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Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick called out Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) for an unrealized $1.5 billion U.S. Steel investment in the Mon Valley during their ABC 27 debate Thursday night. McCormick’s comment came while he fielded a question about potentially blocking the $14 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese company Nippon Steel. “Generally speaking, my view will be let’s not have the government get too involved, like Senator Casey is always government. But in cases of national security, where a domestic steel industry truly is important for America’s future, then I think you’ve got to intervene,’ McCormick said.…

Vice President Kamala Harris, who once campaigned as an agent of change, shattered that image on Tuesday when she failed to name any specific policy that she would change from the past four years. The whiplash cemented President Joe Biden’s bizarre and repeated attempts to tie Harris to their failures as if he was overtly attempting to tank her candidacy after Democrats pushed him aside in July. WATCH — Ad Says Kamala Harris “Once a Radical, Always a Radical”: Sentinel Action Fund Biden previously said he delegated “everything” as commander in chief to Harris, including foreign policy and domestic policy. “We’re singing from…

An Israeli tank fired on the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, resulting in two members of the force being injured, the UN said on Thursday.The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said that an Israeli army tank had directly hit a UN observation post in the small city of Naqoura.These are the first casualties among the UNIFIL mission since Israel’s ground offensive against the pro-Iranian Hezbollah militia in Lebanon began last week.UNIFIL said the peacekeepers were injured after an Israeli tank “directly” hit the watchtower, causing the two to fall.”The injuries are fortunately, this time,…

Congress has locked in plans to leave town Wednesday, as lawmakers move to quickly fund the government and then get out of town for six weeks of campaigning. The House and Senate are both poised to pass a short-term funding bill that will fund federal agencies through Dec. 20 and avert a government shutdown next week. The House: The chamber will vote Wednesday evening on the stopgap funding bill. It will come up under an expedited process that requires two-thirds of the House to vote in favor for passage, but it is expected to clear that hurdle with ease. The…

Kamala Harris called for federal incentives to spur domestic manufacturing across a range of industries on Wednesday, ratcheting up her efforts in Pennsylvania to wrest blue-collar voters away from Donald Trump. In a speech in Pittsburgh, the vice president pledged to invest in biomanufacturing, aerospace and artificial intelligence, “so that the next generation of breakthroughs, from advanced batteries to geothermal to advanced nuclear, are not just invented but built here in America by American workers.” The speech came as Harris seeks to chip away at Trump’s advantage with voters on the economy, a top issue for voters across the country.…

MESA, Ariz. ― If Donald Trump loses Arizona next month, he can probably thank, yet again, his own insults and disparagement of state icon John McCain over the past decade.The longtime U.S. senator and onetime Republican presidential nominee, who died of brain cancer six years ago, retains a loyal following of old-line Republican voters, many of whom flipped to support President Joe Biden four years ago, making him the first Democrat to win the state since Bill Clinton in 1996.Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign appears to believe she has a good chance of repeating Biden’s victory. Harris; her husband, Doug…

After facing criticism from the U.S. Department of Justice, the Phoenix Police Department is revamping its policies for how officers handle protests and is seeking public input on its draft rules.The First Amendment Facilitation and Management policy, also known as Operational Order 1.10, is designed to give both the public and the department a clear understanding of how police will manage large gatherings.This is the first time the Phoenix Police Department will have a unified policy on dealing with protests and assemblies. Previously, the department’s guidance on protests was spread across operational orders.Phoenix residents and business owners can provide feedback…

Among the continent’s top-50 lenders, every fifth card came from Sber as of last year Russian state-run lender Sber (formerly Sberbank) is the largest issuer of bank cards among European financial institutions, its press service announced on Friday. It cited data from the latest Nilson Report, a US-based analytical firm specializing in the card and mobile payment industry.The report shows that as of the end of 2023, Sber led by a huge margin, both in the number of bank cards in circulation and the volume of POS transactions on the continent. Out of 920 million cards issued by the top-50…

The late prime minister’s children have reportedly been discussing ways to bring their father’s party back to power The two eldest children of late Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi are reportedly meeting with advisers to discuss ways of bringing their father’s political party back to power and challenge PM Giorgia Meloni’s ruling Brothers of Italy party, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.Silvio Berlusconi passed away last year at the age of 86. He was Italy’s longest-serving post-war prime minister, ruling the country for much of the 1990s and 2000s at the helm of the Forza Italia party, which he founded in 1994.According…

Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News,The Swedish government is considering a law change that would ban marriages between cousins, a move primarily aimed at curbing issues such as honor oppression prevalent in migrant communities.The proposal, which was introduced by government investigators and aligns with policies laid out in the Tidö Agreement, which facilitated the formation of the current government, would also extend to marriages between other close relatives, such as uncles and nieces.If approved, the ban could come into effect as early as 2026.Currently, Swedish law prohibits marriages between parents and children or full siblings, though half-siblings can marry…