December 7, 2025 6:45 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has defended U.S. military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats, saying President Donald Trump has the right to take military action “as he sees fit.” The comments were made Saturday at a national security forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. It comes as the Trump administration faces intense questioning over the deadly strikes and whether they violate international law. Hegseth also compared Trump to Reagan, saying the current president is the “true and rightful heir” to Reagan.
December 7, 2025 6:43 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request from the Trump administration to toss a lawsuit challenging the detention of migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In a ruling Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan denied the federal government’s motion to dismiss the case and has set a hearing for next week for both sides to discuss next steps in this case. President Donald Trump in January announced his administration would use a detention center at Guantánamo to hold tens of thousands of the “worst criminal aliens,” as part of his wider immigration crackdown.
December 7, 2025 6:40 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has launched a major missile and drone attack on Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure and triggering air raid alerts. Ukrainian forces shot down many of the drones and missiles, but several locations were struck, wounding at least eight people. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant temporarily lost power during the assault. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has discussed peace talks with American officials in Florida, aimed at ending the nearly four-year war. Progress has been made, but any agreement depends on Russia’s commitment to peace. Talks continue as Ukraine and its allies work toward agreement on a security framework for postwar Ukraine
December 7, 2025 6:37 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has presented medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony. The recipients are actor Sylvester Stallone, singers Gloria Gaynor and George Strait, the rock band Kiss and actor-singer Michael Crawford. The Republican president said the group was “perhaps the most accomplished and renowned class of Kennedy Center Honorees ever assembled.” Songs by Gaynor and Kiss were played on a sound system in the Rose Garden patio just outside the Oval Office as reporters waited to be admitted. Trump also joined the honorees at a traditional dinner at the State Department on Saturday.
December 7, 2025 6:34 am
HONOLULU (AP) — Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront. But today only 12 are still alive. All are centenarians, and this year none is able to make the pilgrimage to Hawaii to mark the event, scheduled for Sunday. That means no one attending will have firsthand memories of having served during the attack, which killed more than 2,300 troops and catapulted the U.S. into World War II. The development comes as the survivors fade from the scene and their descendants and the public increasingly turn to other ways to learn about the bombing.
December 7, 2025 3:56 am
WASHINGTON, Pa – A second actor in the November 30th armed robbery and shooting at the Washington Food Market is now in custody. The City of Washington Police Department in a press release said that 19 year old Christian Ellis-Patrene is still at large. Police say he is armed and dangerous. Christopher Ellis-Valperga,18 now in custody in connection to the shooting. The Washington regional SWAT Team, local detectives and the Washington County District Attorney’s Office were granted for a search warrant for a house on Hayes Avenue on Friday afternoon and found evidence in connection to the case.Ellis-Valperga faces attempted homicide, robbery, aggravated assault and firearm charges. Patrene is charged with conspiracy to commit homicide, conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and multiple misdemeanor charges. Additional related charges have been filed for both individuals that are now in custody. Julian Asbury, 17, of Washington, was arrested in connection with the crimes on Monday.The woman who was shot was last listed in stable condition. Police ask that if you have any additional information regarding to the case, contact 911 immediately. (Photo: WPXI)
December 7, 2025 6:29 am
A man from Morgantown, West Virginia is facing charges after TSA officials found him carrying a loaded gun at Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoint early Saturday morning. According to Allegheny County Police, TSA officials located the gun inside the passenger’s carry-on bag. County officials identified the man as 37 year old Donovan Pearson. Police say that Person did not have a valid concealed carry permit. He has been charged with carrying a firearm without a license. Allegheny County Police and the FBI were notified of the incident.
December 6, 2025 4:07 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. For decades, the government has advised that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection right after birth. The shots are widely considered to be a public health success for preventing thousands of illnesses. But U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s committee voted Friday to recommend the birth dose only for babies whose mothers test positive. For other babies, it will be up to the parents and their doctors to decide if a birth dose is appropriate.
December 6, 2025 4:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship. The Republican president’s order says children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily aren’t American citizens. The justices said Friday they’ll hear Trump’s appeal of a lower-court ruling that struck down the citizenship restrictions. Those restrictions haven’t taken effect anywhere in the country. Birthright citizenship is the first Trump immigration-related policy to reach the court for a final ruling. The order is part of Trump’s immigration crackdown. The American Civil Liberties Union says no president can change “the 14th Amendment’s fundamental promise of citizenship.” The case under review comes from New Hampshire.
December 6, 2025 4:12 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prosecutor says the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack told investigators he was “disappointed” in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro told ABC News Live that she believes it is “unmistakable” that Brian Cole Jr. was responsible for placing the pipe bombs on Jan. 5, 2021. Pirro also suggested Cole may have been motivated by claims by Trump and his Republican allies that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Cole remains in jail after his initial court appearance Friday.
