WASHINGTON — As the nation reels from the attempted assassination against former President Donald J. Trump and the Secret Service comes under intense scrutiny, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday said “we are in a heightened and very dynamic threat environment.” The former president and official 2024 GOP presidential nominee survived a shooting on Saturday […]

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MILWAUKEE — Republicans on the floor of the Republican National Convention cheered Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance becoming their vice presidential nominee Monday, as Democrats slammed his opposition to abortion rights, and called him inexperienced and a “clone” of Donald Trump. Reaction from all corners of American politics poured in as GOP delegates inside the Fiserv […]

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According to the schedule sent out by the RNC and Trump campaign, he is the only Pennsylvania candidate scheduled to be a headline during the convention.

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A little more than three years ago, J.D. Vance was just an author and conservative commentator. Now he might be next in line for the White House. It’s a dizzying political ascent for the 39-year-old man from Middletown, Ohio. Presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trump announced Monday during the first day of the Republican […]

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Vance’s embrace of Trump helped him secure the former president’s endorsement in his U.S. Senate race, and since taking office, Vance has been one of Trump’s most consistent defenders.

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The former president and official 2024 GOP presidential nominee survived a shooting at a campaign rally in Butler on Saturday that left a rallygoer and the shooter dead,  and left two others injured.

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A lawsuit alleges that a company operating an alternative fuels plant in Marengo lied to, and may have bribed, public officials before a massive explosion injured workers there in 2022. Tali Washburn, a Pottawattamie County woman who worked for the company C6-Zero as its government relations director, is now suing C6-Zero, six of its affiliates […]

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Both candidates have asked the state Supreme Court to hear appeals of their respective unfavorable Commonwealth Court rulings.

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Deluzio raised just under $675,000, while Mercuri raised just over $410,000.

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Molinaro, who represents New York’s 19th Congressional District, said congressional lawmakers met with House law enforcement and Capitol police on Sunday.