WASHINGTON (AP) — During his first address to a Republican convention in 2016, Donald Trump had an audacious message to a nation yearning for change: “I alone can fix it.” A decade later and nearing t...

Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters says the GOP midterm election “convention” will be a “Trumpapalooza.” It’d be better if everyone called it that. American political conventions are o...

Anew analysis in the Wall Street Journal offers striking evidence that, for all his problems, President Donald Trump has delivered economic benefits to the voters whose support was the foundation of h...

To the Editor: A recent letter writer remarked that our excursion in Iran would take four to six weeks and that we were now past the six-month point. The writer lamented that Mr. Trump has no idea how...

It seems like only yesterday. Tragedies sometimes have that effect. The good times — the triumphs, the moments of joy — aren’t forgotten, but are remembered in a smudge of memory. The great sadnesses ...

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST AND GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court to allow new restrictions on mail ballots in time fo...

it was a war for oil So, after all. On social media Friday, President Trump announced that the United States and Venezuela have struck an agreement for “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY.” The who...

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) — Vice President JD Vance on Thursday rejected the use of the word “war” to describe the U.S. fighting with Iran as he steered clear of predicting that the 6-monthold conflict would be...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House website on Thursday unveiled Arcade, a collection of five low-resolution video games that promote different aspects of President Donald Trump’s agenda. “Build the Wal...

Scott Thomsen is a fourth-generation Nebraska farmer and loyal Republican who supported Donald Trump in all three of his presidential campaigns. But his enthusiasm for the president and his party is f...

Over the last year or so, President Donald Trump has sometimes pointed to Vice President JD Vance as his preference for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination. Sometimes he has spoken favorably o...

To the Editor: A recent Letter to the Editor asked readers to consider the lies that our current president purportedly tells routinely. While I won’t argue whether there have been some “lies” put fort...

The progressive incumbent and the GOP challenger spar over the economy, immigration and “extreme” politics. By JUSTIN VELLUCCI TribLive Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Summer Lee faces a rematch with R...

AMERICA’S NATIONAL DEBT climbed above $40 trillion for the first time on Aug. 20, an obligation that is impossible to pay off and one that should be dominating the political conversation this season. ...

A CALGARY wildfire is sweeping the western Canadian province of Alberta. It’s not the one you are thinking of. And a Canadian province is considering leaving the country. It also isn’t the one you are...

To the Editor: What would happen if your Social Security check were reduced or disappeared? What if you can never collect the money you paid throughout your lifetime at work? What would you do if Medi...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By MICHAEL HELBING Adjunct Professor of Law, Penn State Governors across the country are...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has frequently suggested he wants to seek a third term, posting about mounting another campaign, donning 2028 caps and discussing ways to make it happen — even...

ON TUESDAY, GOV. JOSH Shapiro stood at the microphone for a news conference about the growing measles outbreak in Pennsylvania. Two deaths that officials say were related to the infectious disease wer...