President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was exploring whether he can move forward with El Salvador’s offer to accept and jail violent American criminals in the “most severe cases” even as he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both say it raises clear legal issues. Rubio reached an unusual agreement with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele a day earlier that the Central American country would accept U.S. deportees of any nationality, including American citizens and legal residents who are imprisoned for violent crimes. “I’m just saying if we had a legal right to do it, I would do it in…
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When Donald Trump started the biggest trade war since the 1930s in his first term, his impulsive combination of threats and import taxes on U.S. trading partners created chaos, generated drama — and drew criticism from mainstream economists who favor free trade. But it didn’t do much damage to the U.S. economy. Or much good. Inflation stayed under control. The economy kept growing as it had before. And America’s massive trade deficits, the main target of Trump’s ire, proved resistant to his rhetoric and his tariffs: Already big, they got bigger. The trade war sequel that Trump has planned for…
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will seek more money for underfunded public schools and public transit in his budget proposal unveiled Tuesday, while he hopes to win support for legalizing marijuana and introducing taxes on skill games viewed as competitors to casinos and lottery contests. The Democrat — a rising star in the party who is seen as a potential 2028 White House contender — is also seeking more money for universities, offering hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to encourage new power plant construction and relying on billions in surplus cash to balance spending. To help unveil it,…
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if it assassinates him. “If they did that they would be obliterated,” Trump said in an exchange with reporters while signing an executive order calling for the U.S. government to impose maximum pressure on Tehran. “I’ve left instructions if they do it, they get obliterated, there won’t be anything left.” Federal authorities have been tracking Iranian threats against Trump and other administration officials for years. Trump ordered the 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani, who led the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force. A threat on…
Almost a year after the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland officials on Tuesday unveiled their designs for its replacement, which will be taller and better protected against ship strikes. Construction of the state’s first cable-stayed bridge could be completed in 2028 and cost upwards of $1.7 billion. With its graceful outline and delicate design, officials said the new bridge will modernize Baltimore’s skyline, becoming a symbol of resilience, progress and economic growth. The design features two towers with cables radiating down to the deck. “This is a great day for the state of Maryland,” Gov. Wes…
Police say a worker at a south Broward car dealership took a high-performance sedan from his employer’s lot without permission and drove it at more than 120 mph when he slammed into another driver near North Perry Airport in April, killing her. Leer en español Amun-Ra Caleb Earls, 23, of Miramar, turned himself in at the Broward County jail on Monday. Court records show he’s facing several criminal charges, including vehicular homicide and driving without a valid Florida license, causing serious bodily injury or death. Police said Earls worked as a porter for Vera Cadillac, located at 300 S. University…
Calm returned to Wall Street Tuesday, and tech stocks led U.S. indexes higher following a strong profit report from Palantir Technologies, a darling benefiting from the artificial-intelligence boom. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% a day after swinging sharply on worries that President Donald Trump’s tariffs could spark a trade war that would hurt economies around the world, including the United States. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 134 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.4%. Trump on Monday agreed to delay his taxes on U.S. imports of Canadian and Mexican products for a month, with the announcement on…
American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army helicopter collided in midair near Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National last Wednesday night, sending the two aircraft into the Potomac River and killing all 67 aboard in the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001. Officials announced in a statement on Tuesday that the remains of all 67 victims had been recovered. All but one have been identified. The cause of the crash 3 miles (5 kilometers) south of the White House and U.S. Capitol was under investigation Tuesday as crews continued removing wreckage from the river. The crash The regional jet out of…
Transgender young adults and families with transgender youth have sued against an executive order from the Trump administration that restricts gender-affirming care.
Sens. Susan Collins, James Lankford and Todd Young said they’ll vote to confirm the DNI nominee.
Sens. Susan Collins, James Lankford and Todd Young said they’ll vote to confirm the DNI nominee.
Senate Republicans defended the Trump administration’s sweeping revamp of the U.S. Agency for International Development led by Elon Musk.
The Chicago White Sox have a new manager, a slightly tweaked new name for their ballpark and changes to their rotation with Garrett Crochet traded to the Boston Red Sox. The Chicago Cubs will have a different look in their outfield after acquiring Kyle Tucker in a trade with the Houston Astros and sending Cody Bellinger to the New York Yankees. That’s just some of the maneuvering this offseason. With pitchers and catchers set to report to camps for spring training, here’s a closer look at some of the major moves for teams in the American League and National League…
Kultida Woods, the Thai-born mother of Tiger Woods who instilled his dominant spirit and encouraged him to wear a red shirt on Sundays as his power color, died Tuesday. Woods announced the death of his 78-year-old mother in a social media post. He did not disclose a cause or other details. She was at his indoor TMRW Golf League match last week in South Florida, where she lived. He described her as a “force of nature” who was his biggest supporter from the time she drove him to junior golf tournaments in California to being there for his 15 major…
WASHINGTON — The first U.S. military flight to deport migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay was set to depart Tuesday, a U.S. official said. It is the first step in what is expected to be a surge in the number of migrants held at the Navy base in Cuba, which for decades was primarily used to detain foreigners associated with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. President Donald Trump has eyed the facility as a holding center and said it has the capacity to hold as many as 30,000. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was assigned to Guantanamo Bay…
Sueños Music Festival has its 2025 lineup in Grant Park: Shakira will join previously announced headliner Peso Pluma on Saturday, with Don Omar and Grupo Frontera as the boldface names on Sunday. Sueños is returning to Chicago over Memorial Day Weekend on May 24-25 for its fourth consecutive year as a two-day festival of Latin music, reggaeton and culture. The full lineup: SATURDAY: Shakira, Arcángel, El Alfa, Oscar Maydon, Gordo, Dei V, Maria Becerra, El Malilla, NSQK, DJ Luian, Caleb Calloway, Reggaetonlandia, Chan and DJ Fredy Fresco. SUNDAY: Don Omar, Grupo Frontera, Wisin, Tito Double P, Jhayco, Deorro, Kapo, Omar…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday. Trump’s trip to see the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles was confirmed Tuesday by a White House official who was not authorized to speak publicly about the president’s plans and spoke on condition of anonymity. It will be his first time attending the game as president. Trump is also scheduled to sit for an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier as part of the network’s preshow programming, which is set to be taped from Florida before the game. Presidents traditionally grant an…
There’s no such thing as an untouchable player on the Chicago Bulls. That has been clear from the start of the season after the team traded DeMar DeRozan and Alex Caruso over the summer. The Bulls are now in the early stages of a rebuild, the ugly first step that involves stripping a roster of its most redeemable qualities to build potential for the future. But even after years of rumors, guard Coby White said he and his teammates were caught off guard when they landed in Chicago on Sunday night to the news that Zach LaVine had been traded.…
There was but one show up and running at Theater Wit on Belmont Avenue this past weekend, a depressing state of affairs given that there are three venues in that building, not to mention the three more theaters that used to be next door at what once was the storied Theatre Building Chicago, and now is in a state of apparent abandonment. That paucity of activity lent additional poignancy to the one current attraction within what used to be the thriving Belmont Avenue theater district: the superb new Shattered Globe Theatre production of Kenneth Lonergan’s 2001 play “Lobby Hero.” Time…
Transgender young adults and families with transgender youth have sued against an executive order from the Trump administration that restricts gender-affirming care.