http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:03:09 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/25/sudden-shift-ice-arrests-drop-minneapolis-killings-immigration-shake-up/stories/20260425085 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/25/sudden-shift-ice-arrests-drop-minneapolis-killings-immigration-shake-up/stories/20260425085#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:00:11 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/25/sudden-shift-ice-arrests-drop-minneapolis-killings-immigration-shake-up/stories/20260425085 At the peak of the crackdown, carloads of masked immigration officers were a common sight in the streets of Minneapolis, while thousands of people were being arrested every week in Texas, Florida and California. Milenko Faria, whose wife, Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar, is in immigration custody, hugs their daughter, Milena, after his asylum interview at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services facility in Tustin, Calif., on April 16. Garrison Gibson is arrested by federal immigration officers on Jan. 11 in Minneapolis. U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino walks with federal agents outside a convenience store on Jan. 21 in Minneapolis. An asylum seeker from Ecuador hugs her father as he is detained by federal agents on July 31. https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2026/04/24/appeals-court-says-trump-asylum-ban-border-illegal/stories/20260424093 https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2026/04/24/appeals-court-says-trump-asylum-ban-border-illegal/stories/20260424093#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:51:49 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2026/04/24/appeals-court-says-trump-asylum-ban-border-illegal/stories/20260424093 WASHINGTON —  An appeals court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access at the southern border of the U.S., a key pillar of the Republican president’s plan to crack down on migration. President Donald Trump speaks during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House on April 23 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/24/justice-department-drops-criminal-probe-fed-chair-powell-likely-clearing-warsh/stories/20260424089 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/24/justice-department-drops-criminal-probe-fed-chair-powell-likely-clearing-warsh/stories/20260424089#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:11:08 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/24/justice-department-drops-criminal-probe-fed-chair-powell-likely-clearing-warsh/stories/20260424089 WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has ended its probe into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of his successor, Kevin Warsh. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell leaves after the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting during the World Bank/IMF spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington on April 17. Kevin Warsh is sworn in during his nomination hearing to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington on April 21. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/23/trump-reclassifies-state-licensed-medical-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug/stories/20260423108 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/23/trump-reclassifies-state-licensed-medical-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug/stories/20260423108#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:31:45 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/23/trump-reclassifies-state-licensed-medical-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug/stories/20260423108 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government. In this Sept. 15, 2015 file photo, marijuana plants with their buds covered in white crystals called trichomes, are a few weeks away from harvest at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill.. President Donald Trump speaks during an event for NCAA national champions in the State Dining Room of the White House April 21 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/22/human-rights-campaign-targets-battleground-districts-during-broader-reckoning/stories/20260422086 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/22/human-rights-campaign-targets-battleground-districts-during-broader-reckoning/stories/20260422086#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:37:04 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/22/human-rights-campaign-targets-battleground-districts-during-broader-reckoning/stories/20260422086 WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign, one of the nation's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, is vaulting into the midterms with a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in battleground districts after a series of setbacks in recent years. An LGBTQ+ rights supporter holds a flag in the hallway outside an Iowa House Judiciary subcommittee hearing, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Statehouse, in Des Moines, Iowa. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/20/labor-secretary-lori-chavez-deremer-trumps-cabinet-abuse-power-allegations/stories/20260420106 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/20/labor-secretary-lori-chavez-deremer-trumps-cabinet-abuse-power-allegations/stories/20260420106#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:37:05 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/20/labor-secretary-lori-chavez-deremer-trumps-cabinet-abuse-power-allegations/stories/20260420106 WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Trump’s Cabinet, the administration announced Monday, after a series of alleged abuses of her position’s power, including having an affair with a subordinate and drinking alcohol on the job. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer arrives at an event to honor the 2025 Major League Soccer champions Inter Miami in the East Room of the White House on March 5 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/19/8-children-killed-domestic-shootings-across-multiple-homes-louisiana-police-say/stories/20260419111 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/19/8-children-killed-domestic-shootings-across-multiple-homes-louisiana-police-say/stories/20260419111#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:43:14 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/19/8-children-killed-domestic-shootings-across-multiple-homes-louisiana-police-say/stories/20260419111 A man killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two women in an attack in a Shreveport, Louisiana, neighborhood that was the nation's deadliest shooting in more than two years, authorities said. Satonia Small, with the organization Something Safe To Do, speaks to the news media and others gathered close to where a mass shooting took place in Shreveport, La., on April 19. Police tape blocks off a house in Shreveport, La., that is one of the locations tied to a mass shooting on April 19. Police gather on Harrison Street near Bernstein Avenue, in Shreveport, La., at a location being investigated for a mass shooting on April 19. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/17/severe-storm-outbreak-poised-clobber-relentless-week-tornadoes-hail-floods/stories/20260417106 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/17/severe-storm-outbreak-poised-clobber-relentless-week-tornadoes-hail-floods/stories/20260417106#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:49:12 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/17/severe-storm-outbreak-poised-clobber-relentless-week-tornadoes-hail-floods/stories/20260417106 A new severe storm outbreak with potential intense tornadoes is set to slam the central US Friday, hitting areas already battered by a multi-day onslaught of twisters, massive hail and historic flooding. Threat of storms comes after nearly four dozen tornado reports and over 350 reports of hail — some as large as softballs — from Texas to the Great Lakes since Monday. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/15/trump-promised-peace-in-the-middle-east-in-dearborn-michigan-it-feels-farther/stories/20260415093 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/15/trump-promised-peace-in-the-middle-east-in-dearborn-michigan-it-feels-farther/stories/20260415093#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:17:08 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/15/trump-promised-peace-in-the-middle-east-in-dearborn-michigan-it-feels-farther/stories/20260415093 DEARBORN, Mich. — Eighteen months after the nation's largest Arab American community helped propel Donald Trump to a second term as president, the prayers have not stopped. A woman holds a candle during a vigil for people killed in Lebanon during the Iran war April 10 in Dearborn, Mich. Women talk while shopping for meat at Super Greenland Market, a Mediterranean grocery story April 8 in Dearborn, Mich. People pose for a photo during the launch of Mohamed Ali Hammoud's campaign for Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education member April 8 in Dearborn, Mich. People wave Lebanese flags during a vigil for people killed in Lebanon during the Iran war April 10 in Dearborn, Mich. Children hold signs during a vigil for people killed in Lebanon during the Iran war April 10 in Dearborn, Mich. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/house-ethics-panel-investigation-sexual-misconduct-allegations-eric-swalwell/stories/20260413101 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/house-ethics-panel-investigation-sexual-misconduct-allegations-eric-swalwell/stories/20260413101#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:13:19 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/house-ethics-panel-investigation-sexual-misconduct-allegations-eric-swalwell/stories/20260413101 WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California announced Monday he will resign from Congress following multiple sexual assault allegations that prompted loud bipartisan calls for him to step down. California gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) appears at a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., on April 7. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/trump-apologize-pope-leo-reason-posting-much-criticized-meme/stories/20260413102 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/trump-apologize-pope-leo-reason-posting-much-criticized-meme/stories/20260413102#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:20:50 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/trump-apologize-pope-leo-reason-posting-much-criticized-meme/stories/20260413102 WASHINGTON — President Trump refused to apologize to Pope Leo XIV on Monday after criticizing the pontiff for his opposition to the war in Iran — and he sought to explain away a now-deleted social media post depicting himself as Jesus by saying he had thought the image was of him as a doctor. Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard his flight bound for Algiers’ Houari Boumédiène International Airport on April 13 at the start of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on April 12, after he returned from Miami. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/nasa-already-next-artemis-flight-sights/stories/20260413076 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/nasa-already-next-artemis-flight-sights/stories/20260413076#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:07:49 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/13/nasa-already-next-artemis-flight-sights/stories/20260413076 HOUSTON — Never-before-glimpsed views of the moon’s far side. Check. Total solar eclipse gracing the lunar scene. Check. New distance record for humanity. Check. In this image provided by NASA, The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on April 6 as they flew around the Moon. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/trump-lambasts-pope-leo-xiv-extending-feud-over-iran-war-first-american-pontiff/stories/20260412145 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/trump-lambasts-pope-leo-xiv-extending-feud-over-iran-war-first-american-pontiff/stories/20260412145#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:35:29 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/trump-lambasts-pope-leo-xiv-extending-feud-over-iran-war-first-american-pontiff/stories/20260412145 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump delivered an extraordinary broadside against Pope Leo XIV on Sunday night, saying he didn't think the U.S.-born global leader of the Catholic Church is “doing a very good job” and that “he's a very liberal person," while also suggesting the pontiff should “stop catering to the Radical Left.” President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on April 12 after he returned from Miami. Pope Leo XIV delivers the Regina Coeli prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 12. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/swalwell-suspends-campaign-california-governor-after-accused-sexual-assault/stories/20260412137 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/swalwell-suspends-campaign-california-governor-after-accused-sexual-assault/stories/20260412137#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:19:44 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/swalwell-suspends-campaign-california-governor-after-accused-sexual-assault/stories/20260412137 WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell suspended his campaign for California governor on Sunday following sexual assault allegations that he has denied. California gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-CA appears at a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., on April 7. California gubernatorial candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., talks with reporters after holding a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif. on April 7. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/years-drought-major-energy-port-corpus-christi-texas-wrestling-water-crisis/stories/20260412121 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/years-drought-major-energy-port-corpus-christi-texas-wrestling-water-crisis/stories/20260412121#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:31:57 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/12/years-drought-major-energy-port-corpus-christi-texas-wrestling-water-crisis/stories/20260412121 In parched southern Texas, a yearslong drought has depleted Corpus Christi's water reserves so gravely that the city is scrambling to prevent a shortage that could force painful cutbacks for residents and hobble the refineries and petrochemical plants in a major energy port. Gavino Rivera talks about the decline of the Hillcrest neighborhood in 2023, as he gathers scrap metal near a Citgo oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. Birds fly over the Port of Corpus Christi as the sun sets in 2023, in Corpus Christi, Texas. A Port of Corpus Christi police officer guides a boat through the port in 2023 in Corpus Christi, Texas. A ship is docked as the sun sets in 2023 at the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas. A fishing boat works just offshore in the Corpus Christi Bay in 2023 in Corpus Christi, Texas. A Citgo oil refinery operates next to the Hillcrest neighborhood in 2023 in Corpus Christi, Texas. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/10/artemis-ii-s-grand-moon-finale-is-almost-here-with-a-pacific-splashdown/stories/20260410107 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/10/artemis-ii-s-grand-moon-finale-is-almost-here-with-a-pacific-splashdown/stories/20260410107#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:50:54 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/10/artemis-ii-s-grand-moon-finale-is-almost-here-with-a-pacific-splashdown/stories/20260410107 HOUSTON — Artemis II’s astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than a half-century. In this image provided by NASA, the Artemis II crew captured this view as the Earth sets behind the Moon during a lunar flyby on April 6. In this image provided by NASA, the Artemis II crew, counterclockwise from top left, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover pose with eclipse viewers during a lunar flyby on April 6. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/09/artemis-astronauts-describe-lunar-voyage-surreal-profound-earth-return/stories/20260409129 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/09/artemis-astronauts-describe-lunar-voyage-surreal-profound-earth-return/stories/20260409129#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:27:19 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/09/artemis-astronauts-describe-lunar-voyage-surreal-profound-earth-return/stories/20260409129 HOUSTON — Drawing ever closer to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts tidied up their lunar cruiser for the upcoming “fireball” return and reflected on their historic journey around the moon, describing it as surreal and profound. This image from video provided by NASA shows the Artemis II crew, from left, Commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Christina Koch, pilot Victor Glover and Canadian astronaut and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen as they answer media questions during a video conference on April 8. This image provided by NASA, the Artemis II crew captured this view the Moon and Earth are shown on April 6. This image provided by NASA, astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman takes a moment during the seven-hour lunar observation period where the crew reported to the ground team their observations including color nuances, which will help enhance scientific understandings of the Moon on April 6. In this image provided by NASA, the Artemis II crew photographed the Moon's crater on April 6. In this image provided by NASA, the Artemis II crew captured this image of the of Carroll Crater, a name suggested by the crew for Reid Wiseman late wife Carroll Taylor Wiseman on April 6. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/09/rex-heuermann-pleads-guilty-to-murder-charges-and-admits-he-killed-8-women/stories/20260409096 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/09/rex-heuermann-pleads-guilty-to-murder-charges-and-admits-he-killed-8-women/stories/20260409096#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:25:38 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/09/rex-heuermann-pleads-guilty-to-murder-charges-and-admits-he-killed-8-women/stories/20260409096 RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings. Rex A. Heuermann, center, pleads guilty to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings, at a court hearing in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y., April 8. Family members of victims react as they listen Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney during a news conference after Rex Heuermann, accused in Long Island's Gilgo Beach serial killings, pleaded guilty on April 8 at Suffolk County Police Academy Gymnasium in Brentwood, N.Y. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney speaks during a news conference after Rex Heuermann, accused in Long Island's Gilgo Beach serial killings, pleaded guilty on April 8 at Suffolk County Police Academy Gymnasium in Brentwood, N.Y. A family member of the victims listens Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney during a press conference after Rex Heuermann, was accused in Long Island's infamous Gilgo Beach serial killings, pleaded guilty on April 8 at Suffolk County Police Academy Gymnasium in Brentwood, N.Y. Family members of victims react as they listen Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney during a news conference after Rex Heuermann, accused in Long Island's Gilgo Beach serial killings, pleaded guilty on April 8 at Suffolk County Police Academy Gymnasium in Brentwood, N.Y. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/08/trump-nato-leader-rutte-as-he-muses-about-pulling-out-of-the-military-alliance/stories/20260408100 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/08/trump-nato-leader-rutte-as-he-muses-about-pulling-out-of-the-military-alliance/stories/20260408100#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:58:15 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/08/trump-nato-leader-rutte-as-he-muses-about-pulling-out-of-the-military-alliance/stories/20260408100 WASHINGTON — President Trump repeated his complaint about NATO after a closed-door meeting with the alliance's Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday for discussions that had been expected to be aimed at soothing Trump’s anger with the military alliance over the Iran war. President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, is joined by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, for a photo opportunity at the State Department April 8 in Washington. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, is joined by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, for a photo opportunity at the State Department April 8 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/07/search-recovery-lenawee-county-woman-bahamas-overboard-hooker-yacht/stories/20260407100 https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/07/search-recovery-lenawee-county-woman-bahamas-overboard-hooker-yacht/stories/20260407100#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:38:29 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/04/07/search-recovery-lenawee-county-woman-bahamas-overboard-hooker-yacht/stories/20260407100 Authorities in the Bahamas have moved to a recovery operation in their search for a Michigan woman who reportedly fell overboard during a boat trip with her husband Saturday night, local police said. A photo of Lynette Hooker, an American woman who is reportedly missing at sea in the Bahamas. Aerial view of Tahiti Beach and Elbow Cay in Abaco, Bahamas.