Politics
May 21, 2026
By STEVEN SLOAN AND JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The YOLO caucus is in session. In a Republican-led Congress defined by deference to President Donald Trump, there’s a small but ...
Bartolotta tops Buchtan in Senate GOP primary
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Primary Election 2026
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
May 20, 2026
The incumbent won on the strength of an impressive showing in Washington County. Republican voters in Pennsylvania’s 46th Senatorial District handed incumbent Sen. Camera Bartolotta another primary vi...
Shapiro-Garrity contest set for fall
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Primary Election 2026
May 20, 2026
Austin Davis will battle Jason Richey in the race for lieutenant governor. By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and Republican Stacy Garrity cruised to victory Tuesday in...
Humble ousts Cook in 50th District race
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Primary Election 2026
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
May 20, 2026
Cook wasn’t ready to admit defeat late Tuesday night. Waynesburg Council President Ben Humble defeated incumbent state Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Township, in Tuesday’s Republican primary in the 50th ...
Altemara wins Democratic nod in 39th District
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Primary Election 2026
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
May 20, 2026
He’ll challenge state Rep. Andrew Kuzma in the general election. Dylan Altemara won the Democratic House nomination in the 39th District on Tuesday and will face state Rep. Andrew Kuzma this fall. Alt...
Politics
May 20, 2026
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER AND ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday defended the Trump administration’s plans to create a $1.776 billion fund tha...
Opinion, Politics
May 20, 2026
IN 2025, AS PENNSYLVANIA’S most contentious judicial retention campaign ever burned across the state, Pittsburgh native David N. Wecht was one of three Supreme Court justices fighting to remain on the...
Politics
Self-censorship, more stress, tougher recruiting – how the Trump admin.’s science policies have affected researchers
How are they reacting?
By By ERIC WELCH Arizona State University 
May 20, 2026
The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. AND TIMOTHY P. JOHNSON University of Illinois Chicago The American academic research eng...
Why the Pa. primary election matters
Opinion, Politics
May 19, 2026
TODAY, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS across Pennsylvania will decide which candidates from their respective parties will go on to run in the November general election. On the ballot are the governor and l...
Opinion, Politics
Deranged actions
May 16, 2026
To the Editor: As a nation, we cannot continue to function successfully unless certain measures are taken. Donald Trump and his unqualified cohorts are “chipping away” with their endless antics, decei...
A bomber, not a builder
Opinion, Politics
May 15, 2026
Donald Trump has defaced democracy in many ways: attacking journalists who question him, politicians who resist him, judges who defy him. He even pressures media companies to fire comedians who mock h...
Politics
By By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press 
May 14, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday again blocked Democratic legislation that would halt President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, but the number of GOP senators voting against the war gre...
A Democratic fantasy world
Opinion, Politics
May 14, 2026
Anew poll suggests that a sizable number of Democrats — more than 40% in some cases — believe the attempts on President Donald Trump’s life were fake. The poll, which surveyed 1,000 Americans over the...
Politics
May 13, 2026
By BEN FINLEY, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN AND BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress on Tuesda...
Barney Frank’s deafening whisper
Opinion, Politics
May 13, 2026
BOSTON — As he lies dying, the man who once snarled from the floor of the House of Representatives — whose rhetorical rockets’ red blare mercilessly exposed the logistical flaws in the arguments of hi...
2 Democrats battle to challenge Kuzma
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
May 12, 2026
Dylan Altemara and Kellianne Frketic are seeking the nomination in the 39th District. Two Elizabeth Township residents will square off again in the May 19 primary election — this time for the Democrat...
Politics
By By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press 
May 12, 2026
The remaking of the U.S. political map accelerated this week in courts and legislatures, all of it in this round expected to boost Republicans in their attempt to keep control of Congress in November’...
The Democratic Party is dead, long live the Jacobins!
Opinion, Politics
May 12, 2026
For the past century, the agendas of the Democratic Party were predictable. They professed concern for working Americans and supported blue-collar unions. Unemployment insurance, a 40-hour work week, ...