WASHINGTON (AP) — An upcoming celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, “The Great American State Fair,” recently had several musical guests back out partly over the event’s ties to President Donald...

SINGAPORE (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth assured Pacific allies on Saturday that Washington remained committed to the region, but toned down previous comments calling China a threat. Speak...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The end of California’s chaotic primary season for governor and Los Angeles mayor was approaching as leading candidates rushed to deliver their closing arguments days before ...

By JESSE BEDAYN and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press Graham Platner’s wife called reports that her husband had previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women “shameful” over ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic leaders in a handful of southern states are lobbying for South Carolina to reprise its role as the party’s first-in-thenation state to cast primary ballots in 2028, ar...

There’s an ancient, almost surely apocryphal, story about a dog food company executive convening a big sales meeting. A very short version has the exec running through all of the company’s advantages:...

As the Watergate scandal was unraveling, President Richard Nixon declared, “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.” Nixon was correct: People have a ...

ELECTIONS DETERMINE WHO OCCUPIES an office. Leadership depends on something more fragile: the confidence of colleagues. Holding office and holding leadership are not the same thing. That distinction b...

Paul Rivera, a little- known former Clinton White House aide and senior adviser to the losing 2004 John Kerry presidential campaign, became famous recently as the author of the Democratic National Com...

PLANO, Texas (AP) — As it turned out, it would never be enough. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn tried for more than a year to show Donald Trump and Texas Republicans that he and the president were on the same t...

By KIM CHANDLER AND DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Federal judges on Tuesday blocked Alabama’s plan to use a congressional map that could give Republicans an advantage in a key U.S. House race in the ...

Yes, as many of us have wondered, there actually may be something in the water on the American campaign trail or in the White House. It turns out it is a form of sodium thiopental, known to moviegoers...

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To the Editor: The editorial “Do Wecht, Fetterman, Catena point to changing Democratic party?” (MVI, 5-20-26) might be the worst ever published by your newspaper. As the country gears up for a wholesa...

In 1788, Virginia convened a convention to debate ratification of the new U.S. Constitution, promulgated in Philadelphia the year before. The pardon power proved to be a sticking point for some delega...

By LISA MASCARO AND JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The day arrived when the Senate just said, No. President Donald Trump’s political revenge tour met its potential match this week...

GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO THE threats that are expected. In California, that means building codes anticipate earthquakes. In Florida, emergency management plans for hurricanes. And now, Pennsylvania must...

It was 1959, and I was a senior in high school, hanging out at the Jewish Community Center in my hometown of Bayonne, New Jersey, when I ran into the older brother of a girl I knew. His name was Barne...

IF YOU DON’T VOTE, YOU CAN’T COMPLAIN. We’ve all heard this saying before, but never has it rung so true than for Tuesday’s primary election. Despite beginning the process to elect our statewide leade...

For the first time this term, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has dipped below 40% in the Real-ClearPolitics average of polls. The newest rating is 39.9% approval and 57% disapproval. The...