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Ahead of key China talks, Trump says 80% tariff 'seems right'
Doina Chiacu and Jeff Mason, Reuters | Updated May 9 - 9:35 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said on Friday an 80% tariff on Chinese goods "seems right," for the first time suggesting a specific alternative to the 145% levies he has imposed on Chinese imports ahead of closely watched weekend talks.
New Jersey mayor arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting, prosecutor says
Associated Press | Posted May 9 - 8:38 p.m. | Save Story
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at an federal immigration detention center where he was protesting its opening, a federal prosecutor said.
Former US Supreme Court Justice Souter dies
Doina Chiacu and Will Dunham, Reuters | Posted May 9 - 5:01 p.m. | Save Story
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter died on Thursday at age 85.
Air traffic controllers briefly lose radar access again at Newark airport
Josh Funk, Associated Press | Updated May 9 - 4:35 p.m. | Save Story
The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks.
San Francisco's commuter trains stopped for four hours by computer outage
Judith Langowski, Reuters | Posted May 9 - 4:17 p.m. | Save Story
A computer outage knocked out train service in the San Francisco Bay Area for about four hours on Friday morning, causing headaches for some commuters in the high-tech capital.
US FDA permits use of three natural-source colors in food items
Sriparna Roy, Reuters | Posted May 9 - 4:15 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it had granted permissions to three new color additives, marking them as safe to use in food products and expanding the range of natural-source colors available to manufacturers.
Tufts student detained by US immigration authorities must be released, judge rules
Nate Raymond, Reuters | Posted May 9 - 4:08 p.m. | Save Story
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to immediately release a Tufts University student from Turkey who has been held for over six weeks in a Louisiana immigration detention facility after she co-wrote an opinion piece criticizing her school's response to Israel's war in Gaza.
Judge awards $680K to 17 families exposed to jet fuel-tainted water at Hawaii Naval base
Rebecca Boone, Associated Press | Posted May 9 - 8:23 a.m. | Save Story
A federal judge has awarded a total of more than $680,000 to 17 families who say they were sickened by a 2021 jet fuel leak into a Navy drinking water system in Hawaii.
VP Vance says war between India, Pakistan will be 'none of our business'
Kanishka Singh, Reuters | Posted May 9 - 7:50 a.m. | Save Story
Vice President JD Vance said India and Pakistan should de-escalate tensions, but added that the U.S. cannot control the nuclear-armed Asian neighbors and a war between them would be "none of our business."
Trump, Starmer hail limited US-UK trade deal, but 10% duties remain
Alistair Smout, Andrew MacAskill and Andrea Shalal, Reuters | Updated May 8 - 11:59 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday announced a limited bilateral trade agreement, the first of dozens of such deals Trump says he expects to land in coming weeks.
Male cub of Grizzly 399 killed in vehicle collision
Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted May 8 - 10:14 p.m. | Save Story
Grizzly 1058, a 5-year-old male cub of famed Grizzly 399, was hit by a vehicle and has died, Grand Teton National Park announced this week.
Utah exported more than $18B in goods last year. Here's how leaders are thinking about tariffs
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted May 8 - 9:04 p.m. | Save Story
Utah exported over $18 billion in goods in 2024, supporting 70,000 jobs, according to a new economic report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.
Why these Utah legislators traveled to Washington to address key Western issues
Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News | Posted May 8 - 8:33 p.m. | Save Story
Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz and House Majority Assistant Whip Casey Snider were among a contingent of Utah lawmakers who were in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to discuss important issues to the state and elsewhere in the West.
New York man charged after nearly 70 live cats and two dozen dead kittens are found in his home
Associated Press | Posted May 8 - 7:46 p.m. | Save Story
A suburban New York man has been charged with animal cruelty after authorities say they found nearly 100 cats in his home, including about two dozen dead kittens in a freezer.
Breaking with tradition, Senate panel backs Trump nominees despite Democratic boycott
Patricia Zengerle, Reuters | Posted May 8 - 5:37 p.m. | Save Story
Republicans on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed five nominees for diplomatic positions on Thursday despite a Democratic boycott, underscoring deep divisions between members of President Donald Trump's party and lawmakers from the minority.
Republicans advance bill to formally rename 'Gulf of America'
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted May 8 - 5:17 p.m. | Save Story
The House advanced a proposal to formally rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in all federal documents, marking the first of President Donald Trump's executive orders to be voted on by Congress.
Trump calls for 30-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, warns of more sanctions
Kanishka Singh, Reuters | Posted May 8 - 5:13 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. President Donald Trump called on Thursday for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, warning that Washington and its partners would impose further sanctions if the ceasefire is not respected.
Merz, Trump agree on need to resolve trade disputes, Germany says
Sarah Marsh, Reuters | Posted May 8 - 5:09 p.m. | Save Story
Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on the need to quickly resolve trade disputes in their first phone call since Merz took office earlier this week, a German government spokesperson said.
