Trump demands Fed lower interest rates amid steady inflation, rising mortgage costs

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/13 5:37A Justin Boggs

President Donald Trump is again pressuring Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates, suggesting Powell has the authority to do so before the Feds next scheduled meeting. The Federal Reserve is set to meet next week. While Powell...

Michigan synagogue attacker recently lost family in Israeli airstrike on Lebanon

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/13 4:49A AP via Scripps News Group

A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials say was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, a...

Trump slams Iranian leaders as ‘scumbags’ while warning of more strikes

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/13 4:35A AP via Scripps News Group

A large explosion rocked an area of Irans capital where thousands were gathered Friday for an annual state-organized rally to support the Palestinians and call for Israels demise. Israel had warned that it would target the area in central Tehran....

‘No one can exclude us’: Iran soccer team fires back at Trump before World Cup

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/13 3:47A AP via Scripps News Group

Pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trumps comments, Iran's national soccer team says no one can exclude it from playing in the men's World Cup in the United States. Instead, a post on the team's official Instagram account Thursday suggested...

US economic growth slowed sharply to 0.7% in fourth quarter

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/13 3:39A AP via Scripps News Group

The U.S. economy, hobbled by last falls 43-day government shutdown, advanced at an unexpectedly sluggish 0.7% annual rate from October through December, the Commerce Department reported Friday in a big downgrade of its initial estimate. Growth in...

Pentagon says Iran's new supreme leader injured after succeeding father

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/13 2:35A Justin Boggs

Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is "wounded and likely disfigured," U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday morning. Hegseth noted that Khamenei issued a written statement Thursday rather than a video or audio message....

Democrats file bill requiring congressional approval for Cuba military action

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/13 1:49A AP via Scripps News Group

Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval as they seek to force a vote on President Donald Trump's stated goal of a takeover of the Caribbean country. Democrats have...

Spring travel savings hacks, as gas prices and airfares rise

News 5 Cleveland (Money) 3/13 12:39A John Matarese

Gas prices are climbing, airfares are starting to head up and overall travel costs are expected to follow, all as a result of surging oil prices. But spring break still doesn't have to break the bank. Experts say small adjustments from skipping...

Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/12 12:14P AP via Scripps News Group

After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, 12 jurors are listening to closing arguments before deciding whether social media companies should be liable for...

US cyberattack linked to Iran raises concerns about security on the home front

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/12 9:28A Alexandra Miller

A cyberattack on U.S.-based medical technology company Stryker, reportedly linked to an Iranian-backed hacking group, is raising concerns about the safety of Americans at home as the war in Iran continues. The attack on Wednesday wiped phones and...

Trump administration faces lawsuit over sugary food ban in SNAP

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/12 8:41A Justin Boggs

Consumers and an advocacy group are suing the Trump administration after it granted waivers to several states allowing them to block Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits from being used to buy sugary foods in grocery stores. The...

$5,000 reward offered after military drones stolen from Fort Campbell

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/12 8:36A Scripps News Group

Authorities are searching for two people suspected of stealing drones from Fort Campbell in Kentucky. The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division said four Skydio X10D drone systems were last seen Nov. 21 at the 326th Division...

Suspect in Michigan synagogue attack dead after confrontation with security

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/12 7:28A Scripps News Group

A suspect is dead after Michigan law enforcement agencies responded Thursday to reports of an active shooter and a vehicle ramming at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said the attacker breached the...

Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to improve access and affordability

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/12 6:50A By CHARLOTTE KRAMON, ALEX VEIGA

WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate passed a broad bill on Thursday to make U.S. housing more accessible and affordable, a rare bipartisan effort in Congress to address a growing national problem. The bill, which passed 89-10, would reduce regulations,...

Federal agents in Portland ordered to stop using munitions in certain cases

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 3/12 6:24A Lori Jane Gliha

In the span of three days, two federal judges in Oregon made separate rulings prohibiting federal agents from deploying chemical munitions and other projectiles near the Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement building unless there is an...