Author: Salena Zito Washington Examiner

PITTSBURGH — It should come as no surprise that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declined to be the next Federal Reserve chairman. Spend any time listening to Bessent talk, and it is clear he is laser-focused on one thing, something he can only accomplish in his current job: lifting America’s economy into a position where both…

NORTH BRADDOCK, Pennsylvania — Scott Buckiso is beaming the way you do when an underdog accomplishes something everyone around them predicted was never going to happen. Buckiso, along with thousands of steelworkers, their family members, and members of the community, is walking around the gravel parking lot that sits along the banks of the Monongahela…

HARRISON CITY, Pennsylvania — Eileen Cunningham is a mother of four and grandmother of three with another on the way. The wife of “Goose” Cunningham — when you are from Hazelwood, everyone has a nickname — possesses the unique quality of bringing people together to form communities. How? The natural athlete coached girls’ hockey, track…

LIVINGSTON, MONTANA — The American outdoorsman — whether an angler floating through a canyon while fishing for brown trout or a hunter looking for the rubs, fresh scat, and tracks where their game of choice is feeding — is often depicted by legacy media as a disparate collection of people spread all across the country.…

GERMANIA – On any given morning, you can walk into the White Pine Cafe, Store & Lodge in this Potter County, Pennsylvania village and find comfort in the constancy it offers. Whether it’s picking up necessities for your home or camp, joining a lively conversation with town elders solving the world’s problems over coffee, or…

PITTSBURGH — President Donald Trump on Tuesday fulfilled his pledge to protect America’s national security and grow prosperity in the middle of the country when he announced a staggering $90 billion-plus had been secured to build artificial intelligence data power centers, all fueled by the region’s abundant natural gas, nuclear, and coal power sources. “We’re…

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said artificial intelligence data power centers need abundant energy, workforce, and support from local universities. Pennsylvania is well positioned to provide all of these. “This is the hub of where all of that happens,” Lutnick said in an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner. Lutnick was one of hundreds of prominent…

PITTSBURGH — Dina Powell McCormick will kick off the highly anticipated 2025 Energy and Innovation Summit on Tuesday morning by moderating a panel titled The AI Race and How We Win It, which will include the White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks, Blackzone CEO Jon Gray, Mubadala CEO Khaldoon Al-Mubarak, and SoftBank…

One year ago, then former President Donald Trump was shot during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The tragic event, which resulted in the death of a rallygoer, Corey Comperatore, transformed the 2024 presidential race, with Trump’s defiant response sealing his reputation as America’s fighter. In Butler, there are still little in the way of answers.…