Why the Pa. primary election matters
Opinion, Politics
May 19, 2026
TODAY, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS across Pennsylvania will decide which candidates from their respective parties will go on to run in the November general election. On the ballot are the governor and l...
Opinion, Politics
Deranged actions
May 16, 2026
To the Editor: As a nation, we cannot continue to function successfully unless certain measures are taken. Donald Trump and his unqualified cohorts are “chipping away” with their endless antics, decei...
A bomber, not a builder
Opinion, Politics
May 15, 2026
Donald Trump has defaced democracy in many ways: attacking journalists who question him, politicians who resist him, judges who defy him. He even pressures media companies to fire comedians who mock h...
Politics
By By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press 
May 14, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday again blocked Democratic legislation that would halt President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, but the number of GOP senators voting against the war gre...
A Democratic fantasy world
Opinion, Politics
May 14, 2026
Anew poll suggests that a sizable number of Democrats — more than 40% in some cases — believe the attempts on President Donald Trump’s life were fake. The poll, which surveyed 1,000 Americans over the...
Politics
May 13, 2026
By BEN FINLEY, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN AND BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress on Tuesda...
Barney Frank’s deafening whisper
Opinion, Politics
May 13, 2026
BOSTON — As he lies dying, the man who once snarled from the floor of the House of Representatives — whose rhetorical rockets’ red blare mercilessly exposed the logistical flaws in the arguments of hi...
2 Democrats battle to challenge Kuzma
Allegheny County Elections, Elections, Latest News, ...
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
May 12, 2026
Dylan Altemara and Kellianne Frketic are seeking the nomination in the 39th District. Two Elizabeth Township residents will square off again in the May 19 primary election — this time for the Democrat...
Politics
By By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press 
May 12, 2026
The remaking of the U.S. political map accelerated this week in courts and legislatures, all of it in this round expected to boost Republicans in their attempt to keep control of Congress in November’...
The Democratic Party is dead, long live the Jacobins!
Opinion, Politics
May 12, 2026
For the past century, the agendas of the Democratic Party were predictable. They professed concern for working Americans and supported blue-collar unions. Unemployment insurance, a 40-hour work week, ...
Iran war could make Trump’s trip to China a bit chillier than his first-term visit
Politics
By By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press 
May 11, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before this week’s trip to China, President Donald Trump was already predicting on social media that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, would “give me a big, fat hug when I ge...
Some MAGA loyalists have turned on Trump. Why the rest haven’t
Opinion, Politics
May 9, 2026
Irecently watched “A Face in the Crowd” for the umpteenth time. I had a better reason than procrastination to rewatch Elia Kazan’s brilliant 1957 film exploring populism in the television age. It was ...
Fetterman has no plans to switch parties
Latest News, Main, Politics
May 8, 2026
By TOM FONTAINE TribLive U.S. Sen. John Fetterman says he’d make a terrible Republican. Fetterman, a Democrat from Braddock, has drawn the ire of many in his party for breaking with them on issues lik...
In Trump assassination attempt, we need the dog’s story
Opinion, Politics
May 7, 2026
The initially released surveillance video of the recent attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump was blurry and incomplete. Posted a short time after the incident, it showed Cole Allen, the accus...
Politics
May 7, 2026
By JEFFREY COLLINS, TRAVIS LOLLER, KIM CHANDLER AND DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An election year redistricting movement has spread to South Carolina as Republicans attempt to ...
Opinion, Politics
May 6, 2026
To the Editor: I am sorry that the hate the Democrats have for TACO, his cabinet and MAGA is upsetting the Republicans. I am a longtime, proud Democrat and have been for 54 years. I pride myself on ne...
Two parties, many factions
Opinion, Politics
May 6, 2026
In 1860 and 1948, two election years when racial issues predominated, there were two Democratic parties, each with its own nominee: John C. Breckinridge and Stephen A. Douglas in the 19th century, and...