http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:08:50 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/30/cyberattacksminnesota-water-systems-investigated-iranian-hackers/stories/20260730113 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/30/cyberattacksminnesota-water-systems-investigated-iranian-hackers/stories/20260730113#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:59:59 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/30/cyberattacksminnesota-water-systems-investigated-iranian-hackers/stories/20260730113 Authorities were working Thursday to find the source of cyberattacks that targeted over 30 water systems in Minnesota and came amid warnings that Iranian hackers have been focused on such systems. A water tower is seen on July 30 in Plymouth, Minn. A cyberattack targeted the operating technology at over 30 water systems in Minnesota, including Plymouth's, earlier this week, state officials said. A water tower is seen on July 30 in Plymouth, Minn. A cyberattack targeted the operating technology at over 30 water systems in Minnesota, including Plymouth's, earlier this week, state officials said. A water tower is seen on July 30 in Plymouth, Minn. A cyberattack targeted the operating technology at over 30 water systems in Minnesota, including Plymouth's, earlier this week, state officials said. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/30/trump-floats-pulling-blanche-nomination-attorney-general-avoid-gop-demands/stories/20260730108 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/30/trump-floats-pulling-blanche-nomination-attorney-general-avoid-gop-demands/stories/20260730108#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:52:25 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/30/trump-floats-pulling-blanche-nomination-attorney-general-avoid-gop-demands/stories/20260730108 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he may pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination for the full-time post to avoid conceding to Senate Republicans' demands over a sweeping tax audit immunity deal benefiting the president and members of his family. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is sworn in as he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., arrives for a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill on July 30 in Washington. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, arrives for a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill on July 30 in Washington. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., arrives for a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill on July 30 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/29/fauci-invokes-fifth-amendment-and-declines-to-testify-in-republican-led-covid-19-senate-hearing/stories/20260729085 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/29/fauci-invokes-fifth-amendment-and-declines-to-testify-in-republican-led-covid-19-senate-hearing/stories/20260729085#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:33:54 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/29/fauci-invokes-fifth-amendment-and-declines-to-testify-in-republican-led-covid-19-senate-hearing/stories/20260729085 WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol July 29 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/netanyahu-praises-first-meeting-trump-since-launching-iran-war/stories/20260728115 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/netanyahu-praises-first-meeting-trump-since-launching-iran-war/stories/20260728115#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:44:44 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/netanyahu-praises-first-meeting-trump-since-launching-iran-war/stories/20260728115 WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had an “excellent” meeting with President Trump at the White House on Tuesday, their first sitdown since launching a joint war against Iran that offered Netanyahu a chance to smooth out strains in their relationship. President Donald Trump listens as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago club Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, attend the funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham on July 28 at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington. Young men ride motorcycles along the shore as a tractor pulls equipment from the water and commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on July 27. A Lebanese military vehicle drives past homes damaged during the war in the southern village of Zawtar al-Gharbieh, Lebanon, on July 27. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/zelensky-will-visit-trump-at-the-white-house-before-sen-graham-s-funeral/stories/20260728083 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/zelensky-will-visit-trump-at-the-white-house-before-sen-graham-s-funeral/stories/20260728083#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:18:07 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/zelensky-will-visit-trump-at-the-white-house-before-sen-graham-s-funeral/stories/20260728083 WASHINGTON — President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Tuesday ahead of Sen. Lindsey Graham’s funeral, with the two leaders discussing ways for Ukraine to produce its own powerful weapons and “other ideas that could help” in its ongoing war against Russia. U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey on July 8. In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. in Kyiv, Ukraine July 10. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/lindsey-graham-eulogized-as-an-american-original-at-services-drawing-world-leaders-in-washington/stories/20260728089 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/lindsey-graham-eulogized-as-an-american-original-at-services-drawing-world-leaders-in-washington/stories/20260728089#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:22:24 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/lindsey-graham-eulogized-as-an-american-original-at-services-drawing-world-leaders-in-washington/stories/20260728089 WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of his generation’s more influential U.S. politicians at home and abroad, is being eulogized Tuesday as “a true American original” during memorial services in Washington. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a Congressional tribute to late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on July 28 in Washington. An Armed Forces Body Bearer Team moves the casket of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., upon arrival for a Congressional tribute in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on July 28 in Washington. The flag-draped casket of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., sits in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on July 28 in Washington. A guest looks at the program during the service for Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, July 28 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/bryan-kohberger-asks-to-withdraw-his-guilty-plea-in-the-university-of-idaho-murders-case/stories/20260728086 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/bryan-kohberger-asks-to-withdraw-his-guilty-plea-in-the-university-of-idaho-murders-case/stories/20260728086#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:26:38 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/bryan-kohberger-asks-to-withdraw-his-guilty-plea-in-the-university-of-idaho-murders-case/stories/20260728086 BOISE, Idaho — The man convicted of murdering four University of Idaho students is asking a court to let him withdraw his guilty plea and go to trial, saying his attorneys manipulated him into making the deal by promising him better prison conditions and scaring him about the quality of life on death row. Bryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse, for his sentencing hearing July 23, 2025, in Boise, Idaho, for stabbing four University of Idaho students to death nearly three years ago. