Countdown to Election Day

Rick Saccone, the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, speaks to supporters and volunteers during a campaign stop at the Blaine Hill volunteer fire department on Monday, March 12, 2018 in Elizabeth Township, Pa. Saccone was joined by Donald Trump Jr. who joined with his father, President Trump, and his sister, Ivanka, to help campaign for Saccone. Saccone is running against Democratic candidate Conor Lamb in a special election to replace Tim Murphy, the Republican congressman who retired in scandal last October.

Rick Saccone speaks to supporters at the VFW Post 4793 during a campaign rally on March 5, 2018 in Waynesburg, Pa.

A sign for Republican nominee for congress Rick Saccone sits outside of the VFW Post 4793 prior to a campaign rally supporting the coal community on March 5, 2018 in Waynesburg, Pa.

Rick Saccone talks with supporters at the VFW Post 4793 after a campaign rally on March 5, 2018 in Waynesburg, Pa.

Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, listens as former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a rally for him at the Carpenters Training Center on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in Collier Township, Pa.

Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, speaks at a rally with union members as former Vice President Joe Biden sits at his side at the Carpenters Training Center on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in Collier Township, Pa.

Olivia Somdecerff, a volunteer with the Conor Lamb campaign, stands backstage as she watches results in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district special election at Conor Lamb's campaign headquarters at Hilton Garden hotel on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 in Southpointe, Pa.

Donald Trump Jr. gets his photo taken with a group of supporters at a campaign rally for Rick Saccone, the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, at the Blaine Hill volunteer fire department on Monday, March 12, 2018 in Elizabeth Township, Pa. Saccone was joined by Donald Trump Jr. who joined with his father, President Trump, and his sister, Ivanka, to help campaign for Saccone.

Johnny Bento, a longtime supporter of unions in Pittsburgh, listens to former Vice President Joe Biden speak at a rally for Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, at the Carpenters Training Center on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in Collier Township, Pa.

Rick Saccone wears a miner's helmet he was gifted as he talks with supporters at the VFW Post 4793 after a campaign rally on March 5, 2018 in Waynesburg, Pa.

Donald Trump Jr. gets a photo taken after speaking at a campaign rally for Rick Saccone, the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, at the Blaine Hill volunteer fire department on Monday, March 12, 2018 in Elizabeth Township, Pa. Saccone was joined by Donald Trump Jr. who joined with his father, President Trump, and his sister, Ivanka, to help campaign for Saccone.

Douglas Ray, 55, of Homewood, Pa., stands near a flag in the back of a rally for Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, at the Carpenters Training Center on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in Collier Township, Pa.

Conor Lamb, the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, walks into his polling location at First Church of Christ social hall on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 in Mt. Lebanon, Pa.

Rick Saccone, Republican candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, holds his cell phone up with a video call from his son, as he is surrounded by media after voting at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 in McKeesport, Pa.

Supporters of Conor Lamb react as results show him pulling ahead in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district special election at Conor Lamb's campaign headquarters at Hilton Garden hotel on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 in Southpointe, Pa.

Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, takes the stage to deliver his acceptance speech at his campaign headquarters at Hilton Garden hotel early Wednesday, March 14, 2018 in Southpointe, Pa.

Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, takes the stage to deliver his acceptance speech at his campaign headquarters at Hilton Garden hotel early Wednesday, March 14, 2018 in Southpointe, Pa.

Conor Lamb's speech rests on the podium after he gave his acceptance speech at his campaign headquarters at Hilton Garden hotel early Wednesday, March 14, 2018 in Southpointe, Pa.

May Day March

People join in a May Day march and demonstration for immigrant and worker rights on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, Pa. The march was supported by Bend the Arc, LCLAA Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse, Pittsburgh United, SEIU Healthcare PA, USW District 10, and USW Local 3657. 

Great-Grandparent Caregiver

Cameron Gorman, 3, searches for a butterknife as his great-grandmother, Patricia Savulchak, 73, tends to his one-year-old sister, Layla, at her house on June 10, 2017 in Esplen, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pa. Savulchak has kinship caregiver status over her great-grandchildren, after their mother died of an opioid overdose in March.

Patricia Savulchak, 73, sits with her great-grandchildren, one-year-old, Layla, and Cameron Gorman, 3, at her house on June 10, 2017 in Esplen, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Cameron Gorman, 3, sits with his one-year-old sister, Layla, at their great-grandmother's house on June 10, 2017 in Esplen, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pa. The two began living with with their great-grandmother, Patricia Savulchak, 73, who has kinship caregiver status, after their mother died of an opioid overdose in March.

Cameron Gorman, 3, holds a snake he found on a vacant lot next to his great-grandmother's house on June 10, 2017.

Read more about Patricia and her raising her great-grandchildren in the Arizona Daily Star. 

Keeping Families Together

Trinity Glenn, 3, stands in her grandmother's living room on June 9, 2017 in Fineview, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Hazel Horne, 56, gets medicine ready for her 3-month-old granddaughter, Da'Nayzhia Tracey, at her home on June 9, 2017 in Fineview, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pa. Horne is raising her two grandchildren and gets support from the Providence Family Support Center.

Trinity Glenn, 3, stands in the doorway of her grandmother's living room.

Hazel Horne, 56, works in her kitchen at her home on June 9, 2017.

To read more about Hazel and her granddaughter, Trinity, visit the Arizona Daily Star. 

Appomattox, Virginia

Meeks Store, constructed in 1852, sits beneath a tree at Appomattox Court House National Park on Monday, March 26, 2018 in Appomattox, Virginia.

Ernest Price, Chief of Education and Visitor Services at Appomattox Court House National Park, stands along a road that runs in front of the McLean House on Monday, March 26, 2018 in Appomattox, Virginia. The McLean House was the site of General Robert E. Lee's surrender to General Ulysses Grant that ended the Civil War.

A painting depticting General Robert E. Lee's surrender to General Ulysses Grant hangs in the parlor of the McLean House where the surrender took place on Monday, March 26, 2018 at Appomattox Court House National Park in Appomattox, Virginia.

March For Our Lives

Kristine Hayes of Greensburg, Pa., holds up a 'March for Our Lives' sign as Martin Palla, 33, of Rostraver Township, Pa., stands with his AR-15 rifle across the street from demonstrators joining in the ‘March for Our Lives' rally at the Westmoreland County Courthouse on Friday, March 23, 2018 in Greensburg, Pa. 

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to join marches across the country on Saturday in response to the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that claimed 17 lives last month. The demonstrators are calling for stricter gun control and an end to gun violence in our schools and communities.  - Justin Merriman / American Reportage

To read more visit the Washington Examiner. 

DuraEdge

Grant McKnight, president and founder of DuraEdge, holds some of the raw mineral from his raw clay production in his hand on Monday, March 19, 2018 in Slippery Rock, Pa. DuraEdge is the country's top producer of baseball dirt. Their mix of clay, sand and silt will be used at many ballparks in Major League Baseball.  Read more about DuraEdge in the Wall Street Journal. 
 

Trump Campaigns for Saccone

Diane Stecik of Elizabeth, Pa., waits in a line prior to President Donald Trump's rally for Rick Saccone, a Republican candidate for Pennsylvania's 18 congressional district, on Saturday evening, March 10, 2018 at Atlantic Aviation in Moon Township, Pa.

President Donald Trump walks on stage at a rally for Rick Saccone, Republican candidate for Pennsylvania's 18 congressional district, on Saturday evening, March 10, 2018 at an Atlantic Aviation hanger in Moon Township, Pa. The President made the visit in a bid to gain support for Saccone in Tuesday's special election. Saccone is running against Democratic candidate Conor Lamb in a special election to replace Tim Murphy, the Republican congressman who retired in scandal last October.

To read more about Trump's visit to Moon Township, Pa., visit the Washington Examiner. 

The Death of Nyia Page

Darlene Scott, 33, weeps as she talks about the loss of her 23-month-old daughter, Nyia, at her home on Feb. 25, 2018, in Duquesne, Pa. Nyia's body was found frozen to the ground in an abandoned playground in Rankin on Feb. 4, 2007, a day after her parents reported her missing. Police found her footprints in the snow near where they found her body. Her father, William Page, was found guilty of sexually assaulting her and leaving her to die. He was sentenced to life in prison. Nyia's death is still felt throughout the communities of Rankin and Braddock.

Rankin Police Chief Ryan Wooten points to Nyia Page's footprints that are cast in the concrete of a memorial to her as he visits the memorial with Elizabeth Matthews on Jan. 25, 2018 in Rankin. Matthews takes care of the memorial site where Nyia's 23-month-old body was found on Feb. 4, 2007.

A memorial for Nyia Page is dusted with freshly fallen snow on Jan. 25, 2018, in Rankin, Pa.

Elizabeth Matthews of Rankin walks down the steps from a memorial to Nyia Page on Jan. 25, 2018 in Rankin. Matthews believes Nyia's spirit is still at the site.

Braddock Mayor John Fetterman shows tattoos on his arm for every homicide in Braddock including Nyia's death on Feb. 3, 2007. He considers her murder the worst day of his time in office as mayor.

Rankin Police Chief Ryan Wooten sits in his office with a family album of photographs of Nyia Page on Jan. 25, 2018 in Rankin.

Nyia Page's headstone sits in a dusting of snow and surrounded by fake flowers in Fairview Cemetery on Feb. 25, 2018, in McKeesport, Pa.

Darlene Scott, 33, weeps as she talks about the loss of her 23-month-old daughter, Nyia, at her home on Feb. 25, 2018, in Duquesne, Pa. 

Nyia's body was found frozen to the ground in an abandoned playground in Rankin on Feb. 4, 2007, a day after her parents reported her missing. Police found her footprints in the snow near where they found her body. Her father, William Page, was found guilty of sexually assaulting her and leaving her to die. He was sentenced to life in prison. Nyia's death is still felt throughout the communities of Rankin and Braddock. To read more about Nyia's story visit the Post-Gazette.

Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District Race

Congressman Michael Doyle, left, hoists Conor Lamb's arm after Lamb won the Democratic committee members nomination for Pennsylvania's 18th District on November 19, 2017 at Washington High School in Washington, Pa. Lamb, a 33-year-old Marine veteran and assistant U.S. attorney, will run against against Rick Saccone to replace Tim Murphy, who resigned in disgrace over a sex scandal. Saccone, 60, a Republican state lawmaker is a veteran of the U.S. Navy.

Conor Lamb watches on as votes are tallied at the Democratic committee members convention to name a candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th District on November 19, 2017 at Washington High School in Washington, Pa.

Conor Lamb speaks to Democratic committee members at the party's convention to name a candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th District on November 19, 2017 at Washington High School in Washington, Pa.

Rick Saccone, a Republican state lawmaker running for a US House seat in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District is photographed in his office on February 8, 2018 in Canonsburg, Pa.

A map for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District hangs in Rick Saccone's campaign office on February 8, 2018 in Canonsburg, Pa.

Rick Saccone, a Republican state lawmaker running for a US House seat in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District puts together campaign signs in his office on February 8, 2018 in Canonsburg, Pa.

Conor Lamb is greeted by a supporter after winning the Democratic committee members nomination for Pennsylvania's18th District on November 19, 2017 at Washington High School in Washington, Pa.

Supporters of Conor Lamb listen as he speaks to Democratic committee members at the party's convention to name a candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th District on November 19, 2017 at Washington High School in Washington, Pa.

Conor Lamb talks with supporters after winning the Democratic committee members nomination for Pennsylvania's 18th District on November 19, 2017 at Washington High School in Washington, Pa.

Conor Lamb speaks with veterans at a campaign event at the American Legion Post 902 on Saturday, January 13, 2017 in Houston, Pa.

Rick Saccone, a Republican state lawmaker running for a US House seat in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, (third from right), gets a tour of Rosedale Technical College on Monday, February 12, 2018 in Kennedy Township, Pa.

A Conor Lamb supporter has a 'Conor Lamb for Congress' sticker on her sign as she joins in The Women's March on Washington - Pittsburgh "Power to the Polls" in Market Square on Sunday afternoon, January 21, 2017 in downtown Pittsburgh. Thousands came to Pittsburgh to join women's marches across the country this weekend.

Conor Lamb supporter Fred Bender, center, 70, of Peters Township, holds a sign saying, "Vote Bloodsucking Republicans Out," as he joins in The Women's March on Washington - Pittsburgh "Power to the Polls" in Market Square on Sunday afternoon, January 21, 2017 in downtown Pittsburgh. Thousands came to Pittsburgh to join women's marches across the country this weekend.

Tim Solobay, 61, of Canonsburg watches on as Conor Lamb, left, talks with supporters during a campaign event at the American Legion Post 902 on Saturday, January 13, 2017 in Houston, Pa. Solobay, a Democrat, was a former Pennsylvania State Representative as well as State Senator.

Rick Saccone, a Republican state lawmaker running for a US House seat in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, and his wife, Yong, are seen through a window of Rosedale Technical College, as they tour the facility on Monday, February 12, 2018 in Kennedy Township, Pa.

Republican nominee for congress Rick Saccone and his wife, Yong, talk with guests prior to the arrival of President Donald Trump for an official visit at H&K Equipment, a rental and sales company for specialized material handling solutions in North Fayette Township, Pennsylvania, on January 18, 2018. Trump visited the facility to talk about the Republican tax reform policy that was passed in late December and endorsed Saccone in his race against Democratic nominee Conor Lamb.

President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump speaks to an invited crowd of several hundred supporters during an official visit at H&K Equipment, a rental and sales company for specialized material handling solutions in North Fayette, Pennsylvania, on January 18, 2018. Trump visited the facility to talk about the Republican tax reform policy that was passed in late December and to endorse Republican nominee for the 18th Congressional District race, Rick Saccone. 

Saccone is running against Democratic nominee Conor Lamb in the special election in the 18th Congressional District to replace Tim Murphy, who resigned in disgrace over a sex scandal. Read more about the President's visit at the Washington Examiner. 

Ivanka Trump

Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump joins with Administrator of the Small Business Administration Linda McMahon as they meet with small business owners in a roundtable discussion on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at Potomac Mineral Group in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. Read more about Ivanka's visit at the Washington Examiner.