(File Photo: Source for Photo: Palestinian women bake bread in a clay oven, using plastic for fire, at a UN school used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas prepared for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday, as hopes for a possible ceasefire in Gaza grew after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a hostage release could be announced this week.

Tuesday marks two years since the Hamas attack that sparked the war.

President Donald Trump has welcomed the Hamas statement accepting some elements of the U.S. peace plan. Israel has said it supported the new U.S. effort. Under the plan, Hamas would release the remaining 48 hostages — about 20 believed to be alive — within three days. It would give up power and disarm.

The delegation led by top Israeli negotiator Ron Dermer will leave Monday for the talks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Netanyahu’s office said. An Egyptian official said the Hamas delegation had arrived. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to brief reporters, said U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is joining the talks.

Discussions will focus on the proposed exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, Egypt’s foreign ministry said.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the situation “the closest we’ve come to getting all of the hostages released.”

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,’’ he described two phases after Hamas accepts Trump’s framework: The hostages are released and Israel pulls back in Gaza to the “yellow line,” where it was in August.

Rubio told CBS that Hamas should release hostages as they are ready, and that bombardment needs to end so they can be released.

The U.S. plan also addresses Gaza’s future. In a text exchange with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Trump said there would be “complete obliteration” if Hamas stayed in power there. Trump also texted that Netanyahu was on board for ending the bombing and peace in Gaza but added, “soon on the rest.”

Support for a ceasefire grows

Israeli government spokeswoman Shosh Badrosian told journalists that Netanyahu is in “regular contact” with Trump and that the prime minister has stressed that the talks in Egypt “will be confined to a few days maximum.”

“I hope that we are closest to a hostage deal since the (ceasefire) deal in January,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said in a speech.

Anxious relatives of hostages gathered near Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem, with some urging Trump to continue to apply pressure. Israel’s recent military offensive in Gaza City led many to fear for the hostages’ lives.

“We cannot allow such a historic agreement to be sacrificed again,” said Michel Ilouz, father of Guy Ilouz.

As hundreds of thousands of people marched across several European cities and elsewhere in support of Palestinians, the foreign ministers of eight Muslim-majority countries issued a joint statement welcoming steps toward a possible ceasefire.

They also underlined their commitment to the return of the Palestinian Authority to Gaza, unifying Gaza and the West Bank and reaching an agreement leading to a “full Israeli withdrawal” from Gaza.

Rubio told ABC that decisions regarding a governing structure or international group to manage Gaza can take place simultaneously with the ceasefire’s first step.

“That’s the part that I think is going to be a little tougher to work through, but that’s what’s going to provide permanency to the end of the conflict,” he said.

At least 12 killed in Gaza on Sunday

Trump has ordered Israel to stop bombing Gaza, but residents and local hospitals said strikes continued across the territory.

The Israeli government spokeswoman, Badrosian, said “certain bombings have actually stopped inside of the Gaza Strip.”

But Israel’s military chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, said that “if the political effort does not succeed, we will return to fight.”

At least eight people were killed Sunday in multiple strikes in Gaza City, according to Shifa Hospital, which received the casualties. A security official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media said the strikes were against Hamas militants who were a threat to troops.

Four other people were shot dead near an aid distribution site in the southern city of Rafah, according to Nasser Hospital. Israel’s military said it was not involved.

Doctors Without Borders confirmed the death of colleague Abed El Hameed Qaradaya, who was wounded in an attack Thursday that killed another colleague in Gaza.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said the Palestinian death toll in the war reached 67,139 on Sunday, with nearly 170,000 injured. The ministry does not differentiate how many of those killed were civilians or combatants, but says women and children make up about half of the dead. The ministry is part of the Hamas-run government, and the U.N. and many independent experts consider its figures to be the most reliable estimate of wartime casualties.

Israel’s military has said it continues to dismantle Hamas infrastructure and warned residents not to return to northern Gaza.

