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...

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...

Pennlive.com Lehigh County’s top financial elected official is calling for the eviction of ICE from county-owned property. Mark Pinsley, the county controller, said the federal agency has been delinqu...

The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro questioned whether he was being unfairly scrutinized as the only Jewish person being considered as a finalist to be Vice Preside...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Insisting that he was in Minnesota to help “lower the temperature,” Vice President JD Vance on Thursday blamed “far-left people” and state and local law enforcement officials for th...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats had planned to campaign in the midterm elections on affordability and health care, two issues where Americans are particularly unhappy with President Donald Trump. But the ...

Donald Trump has called 2025 “the greatest first year” of any president, but a majority of Americans strongly disagree: In the latest CNN poll, 58% describe that year as a “failure.” To hardcore MAGA ...

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER AND GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest t...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By STEPHANIE A. (SAM) MARTIN FRANK Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise...

By GEIR MOULSON, EMMA BURROWS AND JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Leaders of Denmark and Greenland insisted Thursday that the island’s sovereignty was non-negotiable after U.S...

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday scrapped the tariffs that he threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over Greenland, pulling a dramatic r...

You’ve seen videos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers struggling to apprehend illegal immigrants in Minneapolis and elsewhere around the country. Many of those immigrants have criminal re...

To the Editor: The pictures coming out of Minneapolis are awful. ICE’s indiscriminant violence makes everyone vulnerable. We know who is responsible. It ends with Trump. Why is this happening? It has ...

John S. O’Brien II served as an expert witness in the Jerry Sandusky & John du Pont cases. By CHARLOTTE KEITH Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s nomination to the Board of Pardons is a psyc...

To the Editor: President Donald Trump and his band of cohorts have completed one history-making year of service to the American people. One year down and three unpredictable years remaining. The first...

Donald Trump and his top lieutenants believe there is no such thing as climate change. Donald Trump and his top lieutenants are worried sick about how the melting of the Arctic polar ice cap is openin...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors served grand jury subpoenas Tuesday to Minnesota officials as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded law enforcement during a sweeping ...

As communities across the country on Monday hosted parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political climate for some is more fraught w...

Something good has happened in American politics. Pro-life single-issue voters do not have to vote for Republicans anymore. The Republican Party in its platform decided during the last presidential el...

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Corporate chiefs and government leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump swarm into Davos, Switzerland, this week, joining an elite annual meeting that promotes dialogue...