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Trump names national intelligence director Jay Clayton to lead a new federal AI task forceWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday tapped Jay Clayton, his director of national intelligence, to lead a new government task force on artificial intelligence. Trump is calling it the “Super Intelligence Force,” because he has tried to rebrand AI as “super intelligence.” The announcement comes after Trump hosted top

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FCC considering changes, possibly ending, program that offers discounted internet to schools, librariesA federal program that has paid out billions of dollars to local schools and libraries to offset the cost of internet service is in danger of being curtailed or even eliminated, leaving district administrators and library officials concerned about how they would bridge the financial gap. The E-Rate program, overseen

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House committee backs bill sparing communities from ‘fake’ data center proposalsMore than a hundred data center proposals have popped up like mushrooms on the Pennsylvania map, and a House committee on Wednesday attempted to validate the “real” ones by backing a plan to weed out many others believed to be speculative grabs for money. The House Energy Committee approved a

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Wes Moore forms bipartisan governors group on AI, citing federal inactionBALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland is forming a bipartisan group of governors to respond to mounting concerns about the threats posed by artificial intelligence as he argued that states need to fill a void left by the federal government’s inaction on the issue. In an interview, Moore, a

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Americans are using buy now, pay later more than ever. Here’s what to know if you’re among themNEW YORK — Americans spent more than $160 billion last year using buy now, pay later plans, according to research published by Federal Reserve economists. Experts say they’re increasingly seeing people use the plans for everyday expenses like groceries, bills, transportation and, sometimes rent. “It has been very hard out

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Federal policy change allows subsidy boost for Caldwell Station apartments in WilmerdingSix units at Caldwell Station in Wilmerding are being shifted out of the traditional public housing program under a new federal policy. Allegheny County Housing Authority (ACHA) officials say the change will nearly triple the financial aid available to operate the apartments. The six apartments make up a third of

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Gretchen Givens Generett: AI belongs in education, but not at the front of the classroomPennsylvania state Sen. Lindsey Williams plans to introduce legislation to ban AI educators from replacing human teachers as heads of classrooms. The Human Students Need Human Educators bill would apply to public and charter schools from kindergarten through 12th grade, as well as Pennsylvania’s public universities, the State System of

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AI ads are popular in the 2026 midterms, but state laws haven’t stopped a lack of disclosureIn what appears at first to be a typical campaign advertisement, two people introduce themselves as Zohran Mamdani and Kathy Hochul while strolling through a park on a beautiful sunny day. But as the 43-second video continues, Mamdani, the mayor of New York City, and Hochul, the governor of New

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Federal court says Pentagon can label Anthropic a supply chain riskIn the latest twist in Anthropic’s dispute with the Pentagon, a federal appeals court on Friday rejected the artificial intelligence lab’s challenge to the government’s labeling of it as a supply chain risk. The decision allows the Pentagon to continue to remove Anthropic’s Claude models from its systems and bar

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Pittsburgh reaches tentative deal to expand Three Rivers Heritage TrailPittsburgh is working to obtain land from rail freight company CSX to fill gaps in the Three Rivers Heritage Trail in the Strip District and Duck Hollow. Mayor Corey O’Connor announced the memorandum of understanding — a kind of non-binding agreement — for a 4.61-acre plot of land in the

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Clover Commons residents target state senator’s New Kensington office in bid for mobile home rent controlThe folks at Clover Commons are not giving up. With just a few weeks left in the Pennsylvania Senate’s legislative session, residents of Plum’s manufactured home community, Clover Commons, are rallying for one last push to get a rent control bill out of committee and on the state Senate floor

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USDA recalls over 167,000 pounds of raw meat for lack of federal inspectionThe Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has recalled more than 167,000 pounds of raw pork, beef, and goat products that were produced without federal inspection and packaged with a false USDA inspection mark. The Lucama, North Carolina, company distributed the products in bulk to a Georgia distributor

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Kosovo man admits to running website dealing in stolen personal informationA man from Kosovo pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Pittsburgh to running an illicit website dedicated to selling stolen personal information online. Ardit Kutleshi will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mark Hornak on Feb. 9. Kutleshi pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and aggravated identity

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McCormick floats dedicated department to handle AIU.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Squirrel Hill, says putting AI regulation in the hands of the federal government poses risks and instead offered a different solution that he believes would be better equipped to handle the evolving technology. “I do think the idea of an industry-led group, maybe FINRA-like, where they

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Pittsburgh slashes time to get permitsPittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor on Wednesday celebrated an early victory in ongoing efforts to drive down permit wait times, as he tries to streamline permitting processes and encourage economic development. The median amount of time to get a permit in the city of Pittsburgh has been cut by 66% this

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Flights disrupted across the U.S. Northeast because of technical problems at a key air traffic centerHundreds of flights were canceled in the U.S. Northeast due to technical problems at a key regional air traffic control center, hitting every major airport in the New York City area for several hours Monday before the federal transportation chief said damaged data lines were fixed and operations were resuming.

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The Trump administration will force Pa. to pay more for SNAP. Gov. Shapiro’s office says it can’tThe Trump administration will be overhauling the SNAP program in two major steps, forcing Pennsylvania to pay more for the federal food program and jeopardizing those in need, according to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office. The first phase begins Oct. 1, when states will have to pay for 75% of the

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UN appoints U.S. agriculture official Luke Lindberg to head the World Food ProgramUNITED NATIONS — The United Nations announced the appointment Friday of U.S. agriculture official Luke Lindberg to head the World Food Program, the U.N. food agency that calls itself “the world’s frontline responder to hunger” in conflicts, crises and emergencies around the world. Lindberg, the son-in-law of Senate Majority Leader

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‘AI is inevitable’: Fetterman, McCormick back AI, balk at calls for regulationU.S. Sens. Dave McCormick and John Fetterman on Friday roundly rejected calls to regulate artificial intelligence, pushing back on skepticism from within both their parties and touting AI development as an “existential competition” with China. The two appeared via video call at the AI Horizons Pittsburgh Summit, a two-day event

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Westmoreland airport nabs federal funds to lure new commercial serviceAn unnamed airline sponsored the application that landed $850,000 in federal money that could bring commuter air service back to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe. The Westmoreland County Airport Authority this week was awarded the money to cover revenue guarantees for an airline to resume service to destinations in

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