Trump urges leaders to put ‘old feuds’ aside, calls for new era of harmony
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October 14, 2025
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — President Donald Trump called for a new era of harmony in the Middle East on Monday during a global summit on Gaza’s future, trying to advance broader peace in the region...
Israel expects hostages to be freed from Gaza as ceasefire holds
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October 13, 2025
CAIRO (AP) — Israel said Sunday it expected all living hostages held in Gaza to be released Monday in its breakthrough ceasefire deal with Hamas, as Palestinians awaited the release of hundreds of pri...
Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports
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October 11, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s placing an additional 100% tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to levels that ...
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October 10, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) - New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday on mortgage fraud charges in a case that Presi - dent Donald Trump urged his Justice Department to bring after he vowed ...
Israeli Cabinet approves plan for Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages
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October 10, 2025
first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting. CAIRO (AP) — Israel’s Cabinet early Friday approved President Donald Trump’s plan for a cease- fire in the Gaza Strip and the release of all the re -...
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October 9, 2025
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — James Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a criminal case that has highlighted the Justice Department’s efforts to target adversaries of President Donald Trump, with lawyers f...
Federal government shutdown grinds into week 2 as tempers flare
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October 9, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tours at the Capitol have come to a standstill. The House is keeping its doors closed, while the Senate repeated its loop Wednesday of failed votes to reopen the government. Presiden...
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October 8, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration warned on Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been long-standing policy for...
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October 8, 2025
The Allegheny County Police Department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating a two-vehicle crash at 9:41 a.m. Tuesday in the 700 block of McKeesport’s West Fifth Avenue. First responders fo...
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October 7, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein. On the first day of their new term, the justices declined ...
Trump open to health care deal with Democrats as shutdown hits Day 6
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October 7, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he’d be open to striking a deal with Democrats on the health care subsidies they’ve made central to the shutdown fight, cracking the door slig...
Trump says U.S. is in ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels
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October 3, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict," according to a Trump administrat...
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October 1, 2025
West Mifflin police responded Saturday to a report of a woman who was stabbed in the face. Linda Smiley, 34, of West Mifflin, was charged with aggravated assault, according to court records. According...