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Salena Zito

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The House Is Restless. It Has Been Before.

Summary PITTSBURGH—In April 1894, a ragged column of unemployed men attempted to come through Pittsburgh on the way to Washington. They called...

yesterday 8

The Daily Signal

Salena Zito

From China to Pittsburgh, Eos bets on American manufacturing

previous day 3

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

More than a page: How a simple story can shape a childhood

thursday 3

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Why Detroit holds the key to Michigan’s Senate seat

thursday 5

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Josh Shapiro promises restraint as Democrats eye a Pennsylvania sweep

27.10.2026 6

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

The House Is Restless. It Has Been Before.

The House Is Restless. It Has Been Before.

PITTSBURGH — In April 1894, a ragged column of unemployed men attempted to come through Pittsburgh on the way to Washington. They called themselves...

27.10.2026 6

Townhall

Salena Zito

McCormick takes on Pennsylvania’s red tape, one binder at a time

26.10.2026 8

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Martha MacCallum and the Stories That Define Us

“This is a story of America,” Martha MacCallum writes in the author’s note to “The Book of Valor: America’s Story of Survival, Gallantry &...

25.10.2026 5

The Daily Signal

Salena Zito

The conservative who said yes to Bucks County, USA

21.10.2026 8

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

In Pennsylvania coal country, follow the climate money

20.10.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Pittsburgh’s Gecko Robotics expands its Navy contract to $300 million

20.10.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Martha MacCallum and the Stories That Define Us

"This is a story of America," Martha MacCallum writes in the author's note to "The Book of Valor: America's Story of...

19.10.2026 10

Townhall

Salena Zito

From Ohio’s cornfields and factories comes a warning for Republicans

19.10.2026 30

Washington Post

Salena Zito

What Pittsburgh can teach the next House majority

PITTSBURGH — In April 1894, a ragged column of unemployed men attempted to come through Pittsburgh on the way to Washington. They called themselves...

15.10.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

While the public fears AI, these Ohio and Iowa business owners are finding relief

COLUMBUS, Ohio — On a recent afternoon, with homecoming weekend bearing down and a football game that night, April Polk was driving to a doctor’s...

13.10.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Take the Wilderness Road and You'll Find the Appalachian First Lady Who Fooled Washington

WYTHEVILLE, Virginia — Most people meet this town zooming past it at 70 mph. Interstate 77 comes up out of North Carolina. Interstate 81 runs down...

12.10.2026 10

Townhall

Salena Zito

Martha MacCallum and the stories that define us

“This is a story of America,” Martha MacCallum writes in the author’s note to The Book of Valor: America’s Story of Survival, Gallantry &...

12.10.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

The Night Linden Avenue Stopped Feeling Safe

EDGEWOOD, Pennsylvania — The Evans family threw a Halloween party every year in their backyard on Linden Avenue. Neighbor Jeannine Fisher told WPXI,...

11.10.2026 20

The Daily Signal

Salena Zito

Take the Wilderness Road and you’ll find the Appalachian first lady who fooled Washington

WYTHEVILLE, Virginia — Most people meet this town zooming past it at 70 miles an hour. Interstate 77 comes up out of North Carolina. Interstate 81...

09.10.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Steve Witkoff keeps the light on

PITTSBURGH — The last time Marc Fogel saw Steve Witkoff, snow was falling at a Moscow airport, and Witkoff had just come from the Kremlin to take...

07.10.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

The Night Linden Avenue Stopped Feeling Safe

EDGEWOOD, Pennsylvania — The Evans family threw a Halloween party every year in their backyard on Linden Avenue. Neighbor Jeannine Fisher told WPXI,...

06.10.2026 20

Townhall

Salena Zito

In Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro faces a controversy burning where coal once did

06.10.2026 70

Washington Post

Salena Zito

EPA’s Zeldin spotlights Bucks County’s farm-to-pantry network in Pennsylvania

NEW HOPE, Pennsylvania — For 16 years, Rolling Harvest Food Rescue has collected fruits and vegetables that Bucks County farms cannot sell and...

05.10.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Ken Griffin’s $3 billion gift ties Carnegie Mellon’s Pittsburgh roots to Miami ambitions

PITTSBURGH — Andrew Carnegie’s $1 million gift in 1900 helped create Carnegie Tech, a school where western Pennsylvanians could learn practical...

30.09.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

How 1,800 Local Tradespeople Are Powering Pennsylvania's Ultimate Energy and Data Innovation Campus

HOMER CITY, Pennsylvania — Eighteen months ago, Shawn Steffee stood in a field in Indiana County and watched the smokestacks of Pennsylvania's...

28.09.2026 20

Townhall

Salena Zito

The night Linden Avenue stopped feeling safe

EDGEWOOD, Pennsylvania — The Evans family threw a Halloween party every year in their backyard on Linden Avenue. Neighbor Jeannine Fisher, who lives...

28.09.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Ground Broken on a Rust Belt Powerhouse: Shippingport’s Data Hub Rises in the Age of AI Anxiety

SHIPPINGPORT, Pa.—The last time that I stood on these grounds along the Ohio River in Beaver County was 1976, 19 years after the first commercial...

27.09.2026 10

The Daily Signal

Salena Zito

Ground Broken on a Rust Belt Powerhouse: Shippingport's Data Hub Rises in the Age of AI Anxiety

SHIPPINGPORT, PA — The last time that I stood on these grounds along the Ohio River in Beaver County was 1976, 19 years after the first commercial...

