(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has revoked former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection that otherwise would have ended next summer, senior Trump administration officials said Friday.

Former vice presidents typically get federal government protection for six months after leaving office, while ex-presidents do so for life. But then-President Joe Biden quietly signed a directive, at Harris’ request, that had extended protection for her beyond the traditional six months, according to another person familiar with the matter. The people insisted on anonymity to discuss a matter not made public.

Trump, a Republican, defeated Harris, a Democrat, in the presidential election last year.

His move to drop Harris’ Secret Service protection comes as the former vice president, who became the Democratic nominee last summer after a chaotic series of events that led to Biden dropping out of the contest, is about to embark on a book tour for her memoir, titled “107 Days.” The tour has 15 stops, including visits abroad to London and Toronto. The book, which refers to the historically short length of her presidential campaign, will be released Sept. 23, and the tour begins the following day.

A recent threat intelligence assessment the Secret Service conducts on those it protects, such as Harris, found no red flags or credible evidence of a threat to the former vice president, said a White House official who also insisted on anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. The administration found no reason Harris’ protection should go beyond the standard six-month period for former vice presidents, the official said.

Trump’s vice president from his first term, Mike Pence, did not have extended Secret Service protection beyond the standard six months.

Still, it is not unusual for Secret Service protection to continue well beyond the statutory six-month window, particularly when former officials face credible and ongoing threats. But Trump’s decisions to revoke the protection have stood out both for timing and for targets.

During Trump’s second presidency, he repeatedly has cut off security for adversaries and figures who have fallen from favor, including his onetime national security adviser John Bolton and members of Biden’s family, including the former president’s adult children. Outgoing presidents can extend protection for those who might otherwise not be eligible; Trump did so for his family after leaving office in 2021.

The decision to strip Harris of protection is certain to raise alarms among security experts who view continuity of protection as essential in a polarized climate.

A senior Trump administration official said an executive memorandum was issued Thursday to the Department of Homeland Security ending Harris’ security detail and security services. Those had been extended from six to 18 months by the Biden administration, so they would have ended in July 2026, but now they will be terminated on Monday.

Harris lives in the Los Angeles area. The city’s Democratic mayor, Karen Bass, called Trump’s decision “another act of revenge following a long list of political retaliation” and warned that it would endanger Harris. Bass said she plans to work with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a fellow Democrat, to ensure the former vice president’s safety, and she and Harris have already been in touch about the issue, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.

While she lost to Trump last November, Harris is seen as a potential candidate for 2028, and she has already announced she will not run for California governor in 2026. Harris is also a former senator, California attorney general and San Francisco district attorney.

Last year was a particularly politically charged environment with Trump facing two assassination attempts, and the Secret Service played a crucial role in protecting the now-president. While questions remain about how the agency prepared for a July 2024 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a Secret Service counter sniper shot a gunman dead after he fired eight shots, killing an attendee, wounding two others and grazing Trump’s right ear. Trump chose one of the agents who rushed to the stage to shield him, Sean Curran, to lead the agency earlier this year.

The news of the security revocation was first reported by CNN.

(File Photo of Handcuffs)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Shaler Township, PA) An unidentified sixteen-year-old male student from Shaler Area High School got taken into custody without incident yesterday in Allegheny County because police confirm his mother found a gun that was stolen in his room in their Anderson Road home. A huge search began for this teenage male suspect yesterday morning on the 1400 block of Anderson Road in Pittsburgh. This search involved drones, three police dogs and multiple agencies, which include these agencies being involved: the FBI, the Allegheny County police, the Pennsylvania State Police and the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office. No immediate threat to Shaler Area High School or the public was confirmed by Shaler police. Police note that the mother of the male juvenile suspect discovered a handgun yesterday morning in his bed when she woke him up and when she took the gun, her son threatened her to give it back to him. The male juvenile suspect then escaped the Anderson Road home after his mother refused to give the gun back to him. Police state that the male juvenile suspect ran with his backpack into the woods and his backpack was later found there with no weapons found inside of it. Another jurisdiction was where the gun that the male juvenile suspect had belonged to and it was found to be stolen and police affirm that the serial number of the gun was scratched off by someone. The search ended yesterday afternoon just before 4 p.m., when the male juvenile suspect was found at a home on Soose Road in Pittsburgh, which is the place that detectives found out that he hangs out frequently, and he is now in custody to be charged as a juvenile with at least two weapons charges against him.

