By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has spent his second term bulldozing elected and appointed officials who resist him or refuse to b...

Meetings in local government this week Here is a look at upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley this week. If there’s an item or other event of public interest, we’ll include that belo...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued a flurry of pardons in recent days, including for the father of a large donor to his super PAC, a former governor of Puerto Rico and a woman whose sente...

He called it an “extreme” position in a post on X. U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is rejecting calls from some fellow Democrats to abolish the federal government’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement follow...

A PYRAMID CAN BE the strongest shape humans know how to build. Load-bearing. Enduring. It also can be a scheme — something that looks solid from the top down but collapses when the base proves hollow....

If the byproduct of a raid on a Washington Post journalist’s home is to deter probing reporting of government action, the Trump administration could hardly have chosen a more compelling target. Hannah...

In Trump World, where alternative facts rule, reality is starting to make comeback. For months, the president has hammered Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, denouncing him as a “numbsku...

Residents across the state, from Allegheny to Lackawanna, have expressed concerns about the onslaught of data centers. By KATE HUANGPU Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — Steve Hacker’s well ran dry in October ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his ad...

CALLS FOR MIKE TOMLIN to step down are not new. They tend to surface the same way every time — after an ugly loss, after a season that ends not with hope but with disappointment. Monday night’s 30-6 w...

On Saturday, Larry Krasner, the elected Democratic district attorney of Philadelphia, posted a photo of himself on social media. It was a black-and-white picture of a stern-looking Krasner in a dark s...

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that NATO should help the U.S. acquire Greenland and anything less than having the island in U.S. hands is unacceptable, hours before Vice ...

By THOMAS BEAUMONT AND JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leaders believe they have a path to winning the majority in November, though it’s one with very little wigg...

PARIS (AP) — France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen denied any wrongdoing as she appeared in court Tuesday to appeal an embezzlement conviction, with her 2027 presidential ambitions hanging on the ou...

IF YOU WANT A MEASURE of where 2026 will take Pennsylvania politically, this past week has been a great yardstick. Gov. Josh Shapiro formally launched his reelection bid with events on opposite ends o...

Has Donald Trump just ripped the mattress tag from international relations? The legend on mattress tags warns that the labels should not be removed “under penalty of law.” That warning has an exceptio...

To the Editor: The community of North Belle Vernon is pausing to honor the memory of Mr. Fred Fundy, a man who served as a cornerstone of the community for decades. Known for his quiet strength, sharp...

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AND JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Justice’s threat to criminally indict Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has set up a tense showdown between ...

“We are basket cases of ingratitude, so many of us.” That’s one of my favorite quotes from William F. Buckley Jr., a founding father of the conservative movement whose wisdom we sure could use right n...

The action is related to testimony regarding building renovations. WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoena...