Arctic air hits much of the U.S., bringing snow to some areas and very chilly temperatures to FloridaVideo
Some of this autumn’s coldest weather yet is bearing down on the United States, enveloping the eastern two-thirds of the country with Arctic air on Monday and affecting millions of people. National Weather Service forecasters said the weather could bring record low temperatures in the U.S. Southeast, including all of...
Is Trump sending out money for tariff revenue? What to know about $2,000 payment floated
President Donald Trump is again teasing a check to the American people, but it is unlikely to happen. “People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS!” Trump said on Truth Social on Sunday. “A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.”...
Progressive group calls for Sen. Chuck Schumer to resign over shutdown vote
The leader of one of the nation’s largest progressive political organizing groups called for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s resignation following Sunday’s vote to reopen the federal government without any guarantee that Republicans will extend expiring federal health insurance subsidies. Schumer of New York was not among the eight members...
Man dies after slipping, falling 130 feet at Grand Canyon West
Authorities in Arizona confirmed that a man died after slipping and falling over the edge at a popular tourist area at Grand Canyon West last week. Deputies with the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office responded to a search and rescue at Guano Point on Thursday around 2 p.m. local time, per...
Lebanon releases son of Libya’s Gaddafi after almost decade in detention
TRIPOLI — Hannibal Gaddafi, youngest son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi, was released on Monday after almost a decade of detention without trial in Lebanon over the disappearance of a Shi’ite Muslim cleric, Lebanon’s National News Agency said. Gaddafi was abducted in 2015 by militants in Syria, where he...
Pope Leo to host Hollywood stars including Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine at Vatican
VATICAN CITY — Lights, camera, action, pope? About three dozen Hollywood stars will meet Pope Leo this weekend, including actors Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine and Adam Scott, the Vatican said on Monday. Also joining a special audience at the Vatican with Leo, the first pope from the United States, will...
Senate passes bill to end government shutdown, sends to HouseVideo
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday approved a compromise that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, breaking a weeks-long stalemate that has disrupted food benefits for millions, left hundreds of thousands of federal workers unpaid and snarled air traffic. The 60-40 vote passed with the support of...
SNAP benefits for 42 million hang on legal battles, shutdown
BOSTON - The availability of food aid for 42 million low-income Americans this month remained in question on Monday as legal wrangling over the benefits continued even as lawmakers take steps toward ending the record-long federal government shutdown. A series of legal victories and setbacks for nonprofits and Democratic-led states...
The winners and losers of the government shutdown deal
WASHINGTON – The record-breaking U.S. government shutdown appears headed for its end after more than a month of Washington gridlock caused real pain on main street. It’s welcome news to many in Washington and around the country after the stalemate led to furloughs and firings of hundreds of thousands of...
Fetterman, 7 other Senate Democrats voted with Republicans to end the government shutdown
WASHINGTON ‒ Eight Senate Democrats broke from their ranks and joined with Republicans to vote for a deal to reopen the government late Sunday. The group includes Democrats from the party’s moderate faction in the Senate, one independent who caucuses with Democrats, four former governors and two senators who have...
Gallery: Photos from Nov. 10, 2025
From the rolling hills of Western Pennsylvania to distant corners of the globe, TribLive’s Photo Adventure captures the world in motion — one frame at a time. Through the lenses of photographers near and far, these images tell stories of place, connection, and the beauty found in everyday life. It’s...
FBI chief visited China to talk fentanyl, law enforcement, sources say
BEIJING - FBI Director Kash Patel visited China last week to discuss fentanyl and law enforcement issues, two people familiar with his trip said, following a summit of the U.S. and Chinese leaders where both hailed “consensus” on the matter. A person briefed on Patel’s trip said the director of...
France’s Sarkozy back home after court frees him pending appeal
PARIS -Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was freed from jail and went home on Monday, after a Paris court ruled he could be released while he appeals against his conviction for conspiring to raise funds from Libya. Sarkozy was sent to prison on October 21 after he was found guilty...
In latest major elections case, Supreme Court to hear GOP challenge to mail-in ballots
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether mailed ballots must be received by Election Day and not just postmarked by then, agreeing to review the Republican Party’s so-far successful challenge to a Mississippi law that could affect similar rules in many other states. In asking the court to hear...
Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by a former Kentucky county official to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, as the justices steered clear of the contentious case some 3½ years after its conservative majority reversed abortion rights. The court, which has a 6-3...
Trump demands air traffic controllers return to work as flight cancellations spike
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump demanded air traffic controllers return to work on Monday as government-directed flight cuts and air traffic staffing absences continue to wreak havoc with U.S. air travel. Trump added that he will reward those who did not take any time off during the 41-day federal government...
U.S. Supreme Court considers case of Rastafarian man shaved bald in prison
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is due Monday to hear arguments in a Rastafarian man’s bid to sue state prison officials in Louisiana after guards held him down and shaved him bald in violation of his religious beliefs in a case brought under a federal law protecting incarcerated people...
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and dozens of others accused of election interference
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has pardoned scores of allies including his former personal attorney, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who faced charges and investigations alleging interference in the 2020 election. The latest clemencies for more than 70 people in what he called “a process of national reconciliation” followed...
Trump administration cannot withhold full funding for food aid, U.S. appeals court rules
BOSTON — A federal appeals court late Sunday allowed a judge’s order to stand that directs President Donald Trump’s administration to fully fund this month’s food aid benefits for 42 million low-income Americans during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to halt...
A U.S. flag’s global odyssey to honor, unite all Americans started in Pittsburgh
On a June day marked by an elaborate military parade in the nation’s capital and thousands of protests across the country, the Pittsburgh-based National Flag Foundation presented a U.S. flag to the American Battle Monuments Commission in a quiet ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. “There was no band, no...
BBC boss and head of news quit after criticism of Trump documentary edit
LONDON — The BBC’s boss and its head of news quit on Sunday following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by President Donald Trump. The BBC had been under mounting pressure after an internal report by a former standards adviser was...
5 wounded, 1 seriously, in shooting outside San Francisco supermarket
SAN FRANCISCO — Police were investigating on Sunday after five people were wounded, one seriously, in a weekend shooting outside a supermarket in San Francisco, authorities said. Officers responding to reports of gunfire around 9 p.m. Saturday found multiple victims near a Safeway in the Outer Richmond neighborhood, according to...
Senate advances bill to end federal shutdown
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Sunday moved forward on a measure aimed at reopening the federal government and ending a now 40-day shutdown that has sidelined federal workers, delayed food aid and snarled air travel. In a procedural vote, senators advanced a House-passed bill that will be amended to...
Meteorologists warn of ‘intense’ snow in Great Lakes states, record lows in South
CHICAGO — Large swaths of the U.S. prepared for one of the season’s first blasts of wintry weather Sunday as temperatures dipped and snow fell in the Northern Plains, snowstorms developed eastward across the Great Lakes and the South prepared for a big chill. Flurries fell Sunday across parts of...
Trump administration tells states to undo efforts to issue full food aid benefits
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture directed states to roll back any steps taken to issue full food aid benefits to low-income Americans or risk financial penalties. The new guidance issued late on Saturday follows a U.S. Supreme Court order on Friday that allowed the Trump administration to continue...
