Partial shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand ICE changes
Politics, World Briefly
January 29, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a partial government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats laid out a list of demands Wednesday for the Department of Homeland Security, including an enforceable code of conduct fo...
Does America have the resolve to deport illegal border crossers?
Opinion, Politics
January 29, 2026
The United States experienced a mass incursion of illegal border crossers in the years 2021 to 2025. Estimates vary, but in that period at least 9 million people entered the U.S. illegally. Rather tha...
Opinion, Politics
By By JAMES ENGEL TribLive 
January 29, 2026
President Donald Trump threw his support behind Republican Stacy Garrity on Tuesday night as she aims to unseat Gov. Josh Shapiro as Pennsylvania governor. In an evening Truth Social post, Trump calle...
Opinion, Politics
January 29, 2026
U.S. SEN. DAVID MCCORMICK is among Republicans calling for a full accounting in the Minneapolis death of Alex Pretti, 37, a Veterans Administration intensive care nurse who was shot during an encounte...
Homeland Security Secretary Noem faces rising calls for her firing or impeachment
Politics
By By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent 
January 29, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — A groundswell of voices have come to the same conclusion: Kristi Noem must go. From Democratic Party leaders to the nation’s leading advocacy organizations to even the most centrist ...
Trump warns Iraq against returning former PM to power amid worries about Iran influence
Politics
By By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press 
January 29, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Iraq on Tuesday that the U.S. would no longer support the country if its former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, returns to power. Trump made the threat...
Let the states try it
Opinion, Politics
January 28, 2026
JUPITER, Fla. — Almost a century ago, in a famous Supreme Court dissent, Justice Louis Brandeis provided an enduring definition of the role of states in the American political system. They were, in a ...
Shapiro calls for end to immigration crackdown, Noem to be fired
Politics
By By TOM FONTAINE TribLive 
January 28, 2026
The governor made the comments during an interview Tuesday on “CBS Mornings.” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Tuesday during an appearance on “CBS Mornings” that he thinks the immigration crackdow...
Politics
By By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press 
January 28, 2026
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heading to China, seeking a thaw in relations with Beijing at a time of strained ties with the United States. He’s hoping for an economic boost to Bri...
Politics
By By STEPHANIE A. (SAM) MARTIN Boise State University 
January 28, 2026
The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. In Minneapolis, two recent fatal encounters with federal immigration agents have produce...
Trump reshuffles leadership of his immigration crackdown
Politics
January 27, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, according a person familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration reshuffles leadership of...
Mourning in America
Opinion, Politics
January 27, 2026
Editor’s note: While columnist Victor Davis Hanson is on leave, we will be substituting his weekly column with syndicated American Voices columnist Robert B. Reich. Today we mourn the death-by-executi...
Politics
By By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press 
January 26, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics in Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapol...
Opinion, Politics
January 26, 2026
“DID YOU SEE ON ‘THE PITT’…?” It’s becoming a regular refrain after the HBO Max medical series airs Thursdays. Each episode, set in a fictional Pittsburgh hospital, becomes a scavenger hunt of familia...
Politics
January 26, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress and a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement, has filed paperwork to end her campaign for reelectio...
Vance touts administration’s record at March for Life
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By By MEG KINNARD Associated Press 
January 24, 2026
Vice President JD Vance on Friday encouraged anti-abortion activists to “take heart in how far we’ve come” on the quest to limit the practice, listing the Trump administration’s accomplishments includ...
Politics
By By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press 
January 24, 2026
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump took center stage in his whirlwind visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, overshadowing the yearly gabfest among national leaders, ...
Trump’s globalist era is going to make everyone poorer
Politics
January 24, 2026
I’m not sure what to call the new era we seem to be entering. But I am sure it will make people poorer. Let’s start with some basics. Imagine you inherit a thriving department store chain. Rather than...
Around The Valley, Politics
January 24, 2026
Meetings in local government next week Here’s a look at the upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley. If there’s an item or other event of public interest, we’ll include that below the l...