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Trump: The First Year
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Officials look for ways to save Lordstown plant
A General Motors worker leaves the Lordstown plant after the shift ended Monday, the day GM announced it will idle the plant and discontinue the Lordstown-built Cruze as of March 1.
Zero tolerance causes fear
Zero tolerance for policing immigrants is causing fear, said the founding executive director of HOLA Ohio.
Laid-off GM workers want Trump to fulfill promises
During a July 25, 2017, rally in Youngstown, President Donald Trump made a promise to the crowd gathered at the Covelli Centre: “Those jobs [that] have left Ohio, they’re coming back.”
Senate to OK Kavanaugh today
After weeks of shocking accusations, hardball politics and rowdy Capitol protests, a pair of wavering senators declared Friday they will back Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation, all but guaranteeing the deeply riven Senate will elevate the conservative jurist to the nation’s highest court today.
Trump admits influence of allegations against him
An agitated President Donald Trump acknowledged Wednesday that past accusations of sexual misconduct against him have influenced the way he views similar allegations his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who was set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee today about multiple accusations.
Trump says he won’t rush North Korea deal
President Donald Trump says he won’t rush into any deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Everyone wants answers: State, feds hunt for gas blast cause
Investigators worked Friday to pinpoint the cause of a series of fiery natural gas explosions that killed a teen driver in his car just hours after he got his license, injured at least 25 others and left dozens of homes in smoldering ruins.
Manafort pleads guilty, will cooperate with special counsel
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed Friday to cooperate with the special counsel’s Trump-Russia investigation as he pleaded guilty to federal crimes and avoided a second trial that could have exposed him to more time in prison.
Adi family sells downtown Youngstown businesses
“After 8 years in downtown Youngstown, my family and I have made the decision to sell Downtown Circle and Hookah,” Musleh said in her post. “I will be joining my husband overseas as we continue our lives there.
‘Offshore no more,’ protesters tell Trump
Attendees lambasted Trump for promoting his recent campaign slogan, “Promises Made, Promises Kept,” by contending that contrary to his promise to punish companies that outsource jobs, he has awarded nearly $52 billion in federal contracts to corporations that have off-shored more than 13,000 jobs since he took office.
Portman looks toward future of GM Lordstown, Northside Hospital
The Republican senator and former trade representative also cites issues with Trump’s approach to tariffs.
Youngstown mayor sends letter to President Trump asking him to “keep his word” and help the Valley
In the letter, Brown gives several examples of how economic conditions in the Valley have deteriorated since Trump's visit — and promises — to Youngstown.
Feds indict 13 detained in Salem ICE raid
ICE spokeswoman: Investigators may seek additional prosecutions
Trump, Omarosa trade insults, charges
President refers to Youngstown native as ‘wacky,’ ‘not smart’ Associated Press WASHINGTON
En route to Ohio, Trump slams LeBron
Melania Trump’s spokeswoman quickly distanced the first lady from her husband's criticism of James, and a number of other national figures and athletes launched pointed rebuttals and support for James, who just opened a school for at-risk kids in Akron.
Trump replays well-worn rally rhetoric to his base in Ohio
While he didn’t mention Akron native LeBron James, Trump did invoke similar rhetoric while training fire on one of his new favorite targets, Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters of California. He tore into Waters, who is also black, and derided her as “an extremely low IQ person.”
Trump argument turns potentially deadly among Warren neighbors
An argument between two men Tuesday night over President Donald Trump turned into a confrontation with a shotgun – and the gunman being injured as the other man took the gun away.
GM cuts outlook for year
GM now expects 2018 per-share profits of $5.14, down from $6. It cited “recent and significant increases in commodity costs” along with unfavorable currency exchange rates.
Trump's energy proposal could derail plans in Lordstown
Clean Energy Future President Bill Siderewicz stands in front of the $900 million gas-fired power plant his company is building in Lordstown. Siderewicz is asking elected officials to weigh in against a coal bailout proposal from the Trump administration.