June 4, 2025 1:34 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities say a Washington man provided chemicals to make explosives that were used to bomb a California fertility clinic in May. Authorities arrested 32-year-old Daniel Park on Tuesday night in New York upon his return from Poland. U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli say Park shipped 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate to Guy Edward Bartkus, who bombed the clinic. The chemical compound is an explosive precursor that can be used to make homemade bombs, Essayli said. Park also traveled to Southern California in late January to stay with Bartkus for about two weeks, Essayli said. Bartkus was killed in the explosion.
June 4, 2025 1:31 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” in a phone call Wednesday that he will respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack on Russian airfields. The president said in a social media post that “It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace.” The call that lasted for an hour and 15 minutes was Trump’s first known with Putin since May 19. Trump said he and Putin also discussed Iran’s nuclear program.
June 4, 2025 11:08 am
(WPXI) – The Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump is aiming to undo or revise more than 30 major environmental regulations, many of them written or updated by the Biden administration. These include rules for cleaner vehicles, power plant emissions, and limits on tiny airborne particles known to harm human health. The Associated Press set out to examine what might happen if all the rules were eliminated. The AP also drew from studies published in the journals Science and Nature Communications and emissions estimates from the independent and nonpartisan Rhodium Group in order to calculate the possible annual death toll. The estimate of global deaths includes estimates of heat deaths from added carbon emissions, using a peer-reviewed formula developed by Daniel Bressler, a former White House climate economist during the Biden administration. It estimates one person will die for every 10,217 tons of carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere. The Rhodium Group estimates that the Trump administration’s rollbacks would lead to 2.8 billion additional tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2035 translating to, on average, more than 25,000 deaths each year.
June 4, 2025 10:53 am
The Congressional Budget Office estimates an increase of 10.9 million people without health insurance under President Donald Trump’s big bill, including 1.4 million who are in the country without legal status in state-funded programs. The budget office says the package would reduce federal outlays, or spending, by $1.3 trillion over that period. Meanwhile, Trump has promised to hike nearly all of his tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to a punishing 50% on Wednesday, a move that would hammer businesses from automakers to home builders, and likely push up prices for consumers.
June 4, 2025 7:40 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik has resigned, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announced. According to a release, Pope Leo XIV accepted his resignation at 6 a.m. Wednesday. Zubik reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 in September. “I am both grateful and thrilled with this appointment. Bishop Eckman knows the diocese. And we know him as an exceptional pastor, and outstanding administrator – truly an exemplary priest,” Zubik wrote in a letter to diocesan clergy and staff Wednesday morning. At the same time, Auxiliary Bishop Mark A. Eckman was appointed as the 13th bishop. Eckman has served the diocese as an Auxiliary Bishop since 2022. He will be installed on Monday, July 14, during a special Mass at Saint Paul Cathedral in Oakland. “With a grateful and humble heart, I accept this appointment and ask for the prayers of all the faithful,” Eckman said in a release. “Together, we will continue the mission of Jesus Christ with hope.”
June 4, 2025 5:09 am
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Members of the Boulder community are reeling from a firebombing attack that injured 12 people demonstrating for the release of Israeli hostages. Residents are preparing to come together for a vigil Wednesday evening to support those impacted. Authorities say Mohamed Sabry Soliman had 18 Molotov cocktails but threw just two during Sunday’s attack in which he yelled “Free Palestine.” Officials say he had planned to kill all of the roughly 20 participants in the demonstration. Soliman is an Egyptian national who has been living in the U.S. illegally. He faces federal hate crime and state attempted murder charges. Federal officials say his wife and five children have been taken into custody and could be quickly deported.
June 4, 2025 5:07 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. economic growth will slow to 1.6% this year from 2.8% last year as President Donald Trump’s erratic trade wars disrupt global commerce, drive up costs and leave businesses and consumers paralyzed by uncertainty. World economic growth will slow to just 2.9% this year and stay there in 2026, according to the OECD’s forecast. It marks a substantial deceleration from growth of 3.3% global growth last year. Trump’s policies have raised average U.S. tariff rates to the highest since 1938, according to the OECD. Tariffs raise costs for consumers and American manufacturers that rely on imported raw materials and components.
June 4, 2025 5:06 am
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to hike nearly all of his tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to a punishing 50% on Wednesday, a move that would hammer businesses from automakers to home builders, and likely push up prices for consumers. Foreign-made steel and aluminum is used in household products like soup cans and paper clips as well as big-ticket items like a stainless-steel refrigerators and cars. Economists warn that the latest tariffs will significantly squeeze the wallets of both companies and shoppers alike.
June 4, 2025 5:04 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk has blasted President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and spending cuts as a “disgusting abomination.” The tech billionaire’s comments Tuesday test his own influence over the Trump-led Republican Party. Musk targeted Trump’s top congressional priority just days after the president gave him a celebratory Oval Office sendoff marking the end of Musk’s role leading the Department of Government Efficiency. Musk’s business interests stand to lose from Trump’s bill, which would slash funding for electric vehicles and related technologies.
June 4, 2025 5:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants his “big, beautiful” bill of tax breaks and spending cuts on his desk to be signed into law by Independence Day. And he’s pushing the slow-rolling Senate to make it happen sooner rather than later. Trump met with Senate Majority Leader John Thune at the White House earlier this week and has been dialing senators for one-on-one chats, using both the carrot and stick to encourage them to act. But it’s still a long road ahead for the bill. Senators want to make changes to protect Medicaid and ensure some tax breaks become permanent. Elon Musk called the whole bill a “disgusting abomination.”
