Opinion, Politics
March 13, 2026
To the Editor: Whatever happened to cocaine in the White House (the most protected home on earth)? Joe Biden was president and his drug-addicted son, Hunter, was in residence. Cameras were and still a...
Deconstructing the latest Epstein mania
Opinion, Politics
March 12, 2026
Recently, the usual suspects became very excited by what they viewed as an explosive revelation in the Jeffrey Epstein case. The Justice Department, they alleged, had suppressed an account of a woman ...
Politics
By By STEVEN SLOAN Associated Press 
March 12, 2026
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted he had the answer for Republicans anxious about losing their congressional majority this year: build on an already strict national voter identificati...
What Americans think about the war in Iran, according to recent polls
Politics
By By LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press 
March 12, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began, with most polls showing opposition is higher than supp...
Total war emerges from the fog
Opinion, Politics
March 11, 2026
is the moment This when total war meets the fog of war. Not in tiny steps but in one great leap, the United States has triggered, and itself soon will experience, a frightful period of total war that ...
Opinion, Politics
March 11, 2026
To the Editor: On Jan. 20, meinfuhrer Trump and his fascist cabinet and corrupt appointees took control of our government. They immediately, upon taking power, spit on our constitution and bill of rig...
Opinion, Politics
March 10, 2026
WHEN WE WATCH WAR unfold on television, there is fear and uncertainty. But there also can be the detachment of distance. It is not a comfort, but it can be insulating to know what is happening is so f...
Opinion, Politics
March 10, 2026
To the Editor: It was a very shameful display the way the Democrats behaved at the recent State of the Union address. From those elected who chose not to be there, to holding up a protest sign, to not...
Trump’s way of war
Opinion, Politics
March 10, 2026
War is the use of arms to settle differences— tribal, political, religious, cultural, and material—between organized groups. It is unchanging. The general laws of armed conflict stays immutable, given...
Politics
By By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press 
March 7, 2026
James Talarico rode viral video fame to the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Texas. Now Republicans want to turn years of candid on-camera musings against him. Conservatives are digging throug...
Around The Valley, Latest News, Politics
March 7, 2026
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...
Trump needs to get ready for the blowback
Opinion, Politics
March 7, 2026
It is a special kind of folly to make longterm predictions amid the fog of war. Nobody knows how Operation Epic Fury will end. But there are already a few things we can celebrate and condemn. On the c...
Politics, World News
March 6, 2026
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he should be involved in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader as the U.S. and Israel hammered the country for a sixth day. I...
Politics, World Briefly
More than 20 states sue over new global tariffs
March 6, 2026
WORLD BRIEFLY WASHINGTON (AP) The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution Thursday to halt President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran, an early sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly wideni...