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Kathryn Anne Edwards: There’s a secret third path to escaping America’s debt trapThe U.S. deficit has reached $1.97 trillion and is on track to pass 6% of gross domestic product this fiscal year, the latest milestone in a remarkable deterioration of the federal budget. With national debt at a record $40 trillion, the feeling that the music must stop at some point

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A Black community in Louisiana faces a future without a champion in Congress after redistrictingSCOTLANDVILLE, La. — If you cross the Mississippi River on the Huey P. Long-O.K. Allen Bridge, pass the Exxon Refinery, then head north for a few minutes, you’ll find a pocket of Louisiana that’s unlike any other place in America’s never-ending battle over what it means to have equal representation.

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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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U.S. and Australia suspend consular services in Brazil ahead of election citing security concernsRIO DE JANEIRO — U.S. consular services and the Australian embassy in Brazil closed Friday citing security concerns, two days before the country’s presidential election, authorities from both countries said. Also on Friday, Brazil’s federal police said they executed search and seizure warrants in Sao Paulo and the Federal District

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Monessen house cleaner pleads guilty to stealing close to $1.9 million over a dozen yearsA Monessen woman pleaded guilty in federal court this week to stealing just under $1.9 million from clients whose home she was hired to clean. Emily Roberts, 55, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. According to court records, Roberts repeatedly stole checks from a checkbook, writing checks out

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S.E. Cupp: Schmitt’s smoking gun backfires on himTuesday was supposed to be a big day for Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt, a little-known first-term junior senator whose main claim to fame thus far was the 25 lawsuits he filed against President Joe Biden’s administration in a span of 20 months while Missouri’s attorney general. But congressional hearings have

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City of Pittsburgh names new fire chief and other appointmentsPittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor has appointed Mat Davis as chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, replacing former Chief Darryl Jones, who had been placed on administrative leave earlier this year. Davis had been serving as acting fire chief after Jones was placed on leave while the city conducted an

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Betting that funding will be restored, some Texas agencies accept Flock’s offer to keep cameras onDallas will keep more than 300 Flock Safety cameras originally slated for removal after the surveillance company paused certain agencies’ payments for the devices for 90 days, a move made in response to Gov. Greg Abbott’s state funding freeze for the controversial cameras. At least two other cities and one

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Marc Levin and Khalil Cumberbatch: Partisan loyalty now drives Americans’ trust in justiceAmericans have rarely trusted their institutions less. In June, Gallup found average confidence in the 14 institutions it tracks was near a record low. Some 9% of the public trusted Congress, 27% trusted the Supreme Court, and 45% trusted the police. The criminal justice system, as a whole, ranked near

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Long-awaited dam safety reforms move closer to law after Michigan Senate voteThe Michigan Senate on Thursday voted to overhaul Michigan’s lax dam safety laws, moving long-awaited reforms one vote away from reaching Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Both legislative chambers have now approved versions of two companion bills sponsored by Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Royal Oak, and Rep. Bill G. Schuette, R-Midland, to strengthen

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Former Dallas officer who shot Black man in apartment that she mistook for hers gets paroleA white Dallas police officer convicted of killing a Black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own was granted parole Thursday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence. The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole, which is appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, rejected Amber Guyger’s initial

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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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Pittsburgh Oktoberfest, dubbed Prostburgh, returns to Market SquareThe third annual Oktoberfest Pittsburgh — which this year took on the name “Prostburgh” — opened Thursday in Market Square with a ceremonial beer keg tapping modeled after a 76-year-old Munich tradition. Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato and Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor joined Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership President and CEO Jeremy

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Glassport becomes latest Allegheny County police force to sign ICE agreementGlassport police have signed a cooperation agreement with federal immigration authorities after the agency detained more than a dozen people in the small Mon Valley borough earlier this year. The department, which formalized the arrangement Sept. 23, is the latest Allegheny County force to sign a 287(g) agreement with U.S.

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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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DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting PoolA judge in the nation’s capital agreed on Thursday to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a move that could prevent federal prosecutors from reviving the case under political pressure from President Donald Trump. D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman

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5 things to know about Pittsburgh’s preliminary budgetPittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor on Wednesday presented a preliminary 2027 budget amid serious financial challenges and with stark warnings about the city’s financial health. The spending plan includes a $728 million operating budget, slightly larger than this year’s, and a $145 million capital budget. Here are five things to know

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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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Libertarian Ken Krawchuk vows to fix schools, cut taxes in 4th run for Pa. governorEditor’s note: This is the third and final profile on this year’s candidates for Pennsylvania governor. A profile of Republican challenger Stacy Garrity was published Sept. 26. One on Democratic incumbent Gov. Josh Shapiro ran Tuesday. Montgomery County Libertarian Ken Krawchuk failed to garner more than 1% of the votes

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