WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats spent the first day of the federal government shutdown blaming each other for the dysfunction, as iconic sites representing the nation’s core identity — fro...

PENNSYLVANIA ENTERED ITS FOURTH month of budget gridlock Wednesday as the only state in the country without some kind of spending plan in place for the coming year. And now, the commonwealth faces the...

In a recent installment of the media’s daily “DISAPPOINTED TRUMP VOTERS” piece, The Washington Post suggests that the MAGA base is mainly upset about tariffs. At least that’s what I gleaned from an ar...

By LINLEY SANDERS AND AMELIA THOMSON- DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump got a significant amount of blame during the last partial government shutdown, which took place ...

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, JILL COLVIN AND JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Turning Point USA’s college tour will return to Utah on Tuesday for its first event in the state since its ...

By BYRON YORK On May 16, 2023, the Des Moines, Iowa, school board hired Ian Roberts to be its new superintendent. Roberts began the job on July 1, 2023. By the end of July, the board got some surprisi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday for the first time in near...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By ASHER KAUFMAN Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame The la...

By ASTRID SUÁREZ AND MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s foreign minister has “renounced” her U.S. visa to protest a decision by the U.S. State Department to revoke the vi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday they’ve agreed on a plan to end the war in Gaza, but it’s unclear whether Hamas will accept the terms...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown fast approaching, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders left a White House meeting with President Donald Trump Monday afternoon showing no sign of com...

IF YOU BUY A FLAT SCREEN TV in Pittsburgh, you pay 6% state sales tax and 1% Allegheny County sales tax. No one asks you for your driver’s license to see where you are from and charges you another 5% ...

President Donald Trump just visited the United Nations to offer a customary annual presidential address. Before he arrived, there were reports that UN staffers had joked about shutting down the escala...

New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan has been getting flack for comparing Charlie Kirk to St. Paul. If you are incensed at him for this, you may be missing the point of saints or even Christianity itself...

Two insurance plans cover the residence, but it’s unknown if they’ve covered anything already or how much will ultimately be covered. ANGELA COULOUMBIS Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — The stately governor’s...

MONTREAL — Hardly noticed in the United States amid its worries about domestic tranquility was an important, telling and symbolic development that prompted bold-faced headlines here. While the U.S. wa...

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Monday, one day before the deadl...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Armed federal agents patrolled Chicago’s downtown streets on Sunday and President Donald Trump called up 200 National Guard troops for deployment in Portland, Oregon, a move stro...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has had one refrain in recent days when asked about the looming government shutdown. Will there be a shutdown? Yes, Trump says, “because the Democrats are craz...

The decision is in response to a policy change regarding mail-in ballot errors in April 2024. By PAULA REED WARD TribLive The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday said that the Washington County Board...