“We’re on the brink, and we don’t know whether one will die of a strike or starvation,” said Mahmoud Hashem, a Palestinian father sheltering in a tent in Gaza City.

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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff, 10/4/25 at 8:30 AM

(Brighton Twp., Pa.) The Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver are reporting that a box of chicken wings assisted them in being able to catch 42 year-old Michael Doran of  Beaver Falls after he fled Troopers at a high rate of speed in April.

Troopers reported via release Friday afternoon that the incident began when a State Trooper initiated a traffic stop along Route in Fallston at 12:30 AM on April 19, 2025. Doran fled from police in a vehicle at a high rate of speed, prompting a pursuit. After evading police, Doran’s vehicle struck a tree along the roadway and executed an unsafe pass in close proximity to three municipal police officers and a civilian who were on scene at an unrelated traffic crash on State Route 51. Doran then fled from the municipal police officers in their patrol vehicles.
Doran’s vehicle was later recovered by the Pennsylvania State Police. During the execution of a search warrant, investigators discovered a white takeout box containing chicken wings in the trunk. Through their investigation, Troopers traced the takeout box and wings to a local restaurant where they were able to identify Doran.
Doran has been charged by Pa. State Police with two counts of Felony Fleeing and Eluding a Police Officer (2 Counts), Recklessly Endangering Another Person (4 Counts), DUI General Impairment, Duty of Driver in Relation to Emergency Response Area, Duty of Driver on Approach of Emergency Vehicle, Reckless Driving, Careless Driving and multiple Traffic violations. Doran’s bail is set at $100,000 unsecured bond.

 

 

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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff, 10/04/25 at 8:00 AM

(Aliquippa, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they were called by Aliquippa Police to investigate after shots were fired into a two Linmar Terrae apartments late Friday night.

Troopers reported via release that  Aliquippa Police were dispatched to 261
Linmar Terrace at 9:40 PM Friday night for a report of multiple shots being fired into 261 and 262 Linmar Terrace. The apartments were occupied at the time of the incident, but no one was struck by any rounds. The Aliquippa Police Department requested that the Pennsylvania State Police assume the responsibility of the investigation. Through investigative steps, it is known that two individuals fired
multiple rounds into the two apartments utilizing long guns. These individuals fled the scene on foot. Troopers reported in the release that Aniya Jones and Christopher Owens were the victims but the release doesn’t specify what apartment they were in.
Anyone with information about this incident should contact the Pennsylvania State Police at 724-773- 7400.

 

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SEWICKLEY, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct 3, 2025– Esmark Steel Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Esmark, Inc., today announced the appointment of Jack Biegalski as Chief Executive Officer effective October 1st. Biegalski succeeds Roberto Alvarez, who has been appointed CEO of Esmark International.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251003267492/en/

Esmark Steel Group announced the appointment of Jack Biegalski as Chief Executive Officer.

Biegalski will report to Esmark Inc. founder and Executive Chairman James P. Bouchard and join the executive leadership team. Also reporting to Bouchard are Alvarez, Dave Luptak, CEO of Ohio Coatings Company-Tin Operations, and Randy Stanton, acting President and CFO of Esmark Inc.

Biegalski brings nearly four decades of steel industry experience to the Esmark Steel Group. He most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer, American Heavy Plates. He also served as Director of Sales, ArcelorMittal USA, and has served as the chair of the Metals Service Center Institute’s Plates and Shapes Council. Biegalski has also served on the Executive Council, Boy Scouts of America, for 21 years. He earned a B.A. degree from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.

“We are very excited to welcome Jack to the Esmark family to lead our steel group,” said Bouchard. “He brings a wealth of steel and producer industry experience to the team, and I know he will make an immediate impact on our organization, our customers, and our partners.”

“I am very grateful to Roberto for running Esmark Steel Group successfully for many years. Focusing all of his time now on our international business and our growth into new markets is the perfect next role for him,” continued Bouchard.

As CEO of Esmark International, Alvarez will focus his time on international markets including Esmark’s Mexico subsidiary and joint ventures in Latin America, Slovakia, Japan and South Korea.

Esmark Steel Group is a leading service center, processor and distributor of value-added flat-rolled steel products, offering the products, services and innovations to help customers meet their exacting standards and sustain a competitive edge in their industries. Since its founding in 2003, Esmark Steel Group has built an enviable reputation for excellence in serving the metals processing and distribution requirements for a wide range of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and companies engaged in the manufacturing, building construction, consumer products, appliances, container and storage/shelving industries. As one of the nation’s largest processors and distributors of flat-rolled steel, Esmark Steel Group maintains “Just-In-Time” inventory in a full range of product grades. All facilities are ISO 9001:2008 Certified.

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HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced a former Lawrence County police officer has been charged with assault, official oppression and related offenses regarding a June incident at a Sheetz store.
Robert Magnifico, then a sergeant with the Ellwood City Police Department, pushed a 19-year-old man, denied the man of his rights, then filed a report about the incident that was not an accurate version of what took place.
Magnifico is charged with misdemeanor counts of simple assault, official oppression, tampering with public records, and unsworn falsification to authorities. (He retired last month.)
Magnifico was dispatched to the store when the 19-year-old customer became engaged in a dispute with Sheetz staff over a phone he forgot while in the store. An employee would not return the phone to the man, and police were called to the store.
Magnifico shoved the man to the ground, threw his phone on a table, and snatched and threw a phone of the man’s friend as he recorded the encounter.
“The encounter, which was captured on video, shows a sworn officer engaged in abusive and intimidating behavior that is clearly out of bounds, and, in fact, a series of criminal acts,” Attorney General Sunday said. “Pennsylvanians should feel confident they can depend on law enforcement officers to protect them, and this one officer’s actions threaten that sense of security.”
On June 6, 2025, the 19-year-old victim and a 16-year-old friend purchased food at the Sheetz store on 5th Street in Ellwood City. Realizing he forgot his phone, the 19-year-old called the store and was told he could return and retrieve the phone.
At the store, staff did not return the phone to the victim and police were called. The victim provided information about the phone, including its passcode, but still did not receive the phone back. The victim, who was in a public area of the store, became verbally frustrated.
Magnifico came from behind a counter and shoved the man to the ground and verbally berated him. The 16-year-old recorded the interaction on his phone. The 19-year-old asked for the officer’s badge number and name. Magnifico provided the information while walking towards the man and bumping into him in an intimidating manner.
Magnifico then grabbed the 16-year-old’s phone and threw it onto a table. The two customers then left the store. The 19-year-old was treated at an area hospital.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 18.
The case will be prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Kara Rice. Criminal charges, and any discussion thereof, are merely allegations and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

Magnifico is also the current Riverside Varsity Football Coach.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that from Monday, October 6th through Friday, October 10th, weather permitting, overnight closures of the southbound Route 65 ramp to the southbound Fort Duquesne Bridge (I-279) in the City of Pittsburgh will occur. From 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on each weeknight next week, bridge deck and barrier repair work requiring the ramp that carries southbound Route 65 approach to the southbound Fort Duquesne Bridge will close to traffic nightly. The overnight closure of the Allegheny Avenue/Ridge Avenues/Reedsdale Street ramps to the Fort Duquesne Bridge will also happen. Detours will also occur because of this work and according to a release from PennDOT District 11, here are the detours and more information about this work:

Posted Detours

Southbound Route 65 to the Fort Duquesne Bridge

·       From southbound Route 65, take the ramp to South 19/51 toward the West End Bridge

·       Cross the West End Bridge

·       Continue straight onto southbound Route 19/51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard)

·       Take the ramp to West 376/South 19 toward Carnegie/Pittsburgh International Airport

·       Bear left toward South Truck 19/51 Uniontown

·       Stay left to East 376/South 51

·       Merge onto eastbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway West)

·       Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel

·       End detour

Allegheny Avenue/Ridge Avenue to the Fort Duquesne Bridge

·       Take Ridge Avenue westbound

·       Ridge Avenue becomes Fulton Street

·       Turn left onto Western Avenue

·       Bear left toward South 19/51/North 65 West End Bridge/Ohio River Boulevard

·       Continue straight onto the West End Bridge

·       Cross the West End Bridge

·       Continue straight onto southbound Route 19/51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard)

·       Take the ramp to West 376/South 19 toward Carnegie/Pittsburgh International Airport

·       Bear left toward South Truck 19/51 Uniontown

·       Stay left to East 376/South 51

·       Merge onto eastbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway West)

·       Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel

·       End detour

Reedsdale Street to the Fort Duquesne Bridge

·       Follow Reedsdale Street to Allegheny Avenue

·       Turn right onto Allegheny Avenue

·       Turn left onto Ridge Avenue

·       Ridge Avenue becomes Fulton Street

·       Turn left onto Western Avenue

·       Bear left toward South 19/51/North 65 West End Bridge/Ohio River Boulevard

·       Continue straight onto the West End Bridge

·       Cross the West End Bridge

·       Continue straight onto southbound Route 19/51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard)

·       Take the ramp to West 376/South 19 toward Carnegie/Pittsburgh International Airport

·       Bear left toward South Truck 19/51 Uniontown

·       Stay left to East 376/South 51

·       Merge onto eastbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway West)

·       Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel

·       End detour

Additionally, single-lane restrictions will occur each day, as needed, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM through late December on the following City of Pittsburgh roadways:

·       West General Robinson Street between Chuck Noll Way and Mazeroski Way

·       Reedsdale Street between Art Rooney Avenue and Tony Dorsett Drive

·       Tony Dorsett Drive between Reedsdale Street and North Shore Drive

·       North Shore Drive between Chuck Noll Way and Mazeroski Way

 

• Please stay alert and drive cautiously – safety is everyone’s responsibility.
• Preservation work on this $3.95 million project includes concrete repairs to the overhangs, underside of the bridge decks, and the back of barriers at the northern end of the Fort Duquesne Bridge. Work will occur on several ramps including Route 65, I-279, and Reedsdale Street approach structures. Motorists will encounter short-term weeknight and weekend overnight single-lane restrictions and closures on the Fort Duquesne Bridge (I-279) and associated ramps.  The overall project is anticipated to be completed in the spring of 2026. Allison Park Contractors is the prime contractor.

 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(McKees Rocks, PA) A ribbon cutting ceremony was held last night for a new daycare center to open in McKees Rocks. The daycare center is called Puzzle Palace Academy and it helps children on the autism spectrum specifically. Puzzle Palace Academy has its location in McKees Rocks on the 700 block of Chartiers Avenue there. According to organizers, Puzzle Palace Academy provides an inclusive environment for children’s needs with sensory spaces, areas for children to learn with teachers and to meet with therapists. Enrollment applications are also currently being accepted by Puzzle Palace Academy if anyone wants to enroll there.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza carrying their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

(AP) Trump said Friday that Hamas must agree to a proposed peace deal for Gaza by 6 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday and threatened the group will suffer more attacks if it doesn’t.

Trump said on social media on Friday: “Every Country has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas.” The Republican president says, “THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.”

The president unveiled the plan alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week.

Trump’s proposal would place Gaza under control of a temporary governing committee led by Trump himself. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be involved as well.

Civilians would not be required to evacuate the territory, something that Trump had floated before. Hamas would be required to disarm and release any remaining hostages. Surviving fighters would be allowed to leave.

Hamas said Tuesday that it would study the proposal.

The latest:

Senate majority leader says he won’t make commitments on health care subsidies

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says that he’s open to talking with Democrats about their demand to extend tax credits for Affordable Care Act health plans, but he’s not making commitments until they vote to open the government back up.

“That’s not something that we can guarantee that there are the votes there to do,” Thune, a South Dakota Republican, said during a news conference at the Capitol.

The Senate is headed towards another vote on funding the government Friday, but Thune did not sound optimistic that there would be a breakthrough with Democrats.

Johnson says that “more reforms coming” for Obama’s health care law

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that Republicans have “more reforms coming to try to fix Obamacare” as Democrats are demanding that they extend health care subsidies that expire at the end of the year.

Johnson, R-La., said the insurance that millions of people receive through the Affordable Care Act, Obama’s signature law, “are not working for the people. But you need common sense, responsible Republican who are serious about policy to fix that for the people.”

Democrats say they won’t vote to reopen the government until the subsidies are extended. Republicans who want to cut back the subsidies say they will only negotiate once the government is reopened.

Health insurance premiums will spike for millions of people at the end of the year if the expanded subsidies, which were first put in place in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, are allowed to expire.

House Speaker says there’s nothing to negotiate in funding bill

House Speaker Mike Johnson is saying that he won’t negotiate with Democrats on their health care demands as the government shutdown enters its third day.

Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said,“I don’t have anything to negotiate” when it comes to the funding bill before the Senate because it keeps government funding mostly at current levels.

Democrats are demanding that Congress take up tax credits for health plans offered under the Affordable Care Act, but Johnson says that’s not an issue until the end of the year when the tax credits are set to expire.

JD Vance leads tour group to White House briefing room

Vice President JD Vance made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room as he led a tour group into the space.

He asked a White House staffer who was testing the podium microphone if press secretary Karoline Leavitt was planning to brief reporters Friday. (She is.)

Vance took a photo of one of the members of his small group standing behind the podium and asked her, “Alrighty, Donna, what do you think about the government shutdown?”

Donna replied, “I can’t say yet. Not in this crowd.”

Afterwards Vance said, “Let’s get these guys out of here before they say something too controversial.”

Vance ignored shouted questions as he left the room, including one from an Associated Press reporter about whether President Donald Trump had met with White House budget director Russell Vought on Thursday about the lapse in government funding.

Trump administration withholds $7.6 billion in clean energy grants

The Trump administration is canceling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, all of which voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election.

The move comes as Trump threatens deep cuts in his fight with congressional Democrats over the government shutdown.

The Energy Department said in a statement Thursday that 223 projects were terminated after a review determined they did not adequately advance the nation’s energy needs or were not economically viable.

Officials did not provide details about which projects are being cut, but said funding came from the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and other DOE bureaus.

The cuts are likely to affect battery plants, hydrogen technology projects, upgrades to the electric grid and carbon-capture efforts, among many others, according to the environmental nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council.

Trump declares ‘war’ on U.S. cities, congressman says

‘This is literally a war on United States cities’ says Chicago congressman

Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley, a Chicago Democrat, criticized the White House’s announcement Friday to withhold $2.1 billion in funding for an extension of the city’s Red Line train, calling it “a very bad day for public transit in the country when it becomes weaponized.”

“This was our prized baby and they know it,” Quigley said in a phone interview with the Associated Press. “This was the most important new transit project in Chicago in 50 years.”

“Trump won some areas of Chicago. There are Republicans living here too. He’s punishing everybody – Democrats, Republicans – just because they don’t care,” said Quigley.

Quigley also criticized escalating immigration enforcement in Chicago.

“This is literally a war on United States cities,” Quigley said. “I’ve been to food pantries, shelters, doctor’s offices, health clinics. People with brown skin are afraid to show up in public.”

Canadian prime minister to meet Trump at the White House

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House next week, it was announced on Friday.

The meeting comes ahead of a review of a free trade agreement and as Trump is engaging in 51st state talk again as Canada asks to be included in Trump’s future Golden Dome missile defense program.

In a statement, Carney’s office said the prime minister will travel to Washington on Monday before meeting Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

Carney won Canada’s election earlier this year fueled by Trump’s annexation threats and trade war, but he has tried to improve relations ahead of a review of the free trade deal next year.

