WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before this week’s trip to China, President Donald Trump was already predicting on social media that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, would “give me a big, fat hug when I ge...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — For 21 years, Steve Fowler and Sam Wilson have performed together in a band on Memphis’ renowned Beale Street. And for the past decade, the men have been neighbors on a quiet, le...

Irecently watched “A Face in the Crowd” for the umpteenth time. I had a better reason than procrastination to rewatch Elia Kazan’s brilliant 1957 film exploring populism in the television age. It was ...

By TOM FONTAINE TribLive U.S. Sen. John Fetterman says he’d make a terrible Republican. Fetterman, a Democrat from Braddock, has drawn the ire of many in his party for breaking with them on issues lik...

The initially released surveillance video of the recent attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump was blurry and incomplete. Posted a short time after the incident, it showed Cole Allen, the accus...

By JEFFREY COLLINS, TRAVIS LOLLER, KIM CHANDLER AND DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An election year redistricting movement has spread to South Carolina as Republicans attempt to ...

To the Editor: I am sorry that the hate the Democrats have for TACO, his cabinet and MAGA is upsetting the Republicans. I am a longtime, proud Democrat and have been for 54 years. I pride myself on ne...

In 1860 and 1948, two election years when racial issues predominated, there were two Democratic parties, each with its own nominee: John C. Breckinridge and Stephen A. Douglas in the 19th century, and...

At least 5 of the 7 state Senate challengers he endorsed were successful. COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — A majority of Republican Indiana state senators whose opponents were endorsed by President Donald Trump ...

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Vice President JD Vance, making his first trip to Iowa since taking office, promoted the administration’s tax and tar...

Same old, same old: Target Trump At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Donald Trump was the target of yet a third assassination attempt—this time in full view of the Washington press co...

When he talks about the role of religion in the founding of the United States, historian Gregg Frazer does not attract eager audiences. “Neither side really wants to hear what I say,” says Frazer, a p...

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Aheavily armed California man was caught trying to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner Saturday with the apparent intent to kill the president. It didn’t take long for Washington to start arg...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of delay, the House voted Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, and send the bipartisan package to...

“I’ve studied assassinations, and I must tell you, the most impactful people, the people that do the most ... they’re the ones that they go after,” President Trump told reporters after the latest atte...

By BEN FINLEY, STEPHEN GROVES, DAVID KLEPPER AND KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Making his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war in Iran, D...

YET AGAIN, POLITICAL VIOLENCE is demanding attention. In 2025, an arsonist scaled a fence, slipped past security and set fire to the governor’s residence in Harrisburg while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his ...

The recent assassination attempt on President Donald Trump set off a round of soul-searching about the state of American society. There is clearly something deeply wrong in a nation that has seen the ...

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