http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:01:02 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/19/homeland-security-grants-temporary-deportation-reprieve/stories/20261019091 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/19/homeland-security-grants-temporary-deportation-reprieve/stories/20261019091#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:51:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/19/homeland-security-grants-temporary-deportation-reprieve/stories/20261019091 MIAMI — More than 100,000 people from Ukraine and Sudan can stay in the United States without immediate risk of deportation, the Department of Homeland Security said, in what amounts to a temporary reprieve after their right to stay in the country was set to expire Monday. U.S. Department of Homeland Security sign, is seen during a news conference at ICE Headquarters on Oct. 9 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/19/researchers-leave-trump-funding-cuts-politicization-science/stories/20261019088 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/19/researchers-leave-trump-funding-cuts-politicization-science/stories/20261019088#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:32:08 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/19/researchers-leave-trump-funding-cuts-politicization-science/stories/20261019088 NEW YORK — Halley Froehlich was sure she'd spend her scientific career in the United States. Her family has been in America since the 1700s. This photo taken with a smart phone and provided by Halley Froehlich shows Froehlich holding a U.S. Aquaculture Society award in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Feb. 27. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/18/trump-close-historic-dc-golf-course-renovations/stories/20261018140 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/18/trump-close-historic-dc-golf-course-renovations/stories/20261018140#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:52:24 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/18/trump-close-historic-dc-golf-course-renovations/stories/20261018140 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump on Sunday announced plans to close a historic public golf course in the nation's capital for 15 months and redevelop it despite a court challenge to his long-sought renovation. A golfer walks near log sections cut from trees at the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington on Oct. 13. Golfers tee off near log sections cut and tree stumps at the East Potomac Golf Links on Oct. 12 in Washington. A golfer walks past cut down trees and piles of wood chips at the East Potomac Golf Links on Oct. 12 in Washington. Golfers walk near log sections cut from trees at the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington on Oct. 13. Golfers tee off near log sections cut from trees at the East Potomac Golf Links on Oct. 12 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/17/trump-decision-waive-russian-sanctions-outrages-congress/stories/20261017106 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/17/trump-decision-waive-russian-sanctions-outrages-congress/stories/20261017106#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:37:18 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/17/trump-decision-waive-russian-sanctions-outrages-congress/stories/20261017106 WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia days before they were to take effect drew outrage Saturday from members of Congress, which had overwhelmingly passed the legislation in a bipartisan display of American support for Ukraine in the war with Russia. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on Oct. 16 in Washington. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., asks former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith questions at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 2 in Washington. Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., gestures during a news conference on Aug. 24 in Columbia, S.C. In this image taken from video provided by Russian Presidential Press Service on Oct. 16 Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to officers as he visits one of the command posts of the Joint Group of the Russian Forces, at an undisclosed location. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a media conference at the EU summit in Brussels on Oct. 16. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/17/rep-ilhan-omar-challenges-legality-trump-administration-search-home/stories/20261017101 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/17/rep-ilhan-omar-challenges-legality-trump-administration-search-home/stories/20261017101#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:12:23 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/17/rep-ilhan-omar-challenges-legality-trump-administration-search-home/stories/20261017101 Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is fighting back against the Trump administration’s search of her home earlier this week – disputing its legality and demanding the return of her property seized by federal agents. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., listens during a Congressional spotlight hearing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 22 in Washington. Homeland Security officers carry boxes from the Washington residence of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Oct. 12 during a search. Community members rally in support of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Oct. 12 at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/16/man-who-stopped-the-oregon-elementary-school-shooter-has-2-daughters-at-the-school-his-mom-says-1/stories/20261016116 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/16/man-who-stopped-the-oregon-elementary-school-shooter-has-2-daughters-at-the-school-his-mom-says-1/stories/20261016116#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:04:06 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/16/man-who-stopped-the-oregon-elementary-school-shooter-has-2-daughters-at-the-school-his-mom-says-1/stories/20261016116 BEND, Ore. — The man who stopped a deadly elementary school attack in Oregon by chasing down the teenage gunman and shooting him inside the building is the father of two girls who attend the school, his mother said Friday. Children place flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Ore., Oct. 16 a day after a deadly shooting. Flowers and candles are seen at a makeshift memorial outside Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Ore., Oct. 16 a day after a deadly shooting. Kristen Vanetsky sits outside Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Ore., Oct. 16 a day after a deadly shooting. A person places flowers at a makeshift memorial on the other side of Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., on Oct. 16 a day after a deadly shooting. Flowers are placed beside a sign at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., Oct. 16 a day after a deadly shooting. