SOMETIMES A DECISION IS AS EASY as a coin toss. The stakes are low. The outcome is variable. Heads, you win. Tails, you lose. No big deal either way. Others may seem easy up front, but a little diggin...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Republicans filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to block a new U.S. House map that California voters decisively approved at the ballot. Proposition 50, backed by Dem...

When George W. Bush ran for president in 2000, he faced a widespread public perception that he was callow and inexperienced, even though he was 54 years old and the governor of Texas. That’s not an un...

THE GENERAL ELECTION IS TODAY, and while it might not attract the widespread attention and participation of a presidential race, what happens on this Election Day holds the potential to most personall...

The left wing and media rage hysterically from one Trump psychodrama to the next, while President Donald Trump trolls both on social media. But all that is verbiage. What matters is the data and facts...

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is one of the most beautiful churches in the world. If you’re walking in old city Jerusalem at 4:00 in the morning, you are likely a Christian, Jew or Mus...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday. It was th...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he “won’t be extorted” by Democrats to reopen the government, making clear that he has no plans to negotiate as the government shutdown will soon enter it...

Abraham Lincoln made the presidency a pulpit. Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt transformed the office into an engine of big government. John F. Kennedy made it a platform of inspiration. Presidents rou...

PENNSYLVANIA IS FEELING a pinch other states aren’t. Oh sure, everyone is embroiled in the now monthold federal government shutdown. As of Saturday, what started out bad, with federal employees either...

By OLIVIA DIAZ, MIKE CATALINI AND BILL BARROW Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama is encouraging voters to elect Democratic governors in Virginia and New Jersey in races...

Julius Caesar still casts a long shadow. We have a 12-month calendar — and leap year — thanks to Julius. July is named after him (though the salad isn’t). The words czar and kaiser, now mostly out of ...

Thumbs down to playing politics, both with state and federal budget negotiations. Pennsylvania’s budget was supposed to be finalized by the end of June, which means it’s now more than four months past...

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. Dis...

By DAVID A. LIEB and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Ohio’s Republican-led redistricting commission unveiled a proposed U.S. House map Thursday that could give Republicans a chance at winning two more ...

COACHES — NO MATTER THE SPORT or the discipline — help make people better at what they do. Voice coaches help turn good singers into stars. Dialect coaches can be the difference between a wannabe and ...

As the government shutdown approaches the longest in history — 35 days during Donald Trump’s first term — one word explains the dynamic and duration of the paralysis: trust. Washington today suffers f...

By ANTOINETTE FITCH President, League of Women Voters of Washington County Political interest groups are spending millions to misrepresent the facts about a 2018 redistricting case in Pennsylvania and...

With Zorhan Mamdani sailing toward victory in New York City’s mayoral race, I’m reminded that I still haven’t reviewed Kamala Harris’ book “107 Days” long after the raw excitement of her book tour. I’...

“PRO SE” IS A LEGAL PHRASE that speaks to how an individual is represented in court. It is Latin, meaning “for self.” It refers to a party acting as his or her own advocate in a legal proceeding. Whil...