Politics
By By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press 
March 23, 2026
With control of Congress on the ballot in November, state attorney general races can get lost in the shuffle. But just outside the election spotlight, there are partisan groups, corporate interests an...
Politics
March 23, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Friday that Congress should “preempt state AI laws” that it views as too burdensome, laying out a broad framework for how it wants Congress to address concerns a...
Opinion, Politics
The greatest president that has ever lived?
March 21, 2026
To the Editor: As a frequent letter writer to the editor, I have become dismayed at the Democrats and their views. They incessantly spew hatred for Donald Trump, hatred for his cabinet members, hatred...
Opinion, Politics
Endless wars
March 20, 2026
To the Editor: The death of American military personnel in a senseless war is just that: senseless. As of this writing, 13 American military personnel have died. Over 100 have been wounded, some no do...
What did you vote for?
Opinion, Politics
March 20, 2026
What did you vote for? That is the critical question facing Americans — more than 77 million of them — who voted for Donald Trump in 2024. For the true believers who wear red hats and belong to MAGA N...
The insane government shutdown
Opinion, Politics
March 19, 2026
On March 1, an immigrant from Senegal, apparently angry over the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, donned a T-shirt that said “Property of Allah,” grabbed a Koran, a pistol and a semi-automatic rifle and h...
The man without a plan
Opinion, Politics
March 18, 2026
When President Donald Trump ordered an armada of naval vessels, fighter planes, bombers and hightech surveillance drones to the Middle East, he thought he had the answer to decades of tension and terr...
Let the sunshine in: Restore transparency to Pennsylvania government
Opinion, Politics
GUEST COLUMN
March 18, 2026
By WILLIAM M. COTTER President and CEO Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association National Sunshine Week, March 15-21, is a time to highlight the importance of open, transparent government and to call attenti...
Our long road to war with Iran
Opinion, Politics
March 17, 2026
Until last year, for some 46 years, Iran enjoyed a North Korea-like reputation in the heart of the Middle East: always unpredictable, reckless, dangerous, inevitably to be nuclear, self-destructive, a...
As Trump pushes deportations, immigration data is becoming harder to find
Politics
By By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press 
March 16, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration likes to promote its immigration enforcement agenda through numbers, with ambitious goals to deport 1 million people, report zero releases at the U.S.-Mexico...
Politics
March 16, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration this week stepped up its ambitious effort to replace about $1.6 trillion in lost tariff revenue that was eliminated by the Supreme Court’s decision to strike...
Son now hides his drug habits in plain sight
Politics
March 14, 2026
DEAR ABBY: My 29-year-old son, “Earl,” has an MBA. He started drinking and doing drugs at the age of 16. Earl is highly intelligent, and he successfully hid his addiction from me. When I realized its ...
Republicans aren’t willing to call the war in Iran what it is
Opinion, Politics
March 14, 2026
Let’s state the obvious: We’re at war with Iran. My evidence? Turn on your TV. U.S. forces, working with Israel, killed the supreme leader of Iran and many of his top aides. We sunk Iran’s navy and de...
Clark among players not a fan of White House tweets
NFL, Politics, Sports
By By RENATTA SIGNORINI TribLive 
March 14, 2026
Some NFL players, including former Pittsburgh Steeler Ryan Clark, aren’t too happy with a new video posted by the White House. The clip juxtaposes college and pro football highlights with footage of a...
Opinion, Politics
March 13, 2026
AS ELECTION REFORMS have become a key issue across the nation, independent voters in Pennsylvania still cannot cast a ballot in primary elections. That’s because Pennsylvania’s election law shuts out ...
It’s gas and groceries again
Opinion, Politics
March 13, 2026
The single biggest reason Donald Trump won the last election boils down to two words: gas and groceries. Joe Biden’s failure to control prices on those key commodities enabled Trump, who has never won...