WHY CAN’T PENNSYLVANIA just have transparent government? Why is it so hard for the people to know who really is paying for the laws, the lawmakers and the influence? For nine years, March on Harrisbur...

NEW YORK (AP) — There was a time when presidential hopefuls played coy about their ambitions, crisscrossing the country under the guise of helping other candidates and deflecting when pushed on their ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in January. Greene, in a ...

Congratulations and a big thank you to the organizers and volunteers who staged last night’s Merry & Bright holiday celebration in Monongahela. As usual, the volunteers and organizers found a way to u...

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a recent Wednesday showered in praise from the vice president and health technology CEOs at a glitzy “Make America Healthy Again” event in Washington, desig...

O urs is a system of “checks and balances.” The president can do this or that, but the courts and Congress can put a stop to it (depending on the circumstances and relevant rules). When the courts rul...

NO ONE LIKES IT WHEN A SCHOOL is closed. It’s disruptive for students and sometimes for entire communities. Yet sometimes, closing a school is unavoidable and, in the long run, can be the right thing ...

If there was an award for courage and honor in politics, it should go to a stalwart band of Republicans in the Indiana state Senate who have resisted enormous pressure from President Trump and rejecte...

To the Editor: As an Elizabeth Forward taxpayer, I feel like I’m watching our community write its own obituary — not for buildings, but for its financial future. In three years, approximately 80–85% o...

SOMETIMES WHEN POLICE officers are accused of misconduct, it can be difficult to break through the wall of support — or at the very least, the wall of silence — that surrounds them. To a degree, that’...

This week, President Trump’s uncanny political instincts resulted in a near-unanimous congressional resolution forcing his administration, against its collective will, to release the Epstein files. Th...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a potentially far-reaching deve...

There’s no doubt Jeffrey Epstein thought he was a very, very smart guy. “He always thought he was the smartest person in the room,” said one associate. Another said Epstein “thought he was smarter tha...

EVERY NOVEMBER, SCHOOLS and communities across the country come together to celebrate American Education Week, which started Monday and continues through Friday. It is a time to honor the people who m...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remar...

By CHRIS MEGERIAN AND THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump doesn’t like someone, he knows how to show it. In just the last few days, he’s described Rep. Marjo...

By DIDI TANG AND BERNARD CONDON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Washington has been warning others not to trust loans from Chinese state banks fueling its rise as a superpower. But a new...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he will sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia despite some concern within the administration that such a sale could lead to China gaining access t...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Monday that he hopes to meet with President Donald Trump to find ways the political polar opposites can work together on the central focus...

THE STATE BUDGET IS PASSED. It’s been signed by the governor. Four months of confusion and belt-tightening is over. But does that mean a handle turns and state funding starts to pour toward all of the...