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/joe-biden-interviews-with-memoir-ghostwriter-reveal-him-discussing-sensitive-information/stories/20260728084 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/joe-biden-interviews-with-memoir-ghostwriter-reveal-him-discussing-sensitive-information/stories/20260728084#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:19:39 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/28/joe-biden-interviews-with-memoir-ghostwriter-reveal-him-discussing-sensitive-information/stories/20260728084 Newly released audio tapes, disclosed by a conservative activist group, appear to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer and sometimes claiming memory lapses during interviews that occurred before his election to the presidency in 2020. President Joe Biden speaks during a Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Jan. 16, 2025, in Arlington, Va. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/25/heat-dome-expands-central-united-states-creating-dangerous-conditions/stories/20260725097 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/25/heat-dome-expands-central-united-states-creating-dangerous-conditions/stories/20260725097#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:03:12 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/25/heat-dome-expands-central-united-states-creating-dangerous-conditions/stories/20260725097 WASHINGTON — Dangerously hot weather will expand across much of the central United States this weekend and into next week, pushing temperatures above 100 degrees from Dallas to North Dakota with roughly 70 million people facing heat advisories. Beach goers watch during the the 46th Annual California Surf Lifesaving Championships on Will Rogers State Beach on July 24 in the Pacific Palisades section of Los Angeles. Jake the Asian elephant takes a dip in a pool at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance as daytime high temperatures soared toward the triple-digit mark on July 24 in Denver. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/25/americans-rewire-grocery-shopping-routines-biggest-price-jump/stories/20260725094 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/25/americans-rewire-grocery-shopping-routines-biggest-price-jump/stories/20260725094#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:43:50 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/25/americans-rewire-grocery-shopping-routines-biggest-price-jump/stories/20260725094 What’s for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack’s house, it’s whatever is on sale. Lien Chang feeds her 2-year-old grandson Cairo Miu a bowl of rice next to his dad Jack Chang in her home on July 13 in San Francisco. Jack Chang cuts Isaac Obamehinti's hair while holding his 2-year-old son Cairo Miu at his studio on July 13 in San Francisco. Ada Torres holds tomatoes while shopping for produce on July 2 in Cleveland, Texas, about 45 miles northeast of Houston. Pastry chef Amanda Tabadero pours milk into a plastic container while preparing ingredients for maritozzi at Creature Coffeeshop in Kaneʻohe, Hawaii, on July 7. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/23/salman-rushdie-testifies-terrorism-trial/stories/20260723113 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/23/salman-rushdie-testifies-terrorism-trial/stories/20260723113#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:22:47 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/23/salman-rushdie-testifies-terrorism-trial/stories/20260723113 BUFFALO, N.Y.  — Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheater stage, Salman Rushdie sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker Thursday and told jurors for a second time about the ambush that nearly killed him. In this courtroom sketch, Salman Rushdie, left, testifies in federal court during the terrorism trial for Hadi Matar, Rushdie's alleged attacker, shown second from bottom left, on July 23 in Buffalo, N.Y. In this courtroom sketch, Salman Rushdie, left, testifies in federal court during the terrorism trial for Hadi Matar, Rushdie's alleged attacker, on July 23 in Buffalo, N.Y. In this courtroom sketch, a witness describes video of an alleged attack on Salman Rushdie by Hadi Matar, in federal court in Buffalo, N.Y., on July 22. Matar, foreground, is seated with his lawyer's co-council. Novelist Salman Rushdie attends the premiere of the documentary film "Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie" during the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25 at The Ray in Park City, Utah. Hadi Matar walks in to the Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., in 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/23/government-withdraws-subpoenas-3-reporters-legal-errors/stories/20260723093 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/23/government-withdraws-subpoenas-3-reporters-legal-errors/stories/20260723093#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:43:49 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/23/government-withdraws-subpoenas-3-reporters-legal-errors/stories/20260723093 NEW YORK — Criticized by a federal judge for sloppy legal work, the government on Thursday withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet. President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Dobbins Air Reserve Base on July 22 in Marietta, Ga. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/22/ice-drops-plan-pennsylvania-warehouses-detention-centers/stories/20260722128 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/22/ice-drops-plan-pennsylvania-warehouses-detention-centers/stories/20260722128#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:26:24 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/22/ice-drops-plan-pennsylvania-warehouses-detention-centers/stories/20260722128 HARRISBURG, Pa. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is giving up on its plan to use two rural Pennsylvania warehouses to hold thousands of people. Anti-ICE protesters chant moments before clashes with law enforcement officers begin outside the Delaney Hall detention center on May 30 in Newark, N.J. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/22/house-republicans-adopt-95-billion-package-iran-war/stories/20260722120 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/22/house-republicans-adopt-95-billion-package-iran-war/stories/20260722120#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:18:59 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/22/house-republicans-adopt-95-billion-package-iran-war/stories/20260722120 WASHINGTON  — The House adopted a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal Wednesday, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities over objections from Democrats and a few GOP holdouts in a final push before the midterm elections. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber as members debate a series of measures including a continuing resolution to fund the government and a spending package for the Iran war, at the Capitol in Washington on July 21. Lindsay Hoyle, speaker of the House of Commons, left, is welcomed by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., as they meet at the Capitol in Washington on July 21. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is pursued by reporters as she leaves the chamber, at the Capitol in Washington on July 21. The U.S. Capitol is seen from the Cannon House Office Building as Republican lawmakers passed a bill to fund the federal government through Dec. 4, in Washington on July 22. The U.S. Capitol is seen from the Cannon House Office Building as Republican lawmakers passed a bill to fund the federal government through Dec. 4, in Washington on July 22. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/21/hegseth-estimates-iran-war-has-cost-37-5b-as-he-defends-funding-request/stories/20260721094 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/21/hegseth-estimates-iran-war-has-cost-37-5b-as-he-defends-funding-request/stories/20260721094#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:42:30 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/21/hegseth-estimates-iran-war-has-cost-37-5b-as-he-defends-funding-request/stories/20260721094 WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced questions and protests Tuesday over the U.S. war with Iran, which he estimated has cost $37.5 billion so far, as Republicans prepare a $95 billion GOP budget package to fund the military, along with other White House priorities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing July 21 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., arrives before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine attend a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on July 21 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins testify at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing July 21 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin, left, listens as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing July 21 on Capitol Hill in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/21/us-civil-rights-agency-moves-to-end-demographic-data-collection-after-60-years-1/stories/20260722033 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/21/us-civil-rights-agency-moves-to-end-demographic-data-collection-after-60-years-1/stories/20260722033#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:36:58 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/21/us-civil-rights-agency-moves-to-end-demographic-data-collection-after-60-years-1/stories/20260722033 NEW YORK — How many women hold executive-level positions at top U.S. companies? What is the racial and ethnic breakdown of those roles? What is the gender and racial breakdown of the lowest-paid roles at those companies? Andrea Lucas, nominee to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on June 18, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/20/senators-ice-body-cameras-fatal-shootings-maine-houston/stories/20260720103 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/20/senators-ice-body-cameras-fatal-shootings-maine-houston/stories/20260720103#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:50:36 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/20/senators-ice-body-cameras-fatal-shootings-maine-houston/stories/20260720103 WASHINGTON — Dozens of Democratic U.S. senators and the Independent senator from Maine pushed for more details Monday from Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the agency’s vetting practices for new agents and how officers conduct vehicle pursuits, even as they demanded that body cameras be swiftly rolled out to all officers. Blood is seen on the pavement near the scene of a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 13 in Biddeford, Maine. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/19/jd-usha-vance-welcome-baby-boy-first-child-born-sitting-vp-150-years/stories/20260719134 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/19/jd-usha-vance-welcome-baby-boy-first-child-born-sitting-vp-150-years/stories/20260719134#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:06:41 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/19/jd-usha-vance-welcome-baby-boy-first-child-born-sitting-vp-150-years/stories/20260719134 WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, on Sunday announced the birth of their fourth child, the first born to a sitting vice president in more than 150 years. Second lady Usha Vance arrives at a women's history month event in the East Room at the White House on March 12. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/19/aipac-spent-record-amount-michigans-senate-primary/stories/20260719126 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/19/aipac-spent-record-amount-michigans-senate-primary/stories/20260719126#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:02:13 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/07/19/aipac-spent-record-amount-michigans-senate-primary/stories/20260719126 SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — Senate candidate Haley Stevens talks often about manufacturing, taking on President Donald Trump and why she’s the Democrat best positioned to win Michigan. The congresswoman has far less to say about the pro-Israel group that has spent millions trying to get her elected. From left foreground, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT. join hands together following a campaign rally on July 18. https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2026/07/17/mullin-pushes-states-comply-election-demands/stories/20260717111 https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2026/07/17/mullin-pushes-states-comply-election-demands/stories/20260717111#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:43:55 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2026/07/17/mullin-pushes-states-comply-election-demands/stories/20260717111 WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday warned that state officials could lose funding or face investigations if they fail to go along with President Donald Trump's election security demands, part of the Republican president’s longstanding attempt to undermine Americans’ confidence in the vote. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus on July 17 in Washington. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks to reporters in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus on July 17 in Washington. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks to reporters in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus on July 17 in Washington. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus on July 17 in Washington. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus on July 17 in Washington.