News briefs

Tribune News Service on Nov 14, 2025

By clicking submit, I authorize Arcamax and its affiliates to: (1) use, sell, and share my information for marketing purposes, including cross-context behavioral advertising, as described in our Privacy Policy , (2) add to information that I provide with other information like interests inferred from web page views, or data lawfully obtained from data brokers, such as past purchase or location data, or publicly available data, (3) contact me or enable others to contact me by email or other means with offers for different types of goods and services, and (4) retain my information while I am engaging with marketing messages that I receive and for a reasonable amount of time thereafter. I understand I can opt out at any time through an email that I receive, or by clicking here

Tlaib calls on Congress to recognize genocide in Gaza

WASHINGTON — Michigan U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib is leading a resolution in Congress officially "recognizing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza" with the support of 20 House Democratic members and over 100 organizations.

The resolution is unlikely to advance in the Republican-led House, where most lawmakers support Israel. Israel has vehemently denied allegations of genocide.

The measure calls for the U.S. government to take action in response to the situation in Gaza, in part by ending the transfer of weapons and other equipment to Israel, imposing targeted sanctions and using the United States' "voice and vote" in the United Nations Security Council and the U.N. General Assembly to press efforts to "prevent and punish" genocide in Gaza.

“The Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza has not ended, and it will not end until we act. Since the so-called ‘ceasefire’ was announced, Israeli forces haven’t stopped killing Palestinians,” Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress, said in a statement.

—The Detroit News

Trump's border adviser blasts US Catholic bishops over criticism of immigration raids

White House border adviser Tom Homan lambasted the Catholic Church on Friday over its stance against the Trump administration's mass deportations.

"The Catholic Church is wrong, I'm sorry," Homan told reporters outside the White House. "I'm saying it not only as the border czar, I'm saying it as a Catholic."

Homan described himself as a "lifelong Catholic" and said U.S. Catholic bishops were sending the wrong message when they issued a rare statement supporting immigrants and opposing the "indiscriminate mass deportations of people."

"According to them, the message we should send to the world is if you cross the border illegally, which is a crime, don't worry about it," he said. "If you get an order removal by a federal judge after due process, don't worry about it because there shouldn't be mass deportations."

—Los Angeles Times

Trump cuts food tariffs on beef, coffee as prices vex voters

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump issued an order on Friday reducing tariffs on beef, tomatoes, coffee and bananas, a move aimed at lowering costs on groceries as the administration faces pressure from voters to cut prices on everyday goods.

The exemptions would reduce trade levies on the commodities, which the White House said can’t be produced in the U.S. in sufficient quantity to meet domestic demand. Hundreds of food products, including coconuts, nuts, avocados and pineapples were among the products listed by the administration for exemption from tariffs. The tariff breaks are backdated to take effect at 12:01 a.m. New York time on Nov.13.

The move comes as Trump has pivoted to focusing on affordability measures as voters are growing increasingly wary of the economy under his leadership. It is also a tacit acknowledgment that the president’s tariff policies have added to price pressures on U.S. consumers.

A White House official, who requested anonymity to speak about the executive order, said earlier Friday that the president is following through on his pledge to negotiate trade deals and then adjust levies as needed.

—Bloomberg News

Haiti police seize high-powered ‘weapon of war,’ kill several gang members

Several alleged gang members were killed in Haiti on Friday during intensified security operations in the eastern plains of Port-au-Prince, where police successfully recovered a high-powered sniper rifle known as a “weapon of war” but were forced to destroy a helicopter used in their operations.

Haiti National Police Spokesman Garry Desrosiers told the Miami Herald that at least seven gang members were killed during the operations, in which police recovered a Barrett .50-caliber sniper rifle. The semiautomatic rifle is so powerful it can pierce cinder-block walls and most armored vehicles.

“We are in full combat,” Desrosiers said, declining to provide additional details about the operations, including reports that a helicopter used by a government task force was struck by gunfire and was subsequently destroyed.

A Haiti National Police source confirmed the chopper’s destruction to the Herald, saying the aircraft was destroyed to keep it from falling into gangs’ hands.

—Miami Herald