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One of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ recent midseason acquisitions is making a name for himself already, as NFL writer Kristopher Knox urged head coach Mike Tomlin and general manager Omar Khan to lock up safety Kyle Dugger long-term.“The Steelers can and should offer a long-term deal to 29-year-old safety Kyle Dugger,” Knox wrote with Bleacher Report.Reasoning: “Pittsburgh acquired Dugger from New England in exchange for a late-round pick swap, and it has already seen impactful results. Dugger has started all four games in which he’s appeared and has recorded 18 tackles, three passes defended and a pick-six while allowing an opposing passer rating of only 53.1 in coverage.”Dugger wouldn’t necessarily break the bank, so this could be a low-cost move that helps shore up the back end over the next few seasons.Kyle Dugger Immediately Unseated Multiple Steelers Safeties After Coming Over via TradeDugger was one of the Steelers’ trade acquisitions before the 2025 deadline, and he ended up coming to Pittsburgh and stealing a starting role.DeShon Elliott suffered a long-term injury around the same time of the trade, and star cornerback Jalen Ramsey was also moved to free safety. Once seeing Dugger fit into the scheme, the Steelers promptly released Juan Thornhill and benched Chuck Clark, switching things up in a big way.And that was all because of the emergence of Dugger.A former second-round selection of Bill Belichick’s in 2020, Dugger started 70 total games for the New England Patriots over a five-year period.Then, unfortunately for the veteran safety, new head coach Mike Vrabel came in and went a different direction at the position. After falling out of favor in New England, the Steelers quickly pounced, giving up the bare minimum to acquire Dugger.So far, that’s proven to be a wise move by Khan and Tomlin.Should the Steelers Push to Re-Sign Aaron Rodgers?Before talking about Dugger, Knox made it clear that he feels Pittsburgh should also consider attempting to re-sign Aaron Rodgers.“Quarterback Aaron Rodgers will probably be the Pittsburgh Steelers’ most important free agent next offseason,” the analyst noted. Adding: “However, there’s no guarantee that the soon-to-be 42-year-old wants to play beyond this season, so any thoughts of an early extension are probably moot.”It’s true. If the Steelers want to bring back Rodgers, they’ll probably have to play his waiting game once again.That means potentially having no starting quarterback on the roster throughout the bulk of NFL free agency and the draft. It’d be another risky QB move, and a lot for Rodgers to ask out of the organization after forcing them to wait in 2025.On the bright side, the Steelers do have both Mason Rudolph and Will Howard under contract in 2026 — let’s say they want to roll the dice on Rodgers playing again.If he made a decision before the draft, that’d also be helpful, considering Pittsburgh has several picks to work with next April.Unfortunately, there’s no telling what Rodgers will do until he makes that decision himself. And he probably won’t reveal it until late spring or early summer, judging by his recent track record.In this sort of scenario, the Steelers would be better off telling Rodgers that he must operate on a quicker timeline this offseason, or they’ll explore new QB options. This is an important spring for Pittsburgh, and Khan and Tomlin have to know where they stand at quarterback early on. Like Heavy Sports's content? Be sure to follow us. This article was originally published on Heavy SportsThe post Steelers Called Upon to Extend ‘Impactful’ New Addition appeared first on Heavy Sports.

By Zachary Cohen, Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is blaming the Biden administration for this week’s shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, DC, in part by insisting that the suspect, a 29-year-old Afghan, was among millions of foreigners Biden allowed into the US without proper vetting. Details about the alleged shooter’s background, including his previous work for the CIA in Afghanistan, and conversations with sources familiar with the vetting process, paint a far more complicated picture. While investigators have yet to establish a clear motive for the shooting, the incident is likely to rekindle concerns over the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the haste with which thousands of evacuees were brought to the US. Trump officials have suggested a breakdown in vetting is likely tied to the attack, while the president is already using it as a reason to further his crack down on immigrants in the US, including reevaluating the green card status of foreign nationals from a variety of countries. In a video address from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida late Wednesday, Trump argued the attack carried out by a lone gunman “underscores the single greatest national security threat facing our nation.” “We must take all necessary measures to ensure the removal of any alien from any country who does not belong here or add benefit to our country,” Trump said. The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was among more than 190,000 Afghans admitted into the US following its withdrawal from Afghanistan, under programs designed to resettle those who helped the US during its 20-year war in the country. Over the course of more than a decade, sources told CNN, Lakanwal underwent numerous rounds of vetting — starting around 2011 by the CIA when he began working with the US military and intelligence agencies — and ending earlier this year when he was approved for permanent asylum in the US by the Trump administration. In 2021, Lakanwal was part of a prioritized group evacuated from Kabul after the Afghan capital fell to the Taliban. Due to his work for the US, including serving in an elite Afghan counterterrorism unit, Lakahwal was considered to be at risk of retribution once the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Once evacuated, Lakanwal went through what sources told CNN were multiple layers of vetting by multiple US government agencies — first in a Middle Eastern country, according to one source familiar with the matter — and then regularly over the past few years while he was residing in the US. In April, Lakanwal, who lived in Washington state, was granted permanent asylum by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. In June, the Justice Department released the results of an audit into the FBI’s role in facilitating screening Afghans brought to the US after the 2021 withdrawal. The audit, conducted by the department’s Inspector General, found no systemic breakdowns in the multi-layered process, involving various federal agencies, that was established at the time to screen and vet Afghan evacuees. The report does acknowledge, however, that “the normal processes required to determine whether individuals posed a threat to national security and public safety were overtaken by the need to immediately evacuate and protect the lives of Afghans, increasing the potential that bad actors could try to exploit the expedited evacuation.” Concerns about the thoroughness of vetting for people admitted into the US after the Afghanistan withdrawal have caused angst in US security agencies for years. In 2023 and 2024, intelligence obtained from allies prompted the FBI to raise concerns about the thoroughness of vetting for Afghan and Central Asian asylum seekers, current and former US officials said. Rampant use of fraudulent identification documents and the use of fixers with ties to terrorist groups were a primary concern. The FBI sent agents to investigate the…

Philippe Hamy, chef d’entreprise, 1er adjoint depuis 2020, a officiellement lancé sa campagne le week-end passé pour succéder à Claude Villard qui a jeté l’éponge pour raison de santé. Le candidat met en avant sa volonté de rester dans la continuité de la dynamique lancée par l’équipe actuelle.

Le projet d’aménagement du Grand Plantier se poursuit. Ce lundi 24 novembre, le conseil municipal a voté pour l’acquisition de deux parcelles qui permettront de créer un nouveau groupe scolaire et d’aménager un nouvel espace vert.

En toute fin de conseil municipal, l’adjointe aux finances Estelle Lapierre a pris la parole pour faire part de ses craintes concernant le budget actuel de la commune.