(Photo Courtesy of Wegmans)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Cranberry Township, PA) According to a report from the Butler Eagle, Cranberry Township supervisors reportedly gave final approval for construction of a Wegmans grocery store there, effectively greenlighting the project. Yesterday, a supervisor’s meeting occurred in Cranberry Township and Wegmans got conditional use approval and final land development following a public hearing that day. The expected opening time of the new 115,000 square foot Wegmans store in Cranberry Township will be in 2027 and it will be located on Cool Springs Drive in Cranberry Township. Up to 500 people are expected to be employed at this new Wegmans store, which will sell food varieties, including baked goods, a selection of wine and beer, deli products and produce. Wegmans, which has nineteen stores in Pennsylvania, confirmed on January 13th, 2025 that the Pittsburgh-area is where the grocery store chain will expand to with the location of their new store as close to the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) According to an announcement that came on August 18th, 2025, the Big Beaver Falls Area School District, the Blackhawk Area School District and the Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit were among eight school districts and intermediate units in Pennsylvania to be selected for the most recent grant awards of the Chuckie F. Mahoney Memorial Foundation. That foundation will give each organization a grant of $3,500 to provide resources of mental health during the 2025-2026 school year for their students. Charles Mahoney, the president of the Chuckie F. Mahoney Memorial Foundation, stated: “There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing our work bring needed resources to classrooms and directly benefit students and school personnel.” According to the website of the Chuckie F. Mahoney Memorial Foundation, Mahoney and his wife, Debi, created the Chuckie F. Mahoney Memorial Foundation in memory of their son to “provide resources, education and training on suicide prevention and depression to parents, teachers and those who work with the teen and young adult population.”

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ohio Township, PA) According to police from Ohio Township, Pennsylvania, Mt. Nebo Road is temporarily closed between Arndt Road and the entrance to Mt. Nebo Pointe. Police confirm that live wires and a tree went down near the Trinity Jewelers on Mt. Nebo Road in Pittsburgh, causing the closure and making the road unpassable. Officials of Avonworth School District confirm that because of the closure, school buses that use Mt. Nebo Road may be delayed and any stops inside the portion that is closed on that road will not be able to be reached by buses. School at Avonworth School District will still undergo normal operations. Crews from Duquesne Light were called to the scene and police suggest that people need to use a alternate route for now.

By Scott Tady

Eric Church, Adam Sandler, Kenny G., Garbage and David Byrne all will play Pittsburgh this September.

Here’s a September concert calendar to help you pick some good shows.

PPG PAINTS ARENA

Sept. 12: Eric Church

Sept. 20: Adam Sandler

Oct. 4: Jo Koy; Oct. 15: Tate McRae; Oct. 18: Cody Johnson; Oct. 23-24: Sabrina Carpenter; Nov. 2: Bryan Adams; Nov. 5: A Day to Remember & Yellowcard; Nov. 7-8: Billy Strings; Nov. 11: Paul McCartney;  Nov. 12: Jonas Brothers; Nov. 14: Maroon Five.

Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall

 Sept. 4: Kenny G

Sept. 12: Tower of Power

Sept. 13: Molly Tuttle

Oct. 1: Toad The Wet Sprocket and Vertical Horizon; Oct.6: Pat Metheny; Oct. 8: Gary Newman; Oct. 24: Neko Case; Nov. 4: Colin Hay; Nov. 22: Jimmy Failla; Nov. 28: Gavin DeGraw; Dec. 6: Shaun Cassidy.

STAGE AE

Sept. 3: Men I Trust

Sept. 5: Jessica Simpson headlines Women Who Rock

Sept. 8: PUP

Sept. 9: Alabama Shakes

Sept. 10: Vance Joy

Sept. 12: Pixies

Sept. 13: Bruce Dickinson

Sept. 22: Dylan Gossett

Sept. 23: Garbage

Sept. 26: Gavin Adcock

Sept. 27: Russel Dickerson

Oct. 7: T-Pain;  Oct. 15: Violent Femmes.

PAVILION AT STAR LAKE

Sept. 5: Hardy

Sept. 18: Falling in Reverse

Sept. 20: Suicide Boys

Oct. 1: Alice Cooper-Judas Priest.

Roxian Theatre

 Sept. 6: Jerry Cantrell and Filter

Sept. 11: Rilo Kelly

Sept. 18: GWAR

Sept. 20: Marilyn Manson

Sept. 30: Franz Ferdinand

Oct. 26: Thomas Dolby; Oct. 28: Andy Bell; Nov. 11: Minus The Bear; Nov. 26: The Beths; Dec. 12: Pittsburgh Plays Ozzy.

Benedum Center

Sept. 16: David Byrne

Sept. 18: Dream Theater

Sept. 24: Lucy Dacus

Nov. 14: Taylor Tomlinson; Nov. 21-22: Steve Martin and Martin Short; Dec. 9: Straight No Chaser.

City Winery Pittsburgh

Sept. 13: Charles Esten

Sept. 18: Anthony Rapp

Oct. 27: Josh Radin

PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER

Sept. 15: Hans Zimmerman

Sept. 16: Conan Gray

Oct. 3: Lorde; Oct. 9: Crowder; Oct. 23: John Miley; Nov. 6: Turnpike Troubadours.

UPMC EVENTS CENTER

Oct. 3: Dylan Scott; Nov. 5: Chicago; Nov. 8: Seether and Daughtry; Nov. 19: All Time Low.

Jergel’s Rhythm Grille

Sept. 10: Michael Schenker

Sept. 24: Lita Ford

Oct. 1: Scott Blasey; Oct. 4: Here Comes the Mummies; Oct. 9: Hailey Whittier’s; Oct. 21: Buckcherry; Oct. 23: Squirrel Nut Zippers;  Oct. 26: Tab Benoit; Nov. 6: North Mississippi All Stars; Nov. 17: Richie Kotzen; Nov. 26: Buzz Poets.

Thunderbird Cafe

Sept. 16: Superchunk

Sept. 17: James McMurtry

Oct. 25: The War & Treaty; Blondshell.

Palace Theatre

Oct. 1: Don Gatlin; Oct. 3: Geoff Tate; Oct. 25: Bill Murray & The Blood Brotgers; Nov. 22: The Outlaws; Nov. 25: Boz Scaggs.

Mr. Smalls Theatre

Sept. 20: The Baseball Project

Sept. 23: Soccer Mommy

Oct. 3: Feeble Little Horse; Oct. 11: Craig Finn; Dec. 2: The Lemonheads.

HEINZ HALL

 Oct. 6: Wilco; Oct. 7: Ben Folds; Oct. 28: Jon Batiste; Dec. 18: Trisha Yeareood.

YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATER

Sept. 20:Cody Jinks.

Sept. 26: John Mayer

Sept. 27: Tim McGraw

OTHERS

Sept. 6: Gabby Barrett, Timber Rock Amphitheater, Farmington

Sept. 12: Comedy Jam with Steve Byrne and Billy Gardell

Sept. 13-14: Four Chord Music Festival with Blink-182, EQT Park, Washington, Pa.

Sept. 17: James McMurtry, The Crafthouse, Baldwin.

 

 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Aug. 28, 1963, in Washington. (AP Photo/File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver Falls, PA) Yesterday was the 62nd anniversary of the “March on Washington for Jobs for Freedom,” held in Washington, D.C. on August 28th, 1963, and a former resident of Beaver Falls attended this event. Along with attending that event, the then teenage Reverend Raphael Cox was selected by the Reverend Calvin C. Brown of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Beaver Falls, to be an attendee as a teenage representative of the March with the Pittsburgh Delegation in the late summer of 1963. Cox, who is from Canton, Ohio, stated that the “I Have a Dream” speech given by the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, “was short, but oh so powerful” on the day of the “March on Washington for Jobs for Freedom.” The “March on Washington for Jobs for Freedom” highlighted promoting freedom by pressing the United States government to both end discrimination and segregation while also pressing the United States government to both employ and train people through a federal program on August 28th, 1963. Cox turned eighty years old on August 6th, 2025 and he also noted that he is one of the few attendees of this August 28th, 1963 event that is still alive. The impact that the “I Have a Dream” speech by the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. became lasting and prfound on Cox, because in 2002, he became an ordained pastor. Cox graduted from Beaver Falls High School and moved to Canton, Ohio immediately after graduating a worked as a welder for the Timken Roller Bearing Corporation for 37 years until he retired in 2002.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – The Ford logo is seen on the grill of a Ford Explorer on display at the Pittsburgh International Auto Show in Pittsburgh, on Feb. 15, 2024. Two fatal crashes involving Ford’s Blue Cruise partially automated driving system have drawn the attention of U.S. auto safety regulators. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Dearborn, MI) Ford recently recalled 499,129 2016 to 2018 Lincoln MKX and 2018 Edge SUVs because the rupture of the rear brake hoses of these vehicles may happen. The rear brake jounce hoses of those vehicles, which are rubber hoses that are both high-pressure and flexible in the rear of those vehicles that connect that lines of the brakes to the calipers, may leak fluid and break. According to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, the lack of sufficient brake fluid may cause the SUV to need more space to stop, increasing the risk of a crash. Ford owners will get two alerts for this recall because Ford has yet to develop a fix for these faulty SUVs, the first being on September 8th with more information about the recall and while once a fix is available, a second will be sent. The National Highwasy Traffic and Safety Administration confirms that April of 2026 is when the second letter is expected to be sent. For more information about this recall, you can contact the phone number of 866-436-7332. The internal recall number is 25S87 for Ford in regards to this recall.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A call that was a hoax drew a response for a large amount of police to show up to the University of Pittsburgh campus in Pittsburgh yesterday. The Barco Law Library building at the University of Pittsburgh is where police responded to yesterday for a report of a possible armed person. According to sources, the caller claimed they were hiding in a closet and said someone had an AR-style rifle and even reported hearing gunfire. Police made a determination that the call had no credibility and that there was no shooter within about twenty minutes. 

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) An unidentified man died after a shooting that occurred in Rankin of Allegheny County yesterday. According to Allegheny County police, dispatchers were notified of a shooting at the intersection of Oak Way and Duquesne Street around 3:10 p.m. yesterday. Police confirm that first responders found a manwith a gunshot wound who then got taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead yesterday. Police also note that this man that died from the Rankin shooting yesterday was in his late teens or early twenties. Homicide unit detectives from the Allegheny County police are investigating this incident and are working to identify the late man, and if you have any information on this incident, call 1-833-ALL-TIPS.