West Hawaii Today

WASHINGTON — New emails document how a top aide to Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, ordered analysts to edit an assessment with the hope of insulating President Donald Trump and Gabbard from being attacked for the administration’s claim that Venezuela’s government controls a criminal gang.

Twelve U.S. states asked a federal court on Wednesday to halt President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, arguing that he overstepped his authority by declaring a national emergency to impose across-the-board taxes on imports from nations that sell more to the U.S. than they buy.

Big Island health professionals are concerned changes to U.S. Food and Drug Administration rules for COVID-19 vaccines could limit their availability for healthy people under 65 who get vaccinated to protect vulnerable family members.

NEW YORK — In a sport dominated by soaring point totals, Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the NBA’s leading scorer and the best player on the league’s top team. What could be more “valuable?”

Once 2021 Kealakehe graduate Gareth Warren got the call he always dreamed of, he wasn’t sure how to initially react.

Obtaining a building permit from the Hawaii County often can take months for simple renovations and almost a year for more complicated projects.

Shizue “Shizu” Hirano

KA’U — Explore, savor and enjoy the unique coffee and regional flavor of the island’s southern district at the 16th Ka‘u Coffee Festival. The annual event celebrates Ka‘u’s award-winning brew with a weeklong lineup of activities May 25-31.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a Christian prayer service in the Pentagon’s auditorium Wednesday morning, during working hours, in which President Donald Trump was praised as a divinely appointed leader.

WASHINGTON — The United States has accepted a 747 jetliner as a gift from the government of Qatar, and the Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to rapidly upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for President Donald Trump, a Defense Department spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with explosive false claims of white genocide and land seizures during a tense White House meeting that was reminiscent of his February ambush of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

A Hawaiian Airlines flight from San Diego bound for Honolulu on Tuesday morning was stopped shortly before takeoff after a passenger allegedly threatened to bomb the aircraft.

Federal Reserve officials said on Tuesday that higher prices are coming on the back of rising U.S. import tariffs and counseled patience before making any interest rate decisions before it is clear whether the inflation shock will be fleeting or more persistent.

Larry Bowa still remembers the two kids, sons of Philadelphia Phillies catcher Bob Boone, shagging fly balls in the outfield at the old Veterans Stadium.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump’s recent trip to the Persian Gulf was notable for the ways that U.S. foreign policy overlapped with his family’s business interests. But another powerful White House figure also cut lucrative deals in the region last week: Elon Musk.

Providing memorable senior moments on senior day, shortstop Jordan Donahue carried the Hawaii baseball team Sunday to a 13-2 rout of UC San Diego and into this week’s Big West Championship tournament.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had selected a design for the $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense shield and named a Space Force general to head the ambitious program aimed at blocking threats from China and Russia.

In the midst of graduation season on the Big Island, high school seniors are preparing to leave for college or begin their work careers. But Kealakehe football alum Joseph Morua is embarking on a different adventure early next month.

The Hokule‘a and Hikianalia voyaging canoes are expected to arrive in Hilo this afternoon, and celebrations honoring their trans-Pacific journey will be happening this weekend.

Tens of thousands of U.S. government workers have chosen to resign rather than endure what many view as a torturous wait for the Trump administration to carry out its threats to fire them, say unions, governance experts and the employees themselves.

The efforts by Republicans in Congress to alter SNAP benefits has the potential to negatively impact about 42 million people nationwide who receive food stamps for groceries, including over 40,000 people on Hawaii Island, according to the state Department of Human Services.

The Food and Drug Administration will permit use of COVID vaccines by adults older than 65 and those with certain medical conditions in the fall, but will require additional studies before approving the shots for healthy Americans younger than 65, agency officials said Tuesday.

First-graders at John B. Wright elementary school in Tucson bounced into the brightly lit lunchroom, chattering with friends as they grabbed trays featuring juicy mandarin oranges, cherry tomatoes and butter lettuce, all grown at nearby farms that coax fresh produce from the Sonoran Desert.

Police have released the driver of a vehicle that struck a male pedestrian who died following a Kurtistown traffic collision Friday near the Orchidland Drive and 36th Avenue intersection.

The conversation began with a question about accuracy, a sensitive subject for Kyle Shanahan in the summer of 2022. His newly anointed starting quarterback, Trey Lance, looked inconsistent during the first week and a half of training camp, missing easy throws and sending errant passes into the hands of 49ers defenders. It had been a trying offseason for the second-year quarterback, who tweaked hi

President Donald Trump’s use of the Guantanamo Bay naval base to house migrants appears to cost $100,000 per day for each detainee, U.S. Senator Gary Peters said during a hearing on Tuesday, decrying what he described as a prime example of wasteful government spending.

The move by the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey to charge a Democratic U.S. congresswoman over a scuffle at an immigration detention center illustrated the Justice Department’s readiness to move against President Donald Trump’s political rivals. Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced in a statement on Monday that her office was charging U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver for her actions

Twenty Hawaii Island residents are alive today due to Hawaii Police Department deploying tourniquets donated by the Spirit of Blue Foundation.