More than 75% of Canada’s exports go to the U.S. and Canada recently dropped many of its retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, or USMCA.

Supreme Court to consider overturning Hawaii gun law

The Supreme Court said Friday it will consider overturning a Hawaii law that imposes strict regulations on where people can carry guns.

The Trump administration had urged the justices to take the case, arguing the law violates the court’s 2022 ruling that found people have a right to carry firearms in public under the Second Amendment.

The Hawaii law bans guns on private property unless the owner has specifically allowed them. It also prohibits firearms in places like beaches, parks, bars and restaurants that serve alcohol.

State attorneys argue that they’ve already loosened its concealed-carry permit regulations to align with the high court’s 2022 ruling. They say its new restrictions strike a reasonable balance between gun rights and public safety.

A judge blocked the Hawaii law after it was challenged in court by a gun rights group and three people from Maui. But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals largely reversed that decision and allowed Hawaii to enforce the law.

Trump pauses $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects

White House budget director Russ Vought said the Trump administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown.

The pause affects a long-awaited plan to extend the city’s Red Line train. Vought wrote on social media Friday that the money was “put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting.”

He made a similar announcement earlier this week involving New York, where Vought said $18 billion for infrastructure would be paused, including funding for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River.

Trump embraces Project 2025, which he once avoided

Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he tried to distance himself from during the 2024 presidential campaign.

In a post on his Truth Social site Trump announced he would be meeting with his budget chief, “Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent.”

The comments, posted on Thursday, represented an about-face for Trump, who spent much of last year denouncing Project 2025, The Heritage Foundation’s massive proposed overhaul of the federal government, which was drafted by many of his longtime allies and current and former administration officials.

The federal government was thrown into a shutdown Wednesday, as Democrats held firm to their demands to salvage health care subsidies that Trump and Republicans in Congress have dismissed as something to possibly discuss later.

Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce, threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting “irreversible” cuts to programs important to Democrats.

▶ Read more about how both parties have used shutdown threats

What are Trump’s chances of the Nobel Prize?

U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to win the Nobel Peace Prize has drawn added attention to the annual guessing game over who its next laureate will be.

Longtime Nobel watchers say Trump’s prospects remain remote despite a flurry of high-profile nominations and some notable foreign policy interventions for which he has taken personal credit.

Experts say the Norwegian Nobel Committee typically focuses on the durability of peace, the promotion of international fraternity and the quiet work of institutions that strengthen those goals. Trump’s own record might even work against him, they said, citing his apparent disdain for multilateral institutions and his disregard for global climate change concerns.

Still, the U.S. leader has repeatedly sought the Nobel spotlight since his first term, most recently telling United Nations delegates late last month “everyone says that I should get the Nobel Peace Prize.”

A person cannot nominate themselves.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Philadelphia, PA) Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding announced the new theme of “Growing a Nation” for the 2026 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Wyck House Farm and Garden in Philadelphia yesterday. This event will start off a year of special celebrations and events for the 250th anniversary of the United States of America getting founded and bringing people to Pennsylvania to represent its leading role in democracy in America getting founded. According to Secreatry Redding yesterday: “America was born in Pennsylvania, with its identity deeply rooted in agriculture. Two hundred and fifty years later, Pennsylvania agriculture is still leading our nation, supplying the economic power, ingenuity, and innovation that is growing our nation’s future. Farm Show celebrates the outstanding products and people who make up our powerhouse agriculture and food industry, supporting 600,000 jobs pouring more than $132.5 billion into our state economy, including exports of more than $4 billion in agriculture and forest products – not only keeping our heritage alive, but supplying innovative solutions to our nation’s greatest challenges. The Shapiro Administration is proud to support Pennsylvania agriculture and the innovative, tenacious Pennsylvanians who are growing a vibrant tomorrow for our Commonwealth and our nation.”