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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz include stops in Allegheny, Beaver counties on bus tour

Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are sweeping through Western Pennsylvania on Sunday hoping to build momentum the day before the start of the Democratic National Convention. Harris and Walz will visit sites in Allegheny County and Beaver County on Sunday, including Rochester, on...
Experts break down Shapiro’s pros, cons as VP candidate

Some Democrats think Gov. Josh Shapiro could be the key to unlocking the Keystone State in November. If Vice President Kamala Harris selects Shapiro as her running mate, it would place Pennsylvania front and center in the presidential election against Republican nominee Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick, U.S....
$Harris campaign said she would not ban fracking, reversing past pledge$

Harris campaign said she would not ban fracking, reversing past pledge

Vice President Kamala Harris will not seek a ban on natural gas drilling, or fracking, if elected, according to a statement from her campaign. “She would not ban fracking,” the Harris campaign said in a statement to TribLive. The statement comes as a reversal of Harris’ past comments on fracking....
What is Project 2025, and how could it impact the Pittsburgh region?

Vice President Kamala Harris wasted no time targeting Project 2025. In her first campaign appearances as the likely Democratic nominee for president, Harris took aim at the conservative movement’s 922-page blueprint for remaking America, describing it in a speech Wednesday in Indianapolis as “a plan to return America to a...
Trump says he’ll return to Butler for another rally

Former President Trump said he will return to Butler County, the site of an assassination attempt against him, for a rally to honor the life of the firefighter killed in the shooting. Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday afternoon that he will be holding a “big and beautiful rally”...
Butler County DA disputes testimony that officers left posts to look for Trump rally shooter

The Butler County district attorney on Wednesday disputed congressional testimony that two Butler County law enforcement officers left a key post shortly before a gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop at former President Donald Trump — even as he acknowledged that one officer briefly did just that. Pennsylvania State...
Pa. Democrat leaders talk up Shapiro as VP pick

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis said Tuesday if the state’s chief executive is tapped to run as the Democrats’ nominee for vice president — and wins — he would be ready to step in for Gov. Josh Shapiro. “As the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, I know I have a job...
A Harris-Shapiro ticket? Pa. governor plays it close to the vest during Neville Island stopVideo

A day after President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro deflected questions about whether he would want to be Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate were she to become the Democrats’ presidential nominee. In an appearance Monday on Neville Island, Shapiro wouldn’t say whether he is...
Pa. Democratic delegates vote to support Kamala Harris as nominee

Pennsylvania’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention voted unanimously Monday to support Vice President Kamala Harris as their party’s presidential nominee. The state’s 159 delegates were committed to President Biden. They voted at a virtual meeting Monday afternoon to redirect their votes to Harris. Allegheny County Democratic Committee Vice Chair...
Report: Trump-ally Mike Pompeo takes Nippon job to help complete U.S. Steel sale

Amid a contentious proposed sale, Japanese company Nippon Steel Corp. has hired former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to a report from Bloomberg. Bloomberg reports that Pompeo was hired to help push through a proposed $14.9 billion purchase of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel, as opposition for the sale has...
Pittsburgh refugee nonprofit Hello Neighbor bids goodbye to NLRB charge with $198K settlement

A Pittsburgh nonprofit that provides services to refugees has settled a labor dispute with workers and agreed to pay nearly $200,000 in back pay and wage increases following a complaint filed last year. Hello Neighbor, based in the city’s Larimer neighborhood, faced charges of unfair labor practices in February 2023....
Rep. Mike Kelly recounts diving to cover Marc Fogel’s mother at Trump rally

When U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly heard the gunshots Saturday at the Butler Farm Show complex, he knew he had to protect 95-year-old Malphine Fogel, who was sitting next to him. Not 30 minutes earlier, Fogel had enjoyed a brief audience with former President Donald Trump to discuss the plight of...
Some call for unity, political civility after Trump assassination attempt. Can it hold?

It takes a hot stove time to cool. Since Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler County, some have called on politicians to tone their rhetoric to prevent further violence. But others fear American politics have become so overheated it will take time to deescalate the situation...
Memorable moments from the Republican National Convention

MacArthur’s bad speech 1952 Before the advent of primary elections, party insiders chose the presidential candidates after hearing from all the candidates at the convention. Gen. Douglas MacArthur delivered a keynote speech during the 1952 convention in Chicago that was so bad it boosted his rival, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, to...
For Western Pa. delegates all in for Trump, a Republican National Convention unlike any in recent memory

Republican National Conventions of years past have simmered with intrigue, speculation and pivotal moments, but this year could shape up to have one singular focus: Trump. Former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear Saturday during a Butler County rally. Shots killed Corey Comperatore of Buffalo Township, who was...
Who was Thomas Crooks, the alleged gunman in the Trump shooting?Video

The suspected gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump was a registered Republican from Bethel Park who donated money to a politically liberal group before he was old enough to vote. The FBI identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, as the shooter early Sunday. He was killed by...

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