Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star

With former President Donald Trump expected to attend Sunday night’s game between the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, the Democratic National Committee has a billboard planned across from the stadium that criticizes his record in the Keystone State.

The billboard will be displayed on Reedsdale Street on the North Shore, a short distance from the stadium. The display reads “Trump was a disaster for PA,” with stats from his economic record during his term as president.

Steelers team spokesperson Burt Lauten on Saturday said in a statement that Trump was expected to attend the game “as a guest of an individual suite holder” and that the team was working with the Secret Service and local authorities on security. Lauten said the team was encouraging fans to arrive early to the game, which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Steelers’ Super Bowl IX team. ...

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and his GOP opponent Dave McCormick met for an acrimonious debate Thursday in Harrisburg, trading barbs over foreign and domestic policy, with each trying to cast the other as a “weak” candidate who blindly follows his party’s leadership.

Casey homed in on McCormick’s career as a hedge fund manager and his residency status, and McCormick repeatedly claimed Casey had been ineffective as Pennsylvania’s senior senator.

The first question was on the Middle East, and Iran’s launching of missiles at Israel after Israel killed Hezbollah leadership in Lebanon. Moderator Dennis Owens asked the candidates if they were willing to put American troops on the ground in the current conflict. ...

Former President Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail for Vice President Kamala Harris next week, kicking off a blitz of the battleground states in the Pittsburgh area on Thursday, a senior campaign official confirmed.

The two have been friends for more than 20 years. Harris was an early supporter of Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, at a time when much of the Democratic Party had coalesced behind Hillary Clinton, who was making her first run for the Oval Office. Harris traveled to Iowa to knock on doors ahead of the caucuses, which Obama won. Then-President Obama later endorsed Harris in her bid for U.S. Senate in 2016, a race she won easily.

Obama gave a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention in August, praising Harris as ready for the job of president. ...

MONROEVILLE — U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), the GOP vice presidential nominee, campaigned in Pennsylvania on Saturday, starting the day at an evangelical Christian conference in suburban Pittsburgh before heading to an evening rally in suburban Philadelphia.

Vance appeared at the Monroeville Convention Center for an event billed as a “town hall,” part of self-described prophet Lance Wallnau’s “Courage Tour.” Wallnau is a major part of the religious movement seeking to secure Christian dominion over American society.

Who is Lance Wallnau and why is J.D. Vance joining his ‘Courage Tour’ in Pennsylvania?

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A new campaign ad from Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign features sexual abuse survivor Hadley Duvall, a Kentucky woman who was raped by her stepfather and became pregnant when she was 12 years old.

Duvall says in the 30-second spot, titled “Monster” that at the time she discovered she was pregnant, she “had options” that survivors of rape and incest no longer have after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Kentucky’s current abortion ban has no exceptions for rape or incest.

“I didn’t know what to do. I was a child. I didn’t know what it meant to be pregnant, at all,” Duvall says in the ad. “Donald Trump overturned Roe v. Wade, girls and women all over the country have lost the right to choose, even for rape or incest.” ...