21.09.2026 40

Townhall

Salena Zito

Steelers and Faith: The Foundation Behind the Grit of the Gridiron

LATROBE, Pennsylvania—The late afternoon sun catches the twin spires of the Archabbey Basilica at St. Vincent College, casting a long shadow across...

20.09.2026 20

The Daily Signal

Salena Zito

Ground broken on a Rust Belt powerhouse: Shippingport’s data hub rises in the Age of AI Anxiety

SHIPPINGPORT, Pa. — The last time that I stood on these grounds along the Ohio River in Beaver County was 1976, 19 years after the first commercial...

16.09.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Steelers and Faith: The Foundation Behind the Grit of the Gridiron

The late afternoon sun catches the twin spires of the Archabbey Basilica at St. Vincent College, casting a long shadow across the pristine practice...

14.09.2026 10

Townhall

Salena Zito

‘Trump Power Plant’ Coming to Fayette County, the Largest Investment in Its History

UNIONTOWN, Pennsylvania—Scott Dunn did not get a call from Washington. Instead, he received calls from his constituents. The chairman of the Fayette...

13.09.2026 60

The Daily Signal

Salena Zito

Steelers and faith: The foundation behind the grit of the gridiron

LATROBE, Pennsylvania — The late afternoon sun catches the twin spires of the Archabbey Basilica at St. Vincent College, casting a long shadow...

12.09.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Under a vivid blue sky, a Pennsylvania field whispers the names of the fallen

STOYSTOWN, Pennsylvania — Not far from the entrance to the Flight 93 National Memorial, a quiet stretch of hillside rises gently along the Lincoln...

11.09.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

The kindergarten drop-off that saved Howard Lutnick and the 658 who never made it home

At 8:46 on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 11 struck the north face of 1 World Trade Center. The plane’s impact sheared...

09.09.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

'Trump Power Plant' Coming to Fayette County, the Largest Investment in Its History

UNIONTOWN, Pennsylvania — Scott Dunn did not get a call from Washington. Instead, he received calls from his constituents. The chairman of the...

07.09.2026 30

Townhall

Salena Zito

EXCLUSIVE: How 1,800 local tradespeople are powering Pennsylvania’s ultimate energy and data innovation campus

HOMER CITY, Pa. — Eighteen months ago, Shawn Steffee stood in a field in Indiana County and watched the smokestacks of Pennsylvania’s largest...

04.09.2026 60

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

‘Trump power plant’ coming to Fayette County, the largest investment in its history

UNIONTOWN, Pennsylvania — Scott Dunn did not get a call from Washington. Instead, he received calls from his constituents. The chairman of the...

02.09.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

What the portrait of Aaron Rodgers often leaves out

02.09.2026 30

Washington Post

Salena Zito

Faith is rising, but the national conversation is still looking the wrong way

PITTSBURGH — The yellow suspension cables of the Roberto Clemente Bridge cut across the sky like guitar strings, and beneath them, on a bank of the...

01.09.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Arthurdale's New Deal Experiment, and the Debate Over Socialism

ARTHURDALE, West Virginia — The road into this quiet Preston County community gives little warning that it was once the setting for one of the New...

31.08.2026 20

Townhall

Salena Zito

From ‘All In’ to Tap the Brakes: Josh Shapiro Redefines Pennsylvania’s Tech Boom

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania—In June 2025, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, stood in Berwick and described a new economic horizon for...

30.08.2026 20

The Daily Signal

Salena Zito

Arthurdale’s New Deal experiment, and the debate over socialism

ARTHURDALE, West Virginia — The road into this quiet Preston County community gives little warning that it was once the setting for one of the New...

27.08.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

From 'All In' to Tap the Brakes: Josh Shapiro Redefines Pennsylvania's Tech Boom

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — In June 2025, Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) stood in Berwick and described a new economic horizon for Pennsylvania:...

24.08.2026 40

Townhall

Salena Zito

How a losing campaign in the Alleghenies became the blueprint for a Democratic upset in Trump country

ALTOONA, Pa. — The pizza was still warm at Family Pizza on Pleasant Valley Boulevard when Andrea Verobish called Blair County’s special election...

21.08.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

From ‘all in’ to tap the brakes: Gov. Josh Shapiro redefines Pennsylvania’s tech boom

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — Last June, Gov. Josh Shapiro stood in Berwick and described a new economic horizon for Pennsylvania: Amazon’s plan to...

19.08.2026 40

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

The Endless Horizon: Why Generations of Landlocked Appalachians Keep Coming Back to Erie

ERIE, Pennsylvania — Long before the furthest-left corner of the Commonwealth began welcoming millions of sunbathers, Presque Isle State Park served...

17.08.2026 30

Townhall

Salena Zito

A century on, San Rocco tradition endures

ALIQUIPPA, Pennsylvania — A century ago, industrial communities across western Pennsylvania, from Johnstown to Beaver County, were home to large and...

17.08.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

The endless horizon: Why generations of landlocked Appalachians keep coming back to Erie

ERIE, Pennsylvania — Long before the furthest left corner of the Commonwealth began welcoming millions of sunbathers, Presque Isle State Park served...

14.08.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Meta partners with trade unions to build AI data centers with American workers

EXCLUSIVE — Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook and Instagram, announced Wednesday morning that it is entering into a first‑of‑its‑kind...

12.08.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito