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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...

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...

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...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised that 2026 would be a bumper year for economic growth, but instead it has kicked off with job losses, rising gasoline prices and more uncertainty about...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mounting criticism over her leadership of the department, including the handling...

As President Trump continues to bombard Iran, triggering violent reprisals across the Middle East, is he also blasting Republican chances for controlling Congress after this fall’s midterm elections? ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans invoked the war in Iran and the prospect of retaliatory terrorist attacks as they made another unsuccessful effort Thursday to pass a bill funding the Department of Homel...

For the MVI Cherri Rogers, of Scottdale, a union nurse and lifelong resident of Pennsylvania House District 58, has announced her candidacy for state representative. “Committed to lowering costs, defe...

For the MVI Rebecca MacTaggart, a civil rights advocate and 20-year South Strabane Township resident, has announced her candidacy for Pennsylvania House District 48 during the May 19 primary election....

For the MVI Bob Sabot has announced his candidacy to be a delegate for Washington County on the Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee in the May primary, a four-year voluntary position. Sabot, who i...

By BILL BARROW, FERNANDA FIGUEROA AND THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — James Talarico barely mentioned Donald Trump when he finally got to give his victory speech on Wednesday nig...

For many years in the 1970s, 1980s and into the 1990s, discussions of the use of U.S. military force suffered from an effect known as Vietnam Syndrome. Many Americans simply could not consider any pro...

By DAVID BAUDER, MEG KINNARD AND ALI SWENSON Associated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) — For President Donald Trump, some of the sharpest criticism he’s faced in the early days of the Iran war has come f...

To the Editor: A filter is defined as a material that allows certain substances to pass while keeping other substances out. In referring to a filter as a mechanism used by an individual as one conveys...