Opinion, Politics
April 30, 2026
YET AGAIN, POLITICAL VIOLENCE is demanding attention. In 2025, an arsonist scaled a fence, slipped past security and set fire to the governor’s residence in Harrisburg while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his ...
Protect President Trump first
Opinion, Politics
April 30, 2026
The recent assassination attempt on President Donald Trump set off a round of soul-searching about the state of American society. There is clearly something deeply wrong in a nation that has seen the ...
And, we’re off
Opinion, Politics
April 29, 2026
In other news ... With great issues of war and peace swirling across the globe, with questions of international law in the air, with the world economy facing fresh challenges, with the plate tectonics...
Politics
By By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer 
April 29, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Supreme Court killed his favorite tariffs in February, President Donald Trump promptly rolled out temporary import taxes to replace them. But those stopgap levies expire in ...
All the dream houses of the Left
Opinion, Politics
April 28, 2026
It is difficult to determine whether the bizarro worldview of the current Democrat-media nexus can simply be attributed to either its generic Trump Derangement Syndrome or the attendant Wile E. Coyote...
Gov. Shapiro tests political muscle in Pa. midterms
Latest News, Main, Politics
April 27, 2026
He’s in a strong position to be reelected, but his influence on other state races could be significant. LOCK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) — Josh Shapiro may be heavily favored to win reelection as Pennsylvania gov...
Opinion, Politics
April 27, 2026
CHICKENS ARE NOT INHERENTLY political, but they can be dragged into politics clucking and crowing. French King Henry IV is believed to be the first to wish “a chicken in every pot” for his people in t...
Ohio GOP primary for governor shows potential headwinds for Ramaswamy
News, Politics, U.S. Politics
By By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press 
April 27, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has a contested Republican primary for governor fast approaching, but there are few signs that the top candidate sees it as a competitive race. Vivek Ramaswamy has parlayed ...
Trump dispatches Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for new talks with Iran
News, Politics
April 25, 2026
ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to meet with Iran’s foreign minister, the White House said Friday, as officials in the South A...
Politics
April 24, 2026
By LINLEY SANDERS AND AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many of the groups that helped elect Donald Trump as president again are deeply unhappy with his performance, according ...
A choice, not an echo
Opinion, Politics
April 24, 2026
Virginia voters decided this week to give state legislators the power to redraw congressional boundaries for next fall’s elections. It’s a big win for Democrats, who could gain as many as four additio...
Trump’s frustration and Iran’s delaying tactics
Opinion, Politics
April 23, 2026
If anyone knows that President Donald Trump, for all his bluster, can mean what he says, it is the Iranians. Trump is the president who took out the powerful Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Quds ...
Opinion, Politics
April 23, 2026
THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF Representatives is giving people reason to be optimistic. The lawmakers gave their approval Tuesday to the 2026-27 budget. The good news? This is the earliest a budget has mo...
Opinion, Politics
Little scams
April 22, 2026
To the Editor: Are we getting closer to the downfall of President Donald Trump? Will it be sooner or later? By recent actions, remarks, unexplainable activities and lack of accountability, Donald Trum...
Impasse in Islamabad
Opinion, Politics
April 22, 2026
Donald Trump, president of the United States, meet Pyrrhus, king of Epirus. The leader of the great military force and industrial powerhouse of 2026 who went to war with mighty bombers, missiles and d...