Politics
By By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent 
September 28, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda, with investigations of President Donald Trump, his family and his administration if the party sweeps control of the chamber fro...
Politics
September 28, 2026
MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — President Donald Trump returned to the Presidents Cup as honorary chairman for the second time, getting a loud cheer and keeping his remarks brief. “These people want to see golf,...
Politics
By By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press 
September 28, 2026
Work requirements for some Medicaid beneficiaries begin across the U.S. in January, the result of President Donald Trump’s big 2025 tax cut and policy law, and a handful of Republican-led states are i...
Around The Valley, Politics
September 26, 2026
Meetings in local government next week Every week, the Mon Valley Independent editorial staff will share upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley. If there’s an item or other event of pu...
Politics
By By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent 
September 26, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite rising political anxiety over the Iran war, senators on Thursday narrowly rejected a war powers resolution seeking to halt President Donald Trump ‘s military action, which ha...
How Trump betrays Hispanics
Opinion, Politics
September 25, 2026
The flight of Hispanic voters from the Republican Party is one of the most important trends this political season, and a few numbers explain why. In the latest New York Times poll, only 7% of Hispanic...
Politics
September 24, 2026
By JILL COLVIN AND AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are growing increasingly grim about their chances in November, with aligned groups pumping money into reliably red state...
Trump, good economic news and the midterms elections
Opinion, Politics
September 24, 2026
Did you know that recently released Census Bureau statistics show the poverty rate in the United States fell to a record low in 2025? That’s an extraordinary development, but it has so far not attract...
A posthumous critique for liberals
Opinion, Politics
September 23, 2026
Barney Frank, the irascible but indispensable liberal lawmaker from Massachusetts who died this spring, was never known as a man of few words. Yet the opening of his book, issued posthumously just the...
Opinion, Politics
September 23, 2026
TWICE DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S first term, his administration tried to prevent a journalist whose work it did not like from reporting at the White House. Twice, judges rejected the moves as unconstitu...
Make that two constitutional rights
Politics
When presidents ban journalists from the White House, the First Amendment is not the only constitutional right at stake
Due process is key
September 23, 2026
The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By WAYNE UNGER Associate Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University The president is going ...
The fantasy house of Mark Carney
Opinion, Politics
September 22, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney now believes he is more than just the Western foil to President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement—he is the global one. Accordingly, he seems determined to demonst...
Opinion, Politics
September 22, 2026
Good news from McKeesport! The feckless administrations of former state Sen. Jimmy Brewster and former Mayor Mike Cherepko have been replaced by new Mayor Tom Maglicco. It is a great improvement. Magl...
Politics
By By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press 
September 22, 2026
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands is preparing for the United States to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court in the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s attacks ...
Politics
By By JOSH BOAK Associated Press 
September 21, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump first ran for office, he called out China as a menace to the U.S. economy, saying it had gutted America’s factories and eroded the middle class. That toug...
Politics
September 21, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Reporters from three major news organizations — CNN, MS NOW and Politico — were denied access to the White House on Saturday, a day after President Donald Trump said he was barring the...