Columbia University agrees to pay more than $220M in deal with Trump to restore federal funding
NEW YORK — Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus, the university announced Wednesday. Under the agreement, the Ivy League school...
FEMA chief rejects criticism, calls Texas floods response ‘a model’ for dealing with disaster
The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to the central Texas floods that killed at least 136 people earlier this month. “I can’t see anything we did wrong,” David Richardson told a House panel of the Committee on Transportation...
Pam Bondi facing Democratic calls to testify following report she told Trump he was in Epstein files
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing Democratic calls to testify before Congress following a newspaper’s revelation that she told President Donald Trump that his name appeared in the files of the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Bondi told Trump his name was...
Summer Lee leads push to subpoena Epstein files
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee led an effort Wednesday to subpoena files related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation — hours before the House was scheduled to go on break until September. In an 8-2 vote with bipartisan support, a House Oversight subcommittee passed a motion by Lee to subpoena...
Here’s what family members and friends told Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger in court
Family members and friends lashed out at killer Bryan Kohberger in court Wednesday as he was sentenced to life in prison for the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. No motive has been offered and Kohberger, 30, chose not to speak at the hearing. He pleaded guilty earlier...
Judge bars ICE from immediately taking Abrego Garcia into custody if he’s released from jail
A federal judge in Maryland has prohibited the Trump administration from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immediate immigration custody if he’s released from jail in Tennessee while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges, according to an order issued Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the U.S. government to provide...
Supreme Court allows Trump to remove 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who had been fired by President Donald Trump and then reinstated by a federal judge. The justices acted on an emergency appeal from the Justice Department, which argued...
House Democrats launch bid to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files
WASHINGTON — House Democrats launched a bid Wednesday to subpoena President Donald Trump’s Justice Department for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, goading GOP lawmakers to defy Trump and Republican leadership to support the action. Democrats on a subcommittee of the powerful House Committee on Oversight made...
Andrew King: Pa. can accelerate energy progress
Last week, Pennsylvania took a historic step forward, securing $70 billion in federal, state and private funding in an effort to become America’s powerhouse for artificial intelligence and energy. Convening at the artificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse, Carnegie Mellon University, a bipartisan group led by Sen. Dave McCormick launched Pennsylvania’s Innovation...
Andrew King: Pa. can accelerate energy progress
Last week, Pennsylvania took a historic step forward, securing $70 billion in federal, state and private funding to become America’s powerhouse for artificial intelligence and energy. Convening at the artificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse, Carnegie Mellon University, a bipartisan group led by Sen. Dave McCormick launched Pennsylvania’s Innovation and Energy Summit....
Judge rejects Trump administration effort to unseal Epstein grand jury records in Florida
A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, though a similar request for the work of a different grand jury is pending in New York. U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg in West Palm Beach said...
3 Haitian police officers and 2 civilians killed as gangs overrun a central region
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Three Haitian police officers and two civilians were killed in the country’s central region, where gang violence has surged, the government and a police union said Wednesday. The officers were members of a specialized unit known as UDMO, which is largely activated during protests and disturbances. A...
Canvas to feature AI technology for educational interactions
AI technology will soon be brought into the classroom through a new integration with the Canvas learning platform. Canvas is the main online platform used by numerous universities like the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University, as well as K-12 school districts. Instructure, the maker of Canvas, and OpenAI...
Doctor pleads guilty to selling Matthew Perry ketamine in the weeks before the actor’s death
LOS ANGELES — A doctor pleaded guilty Wednesday to giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the “Friends” star’s overdose death. Dr. Salvador Plasencia became the fourth of the five people charged in connection with Perry’s death to plead guilty. He stood next to his lawyer and...
Gaza has been at risk of famine for months, experts say. Here’s why it’s not been declared
For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are on the brink of famine without formally declaring one. Even though Israel eased a 2½-month blockade on the territory in May, aid groups say only a trickle of assistance is getting into the...
Gallery: Photos from July 23, 2025
Embark on a visual journey around the Western Pennsylvania region with TribLive’s latest collection of captivating images for Wednesday, July 23, 2025. From the rustic landscapes of Western Pa. to diverse corners of the globe, experience the shared moments of humanity....
All eyes on Ghislaine Maxwell as longtime Epstein aide seeks prison relief
WASHINGTON — Uproar over the Trump administration’s handling of files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation continues to grip Washington, prompting the Justice Department on Tuesday to schedule an unusual meeting with Epstein’s top confidant, Ghislaine Maxwell, and the House Oversight Committee to move to subpoena her testimony amid bipartisan calls...
UN’s top court decides what polluting countries must do about climate change
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The U.N.’s highest court is handing down a historic opinion on climate change Wednesday, a decision that could set a legal benchmark for action around the globe to the climate crisis. After years of lobbying by vulnerable island nations who fear they could disappear under rising...
Bryan Kohberger sentenced to life in prison for murdering 4 Idaho students
BOISE, Idaho — Police released documents Wednesday detailing their investigation into the murders of four University of Idaho students. Police in Moscow, Idaho released dozens of pages of documents just hours after Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison without parole in the years-long case. In one of the...
Zelenskyy faces backlash as Ukrainians protest new anti-corruption law
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian activists called for more protests Wednesday against a law they say weakens the country’s anti-corruption watchdogs, following the first major demonstration against the country’s government in more than three years of war. The legislation has also drawn rebukes from European Union officials and international rights groups....
Indian police arrest a suspected scammer running a fake embassy near New Delhi
NEW DELHI — Indian police have arrested a man accused of running a bogus embassy from a rented residential building near the capital, New Delhi, and recovered cars with fake diplomatic plates. The suspect impersonated an ambassador and allegedly duped people for money by promising overseas employment, said senior police...
Trump announces trade deal with Japan that lowers threatened tariff to 15%
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, placing a 15% tax on goods imported from that nation. “This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it,” Trump posted on Truth Social, adding that the United States...
German court acquits satirist over social media post following Trump assassination attempt
BERLIN — A German court on Wednesday acquitted a satirist who was charged with having approved of an assassination attempt against Donald Trump during last year’s U.S. election campaign in a social media post and disturbed the public peace. In a quickly deleted post under his alias “El Hotzo” on...
House Republicans vote to rename Kennedy Center opera house after Melania Trump
Congressional Republicans are moving forward with a plan to rename the Kennedy Center opera house after Melania Trump. Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson added an amendment to the Interior-Environment spending bill that most of the center’s funding for the 2026 fiscal year would be contingent on changing the name to the...
Gisele Fetterman says she would ‘never’ run for office and doesn’t want her husband, John Fetterman, running for president
Gisele Barreto Fetterman said she does not want her husband, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Braddock, to run for president and dismissed “bizarre” speculation about her own political ambitions in a new interview with Meghan McCain for her podcast “Citizen McCain.” In a clip obtained by Fox News Digital, Barreto Fetterman said...
