By BRIAN SLODYSKO AND BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a “p...

THE DRAMA IN THE Westmoreland County Register of Wills office continues. It started with judges ordering Register of Wills Sherry Magretti Hamilton to comply with certain timelines. She didn’t. There ...

Now that it looks like Trump is seriously going to be the Republican nominee for president, who should his vice president be? If he’s headed for a catastrophic, 1964-style defeat, then he should defin...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As president, Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on foreign steel, which hurt Clips & Clamps Industries, a Michigan auto supplier — raising its materials prices, making it harder to c...

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI AND LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the hours after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Ohio’s then-Republican senator, Rob Portman, voted to accept...

In recent days, it has become clear that the Trump trial, in which Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg seeks to imprison former President Donald Trump for a maximum of 136 years over allegedly fal...

IN THE MON VALLEY and all across America, teams of dedicated professionals stand ready to render medical assistance in emergencies. For some this is their career. For many others, it is a volunteer un...

President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, piled up more delegates Tuesday as both presumptive nominees won primaries in Kentucky and Oregon. The symbolic decisions provide a few more...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma was disqualified Monday from running for a seat in Parliament in a national election next week because of a previous criminal c...

By SIMINA MISTREANU AND CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te, said in his inauguration speech Monday that he wants peace with China and urged ...

“We don’t just need leaders, we need followers.” A friend who’s worked in Washington politics for decades was thinking aloud about a commencement speech she was scheduled to give at her law school alm...

To the Editor: In the past, judges were always expected to set aside personal views and rely on the interpretation of the law and remain fair and balanced even if they did not agree with the law. Curr...

IT’S A CELEBRATORY TIME as Valley seniors will begin graduating from area high schools, many of them adorned with honor cords and a select few distinguished as valedictorians and salutatorians. While ...

President Joe Biden polls at or below 40 percent approval. Historically, such unpopularity has made it almost impossible for a president to be reelected. Biden is not so much an octogenarian as an unh...

NEW YORK (AP) — Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the coming days, putting the landmark case on track for jury deliberations that will determine whether it ends i...

Alice Stewart joined the network before the 2016 election and made an appearance Friday on Wolf Blitzer’s show. Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a...

Abatch of new polls from the New York Times, Siena College and the Philadelphia Inquirer has very bad news for President Biden: He’s losing. Among registered voters, he’s significantly behind in five ...

TODAY IS ARMED FORCES DAY — a day set aside to honor all branches of the military and their goal of readiness for any eventuality. It is celebrated the third Saturday each May. Secretary of Defense Lo...

To the Editor: I find the article entitled, “Kuzma pays $3K over ethics complaint” confusing at best and disingenuous in the least. As someone who recently ran as a candidate for commissioner, I can t...

Am I the only person in America who finds it impossible to support either side in the appalling slaughter in Gaza? Not that my personal opinion counts for anything. Does anybody’s? I see people marchi...