The government shutdown lasted 40 days before Senate Democrats abandoned the filibuster that closed offices, left workers without paychecks, threatened supplemental food benefits for millions, began a...

To the Editor: I have questions for Republican readers of this paper. (I have tried to make them fair questions.) Do you agree that we taxpayers should give Trump $230 million to cover his legal bills...

By PATRICK WHITTLE AND KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — In another world, revelations of problematic social media posts, a tattoo closely resembling a Nazi symbol and a sudden...

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government was due to weigh in Tuesday on a feud between the BBC and U.S. President Donald Trump, who is threatening to sue the broadcaster over the way it edited a speech he m...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end as a small group of Democrats ratified a deal with Republican...

We can draw a few conclusions from an off-year election, when iconic races in blue states went, as expected, overwhelmingly Democratic. Nevertheless, there is only a year left before the midterms. So ...

MEXICO CITY -- I surrender. It’s a simple concept, which also means it carries lots of complications. It’s common to think of surrendering in military terms -- something you do when you’ve lost a war....

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By CONOR HARRISON Associate Professor of Economic Geography, University of South Carolin...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his onetime chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s efforts to overtu...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The White House said Saturday it would be “beautiful” to name the new stadium for Washington’s NFL team after President Donald Trump following an ESPN report that an inter...

DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER a judicial election? In all the time you’ve been a voter — making choices and casting ballots — do you ever recall a campaign for a Pennsylvania judge at any level? Probably not. ...

DETROIT — Here in the Mariners’ Church, planted in the shadow of the Renaissance Center at the corner of Woodbridge Street and Woodward Avenue, the gales of November seem to swirl in the air. The Engl...

People in some U.S. states are able to buy groceries with federally funded SNAP benefits this weekend while those elsewhere are still waiting for November food benefits delayed by a protracted legal b...

BEIRUT (AP) — Two decades ago, Ahmad al-Sharaa was held in a U.S.-run detention center in Iraq after joining al-Qaida militants fighting against American forces there. Few would have predicted that he...

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) — Republican senators are trying to end the government shutdown by preparing a bipartisan package of spending bills that they hope will win new Democratic votes. It is unclear whether ...

Here we go again. Socialism is making a comeback, according to friend and foe alike. A new NBC poll now suggests that a majority of registered voters don’t like capitalism. A Gallup poll in September ...

Thumbs down to avoidable errors. Election Day in Pennsylvania should follow a predictable format. Polls are set up, people show up, results are tallied. That happened Tuesday — but in two counties, it...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a “nonstarter” as ...

The county only included major-party voters in its pollbooks, forcing third-party and unaffiliated voters to use provisional ballots or return later. By CARTER WALKER Votebeat An error that affected t...