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/16/trump-fires-katie-zacharia-as-white-house-press-secretary-after-five-days-advis/stories/20261016112 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/16/trump-fires-katie-zacharia-as-white-house-press-secretary-after-five-days-advis/stories/20261016112#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:28:49 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/16/trump-fires-katie-zacharia-as-white-house-press-secretary-after-five-days-advis/stories/20261016112 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has fired Katie Zacharia as press secretary, advisers to the president said, ending her turbulent week-long stint as the White House’s top spokesperson. White House press secretary Katie Zacharia arrives with President Donald Trump at Glacier Park International Airport Oct. 14 in Kalispell, Mont. President Donald Trump speaks to the reporters as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Oct. 13, in Washington, as White House press secretary Katie Zacharia looks on. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/15/fbi-agents-analysts-fired-trump-classified-files-lawsuit-jobs/stories/20261015104 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/15/fbi-agents-analysts-fired-trump-classified-files-lawsuit-jobs/stories/20261015104#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:11:04 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/15/fbi-agents-analysts-fired-trump-classified-files-lawsuit-jobs/stories/20261015104 WASHINGTON — FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Trump’s retention of classified documents at his Florida estate sued on Thursday to get their jobs back, calling their terminations unlawful acts of “political retribution.” FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during the Senate Judiciary hearing on Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Sept. 15 in Washington. An aerial view of President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. A letter from acting archivist of the United States Debra Steidel Wall to former President Trump's legal team, detailing that the National Archives recovered 100 documents bearing classified markings, totaling more than 700 pages, from an initial batch of 15 boxes retrieved from Mar-a-Lago earlier in 2022, is photographed, Aug. 23, 2022. This image, contained in the indictment against former President Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/15/winter-wetter-warmer-forecasters-say/stories/20261015094 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/15/winter-wetter-warmer-forecasters-say/stories/20261015094#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:04:44 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/15/winter-wetter-warmer-forecasters-say/stories/20261015094 WASHINGTON — Winter in the United States looks like it will generally be wetter and warmer, but not necessarily snowier, according to the federal government's seasonal outlook and other meteorologists' forecasts. You can thank or blame El Niño. A person walks near the snow-covered sand at Lake Michigan in Chicago on Jan. 28. Pedestrians and cars pass through the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn borough of New York on Feb. 24. A bike rider in shorts rolls past a couple walking at the town common in North Andover, Mass., in 2022. People take the Staten Island Ferry as ice floats on the Hudson River on Jan. 27 in New York. A person walks past ice covered trees on Jan. 28 in Nashville, Tenn. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/14/ice-rejects-suggestion-officers-wear-body-cameras-automatically-activate/stories/20261014111 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/14/ice-rejects-suggestion-officers-wear-body-cameras-automatically-activate/stories/20261014111#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:33:04 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/14/ice-rejects-suggestion-officers-wear-body-cameras-automatically-activate/stories/20261014111 WASHINGTON — Federal immigration officials need to ensure that body cameras worn by officers are uniformly activated when needed, a government report released Wednesday said, following a series of contentious shootings and aggressive arrests by ICE officers. People holds a sign outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office during a weekly prayer and protest gathering in Dallas on Oct. 12. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/13/trump-ambassador-greece-kimberly-guilfoyle-resigns/stories/20261013098 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/13/trump-ambassador-greece-kimberly-guilfoyle-resigns/stories/20261013098#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:28:41 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/13/trump-ambassador-greece-kimberly-guilfoyle-resigns/stories/20261013098 WASHINGTON — The White House publicly asked for U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle’s resignation on Tuesday as she faced mounting accusations of improper conduct, and she announced within two hours that she was quitting, ending days of talk and speculation about her professional fate. Guilfoyle insisted that she would “vigorously defend” herself. Kimberly Guilfoyle speaks as President Trump listens at a reception celebrating Greek Independence Day in the East Room of the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington. Kimberly Guilfoyle speaks during the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle speaks during a dedication ceremony Oct. 7 at the chancery of the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/13/cornell-suspends-fraternity-parties-state-police-investigate-reports/stories/20261013097 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/13/cornell-suspends-fraternity-parties-state-police-investigate-reports/stories/20261013097#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:04:55 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/13/cornell-suspends-fraternity-parties-state-police-investigate-reports/stories/20261013097 Cornell University suspended parties at fraternity houses until next year and is giving state police a role in investigating reports of sexual assault on campus in the school’s latest response to outrage over its handling of a gang rape allegation. Demonstrators attend a protest against Cornell University's handling of the 2024 fraternity-house gang rape allegations at the campus Oct. 5 in Ithaca, N.Y. The Chi Phi fraternity house is seen at Cornell University on Oct. 5 in Ithaca, N.Y. Attendees hold signs during a protest against Cornell University's handling of the 2024 fraternity-house gang rape allegations at the university Oct. 5 in Ithaca, N.Y. Demonstrators march from the Washington Monument to the White House during a "Stop Sexual Violence" protest in Washington on Oct. 8. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/12/federal-officers-carry-out-search-at-minnesota-rep-ilhan-omar-s-dc-area-home/stories/20261012086 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/12/federal-officers-carry-out-search-at-minnesota-rep-ilhan-omar-s-dc-area-home/stories/20261012086#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:22:06 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/12/federal-officers-carry-out-search-at-minnesota-rep-ilhan-omar-s-dc-area-home/stories/20261012086 Federal officers early on Monday executed a search warrant at the D.C.-area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota congresswoman who has been the persistent target of ire from President Trump’s administration, according to a Justice Department spokesperson and a source familiar with the matter. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., the first Somali-American in Congress, stands with members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus as they announce they will work to limit funding for the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of the death of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 13. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/11/some-in-florida-and-alabama-without-power-as-isaias-brings-rain-to-appalachians-and-mid-atlantic/stories/20261011099 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/11/some-in-florida-and-alabama-without-power-as-isaias-brings-rain-to-appalachians-and-mid-atlantic/stories/20261011099#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:39:10 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/11/some-in-florida-and-alabama-without-power-as-isaias-brings-rain-to-appalachians-and-mid-atlantic/stories/20261011099 PENSACOLA, Fla. — As people in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama cleaned up in the wake of Isaias, the storm's remnants brought heavy rainfall and the risk of flooding across the central Appalachians and the mid-Atlantic region on Sunday. Meanwhile, rain and waves from Tropical Storm Rachel battered southern California. An apartment complex that had its roof ripped off is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias in Milton, Fla., Oct. 10. People salvage the contents of their destroyed mini mart in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias in Milton, Fla., Oct. 10. Curt Brown picks up debris left by Isaias around his RV home on Oct. 10 in Milton, Fla. Baleigh Ziglar walks around downed trees in front of her mother's home in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias in Milton, Fla., Oct. 10. Jeff Lundy cuts up a pine tree that fell on his father-in-law's house during Isaias on Oct. 10 in Milton, Fla. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/10/hundreds-of-thousands-without-power-after-isaias-slams-the-florida-panhandle-and-alabama/stories/20261010064 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/10/hundreds-of-thousands-without-power-after-isaias-slams-the-florida-panhandle-and-alabama/stories/20261010064#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:16:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/10/hundreds-of-thousands-without-power-after-isaias-slams-the-florida-panhandle-and-alabama/stories/20261010064 GULF BREEZE, Fla. — Hundreds of thousands of people in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle were without power early Saturday after Isaias crashed into the U.S. Gulf Coast as a dangerous hurricane and left flooded roads and downed trees in its wake as it moved inland. An American flag flaps in the wind generated by the effects of Isaias on an empty beach on Friday, Oct. 9, loom overhead on Oct. 9 in Mon Louis Island, Ala. Jim McKenzie looks out over an empty beach as the effects of Isaias keep beachgoers away on Oct. 9 on Mon Louis Island, Ala. Jason Coffey boards up a convenience store at a gas station as Hurricane Isaias approaches Pensacola Beach, Fla., Oct. 9. People sit outside an evacuation shelter as Hurricane Isaias approaches Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 9. This GOES-19 GeoColor satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and taken at 1:06 p.m. EDT, Oct. 9, shows Hurricane Isaias approaching the Gulf Coast of Alabama and Florida. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/09/isaias-us-gulf-coast-category-3-hurricane/stories/20261009079 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/09/isaias-us-gulf-coast-category-3-hurricane/stories/20261009079#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:34:15 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/09/isaias-us-gulf-coast-category-3-hurricane/stories/20261009079 GULF BREEZE, Fla. — Homeowners gassed up generators, filled bathtubs with water and bought last-minute supplies along the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday while Hurricane Isaias gained strength as it charged toward the beaches of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Jason Coffey boards up a convenience store Oct. 9 at a gas station as Hurricane Isaias approaches Pensacola Beach, Fla. Shahar David, employee at Cafe Bistro, feeds his family before closing as Hurricane Isaias approaches Pensacola Beach, Fla., on Oct. 9. Larry Smith boards up his home with plywood Oct. 8 ahead of Hurricane Isaias' expected landfall along the Gulf Coast in Dauphin Island, Ala. Daniel and Brand Harp, of Lebanon Tenn., here on vacation, pack their belongings Oct. 8 to evacuate in the morning as Hurricane Isaias approaches Pensacola Beach, Fla. This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Isaias in the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 9. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/09/south-african-born-jurist-navi-pillay-wins-nobel-peace-prize-for-her-work-in-international-justice/stories/20261009078 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/09/south-african-born-jurist-navi-pillay-wins-nobel-peace-prize-for-her-work-in-international-justice/stories/20261009078#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:21:57 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/09/south-african-born-jurist-navi-pillay-wins-nobel-peace-prize-for-her-work-in-international-justice/stories/20261009078 OSLO, Norway — Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for efforts that the award committee said promoted international law as it comes under attack. South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, sits at the Nuremberg Forum in Nuremberg, Germany, Oct. 9 following the announcement that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, speaks at the Nuremberg Forum in Nuremberg, Germany Oct. 9 following the announcement that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, speaks at the Nuremberg Forum in Nuremberg, Germany, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, following the announcement that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. (Daniel Karmann/dpa via AP) South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, speaks at the Nuremberg Forum in Nuremberg, Germany, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, following the announcement that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. (Daniel Karmann/dpa via AP) FILE - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights South African Navanethem Pillay prior to the 23rd session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 27, 2013. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File) https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/08/new-us-indictment-charges-maduro-torture-americans/stories/20261008109 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/08/new-us-indictment-charges-maduro-torture-americans/stories/20261008109#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:27:51 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/08/new-us-indictment-charges-maduro-torture-americans/stories/20261008109 NEW YORK — U.S. prosecutors unveiled sweeping new criminal charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday, accusing him and his wife of heading a state-sponsored system of repression responsible for the beating, asphyxiation, and electric shock treatment of scores of victims, including several Americans. U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald speaks to reporters outside a federal courthouse following the announcement of new charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Oct. 8 in New York. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores wave after his swearing-in ceremony for a third term at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 10, 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/christa-pike-is-angry-and-confused-after-surviving-execution-attempt-attorney-says/stories/20261007100 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/christa-pike-is-angry-and-confused-after-surviving-execution-attempt-attorney-says/stories/20261007100#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:52:34 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/christa-pike-is-angry-and-confused-after-surviving-execution-attempt-attorney-says/stories/20261007100 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christa Pike was “angry and confused” in the hours after regaining consciousness following Tennessee’s failed execution attempt, first asking, “Where am I?” her lawyer said Wednesday. Luke Ihnen, attorney for Christa Pike, speaks Oct. 7 during a news conference after a judge ruled the Tennessee Department of Corrections must preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike, in Nashville, Tenn. Luke Ihnen, attorney for Christa Pike, speaks during a court hearing Oct. 7 in Nashville, Tenn., requesting the Tennessee Department of Corrections to preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike. Tennessee Assistant Attorney General Will Ayers speaks during a court hearing Oct. 7 in Nashville, Tenn. as attorneys for Christa Pike request the Tennessee Department of Corrections to preserve all evidence related to her failed execution. Christa Pike on Jan. 12, 2023. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/fcc-considers-allowing-more-political-robocalls-midterms/stories/20261007080 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/fcc-considers-allowing-more-political-robocalls-midterms/stories/20261007080#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:57:11 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/10/07/fcc-considers-allowing-more-political-robocalls-midterms/stories/20261007080 WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request by a conservative group to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with artificial intelligence-generated voices, before November’s midterm elections. Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology oversight hearing of the Federal Communications Commission on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 14.