 airport staff
HONG KONG — Two Hong Kong airport security staff were killed early Monday after a cargo plane from Dubai skidded off the runway on landing, collided with their security patrol vehicle and pushed it into the sea, the city’s airport operator said. The Boeing 747 involved in the deadliest airport...
FBI launches probe into hunting stand with sight line of Air Force One, Trump
PALM BEACH, Fla. – The FBI is leading an investigation into a hunting stand that was found with a direct line of sight of where President Donald Trump exits Air Force One, authorities said. In an Oct. 19 statement on X, FBI Director Kash Patel said U.S. Secret Service agents...
Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says
The U.S. military demonstration that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel on a California Highway Patrol vehicle, resulting in damage, agency officials said Sunday. The CHP said that the shrapnel was from an explosive ordnance that was fired over Interstate 5 and “detonated overhead...
Search for Kada Scott leads investigators to shallow grave in Philadelphia
Police in Philadelphia discovered human remains in their search for Kada Scott, a missing woman who was last seen leaving the nursing home where she worked about two weeks ago. John Stanford, deputy commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department, said at a news conference that investigators discovered human remains in...
Reports: Homeland Security buying 2 private jets for Kristi Noem’s use
The Department of Homeland Security is buying a pair of private jets for Secretary Kristi Noem’s travels as she represents President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts across the country, according to media reports. The two Gulfstream jets are being purchased through the Coast Guard, which requested one jet in its...
Excerpt of Virginia Giuffre book released, co-author describes abuse as ‘Handmaid’s Tale’
An excerpt from the forthcoming memoir from Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, was released by CBS News on Sunday. The released portion of the memoir details a 2021 trip Giuffre took to the Louvre Museum as she prepared to testify against French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel in a...
Ukrainian drones strike major Russian gas plant as Trump says Kyiv may have to trade land for peace
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian drones struck a major gas processing plant in southern Russia, sparking a fire and forcing it to suspend its intake of gas from Kazakhstan, Russian and Kazakh authorities said Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump meanwhile suggested that Kyiv may have to give up territory in exchange...
George Santos is out of prison. Trump wants him to have a ‘great life’
It was midsummer when former Rep. George Santos told his followers, which he dotingly referred to as darlings, that the spotlight had dimmed. “From the halls of Congress to the chaos of cable news what a ride it’s been! Was it messy? Always. Glamorous? Occasionally. Honest? I tried…most days,” Santos...
Calling Petro ‘drug leader,’ Trump halts U.S. aid to Colombia, a key ally in region
Calling Colombian President Gustavo Petro “an illegal drug leader,” President Donald Trump announced Sunday the end of all U.S. aid to the South American country, upending the relationship with one of the region’s closest military allies at a time of a massive U.S. buildup near neighboring Venezuela. Trump said Petro,...
UK’s Prince Andrew asked police to help smear sexual abuse accuser, newspaper says
LONDON - Britain’s Prince Andrew asked police in 2011 to dig up personal information about Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused him of sexually abusing her as a teenager, a British newspaper reported on Sunday, days after the royal gave up his Duke of York title. London’s Metropolitan Police said...
Major Alaska storm damage could displace thousands for 18 months, governor warns
Thousands of Alaskans won’t be able to return home for at least 18 months after Typhoon Halong slammed remote villages along the state’s western coast last weekend, destroying the area’s infrastructure, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy warned in an Oct. 17 letter to President Donald Trump. Dunleavy, a Republican, asked the...
Israel strikes Gaza, accuses Hamas of attacking Israeli troops in ceasefire violation
The Israeli military said on Sunday that a ceasefire in Gaza had resumed after an attack that killed two of its soldiers and prompted a wave of airstrikes that killed 26 people, in the most serious test yet of this month’s U.S.-brokered truce. Aid into the enclave was set to...
Thieves steal priceless jewels from Paris’ Louvre in brazen daylight heistVideo
PARIS — Thieves broke into Paris’ Louvre museum on Sunday, using a crane and smashing an upstairs window and stealing priceless jewelry from an area that houses the French crown jewels before escaping on motorbikes, the French government said. The robbery is likely to raise awkward questions about security at...
Israeli military launches attacks on Gaza, ceasefire under strain
JERUSALEM/CAIRO -The Israeli military said it launched air strikes and artillery fire at targets in southern Gaza on Sunday, dimming hopes that a U.S.-mediated ceasefire would lead to lasting peace as Israel traded blame with Palestinian militant group Hamas. Israel’s attacks on Sunday were the most serious test of an...
Homeland Security purchase of business jets during shutdown draws Dems’ ire
WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress on Saturday criticized the Trump administration’s decision to buy two Gulfstream G700 jets for $172 million during the ongoing government shutdown that are to be used by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other senior leaders. The Coast Guard entered into a sole-source contract Friday,...
U.S. returning Caribbean strike survivors to Colombia and Ecuador, Trump says
WASHINGTON — The United States is sending the two survivors of a Thursday strike in the Caribbean to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador to be detained and prosecuted, President Donald Trump said Saturday. The move means the U.S. military will not have to grapple with thorny legal issues...
‘No Kings’ protests against Trump bring a street party vibe as GOP calls them ‘hate America’ rallies
WASHINGTON — Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, people gathered Saturday in the nation’s capital and communities across the U.S. for ” No Kings ” demonstrations — what the president’s Republican Party is calling “Hate America” rallies. With signs such as “Nothing is more patriotic than...
