Opinion, Politics
February 2, 2026
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched tear gas at a crowd of demonstrators — including you...
Opinion, Politics
By By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent 
February 2, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday it will be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote, all but ensuring the partial federal shutdown will drag into the...
Latest News, Main, Politics
January 31, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Friday to fund most of the government through the end of September after President Donald Trump made a deal with Democrats to carve out Homeland Security funding and...
Around The Valley, Politics
January 31, 2026
Meetings in local government next week Here’s a look at the upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley. If there’s an item or other event of public interest, we’ll include that below the l...
Facts about Alex Pretti’s death are undeniable. The WH is denying them anyway
Opinion, Politics
January 31, 2026
The killing of Alex Pretti was unjust and unjustified. While protesting — aka “observing” or “interfering with” — deportation operations, the VA hospital ICU nurse came to the aid of two protesters, o...
Opinion, Politics
January 31, 2026
The editorial department of the Mon Valley Independent encourages letters to the editor. Letters must be no more than 500 words, must be in good taste and must include the author’s name, town of resid...
Allegheny County GOP Chairman Jason Richey to run for lieutenant governor
Extra, Politics
By By TOM FONTAINE TribLive 
January 31, 2026
A Sewickley attorney who serves as Allegheny County’s GOP chairman said Thursday that he is running for lieutenant governor with the endorsement of the presumptive Republican nominee for the state’s h...
Opinion, Politics
January 30, 2026
A RECORD 45% OF AMERICAN adults now identify as political independents, according to new Gallup polling — up from 33% in 1990. That’s a big change. As the ranks of the politically homeless grow, the s...
Hail to the truth-tellers
Opinion, Politics
January 30, 2026
After two American citizens were gunned down by ICE agents in Minneapolis, Sen. Bill Cassidy, a conservative Republican from Louisiana, called for a “a full joint federal and state investigation” and ...
Spending deal reached to avert government shutdown
Politics, World Briefly
January 30, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and White House struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday as they consider new restrictions ...
Politics, World Briefly
January 30, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Trump administration could reduce the number of immigration enforcement of- ficers in Minnesota, but only if state and local officials co operate, the president’s border czar sa...
Partial shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand ICE changes
Politics, World Briefly
January 29, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a partial government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats laid out a list of demands Wednesday for the Department of Homeland Security, including an enforceable code of conduct fo...
Does America have the resolve to deport illegal border crossers?
Opinion, Politics
January 29, 2026
The United States experienced a mass incursion of illegal border crossers in the years 2021 to 2025. Estimates vary, but in that period at least 9 million people entered the U.S. illegally. Rather tha...
Opinion, Politics
By By JAMES ENGEL TribLive 
January 29, 2026
President Donald Trump threw his support behind Republican Stacy Garrity on Tuesday night as she aims to unseat Gov. Josh Shapiro as Pennsylvania governor. In an evening Truth Social post, Trump calle...
Opinion, Politics
January 29, 2026
U.S. SEN. DAVID MCCORMICK is among Republicans calling for a full accounting in the Minneapolis death of Alex Pretti, 37, a Veterans Administration intensive care nurse who was shot during an encounte...
Homeland Security Secretary Noem faces rising calls for her firing or impeachment
Politics
By By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent 
January 29, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — A groundswell of voices have come to the same conclusion: Kristi Noem must go. From Democratic Party leaders to the nation’s leading advocacy organizations to even the most centrist ...
Trump warns Iraq against returning former PM to power amid worries about Iran influence
Politics
By By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press 
January 29, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Iraq on Tuesday that the U.S. would no longer support the country if its former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, returns to power. Trump made the threat...