Last week, Donald Trump unaccountably blamed DEI for the catastrophic plane crash in Washington, D.C. — a claim that was “baseless” and “without evidence,” as noted a very reasonable 1 million times b...

GOV. JOSH SHAPIRO laid out a plan for cooperation in his budget address Tuesday. Heading into his third budget negotiation, he outlined priorities that might be consensus builders between his Democrat...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump’s proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents was swiftly rejected and denou...

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER AND MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in humanitarian a...

To the Editor: The Associated Press should stand for the Associated Propagandists for the Left and Democrat party. They insert so many lies or half truths in their reporting it is really sad they thin...

“When shall I begin to give myself entirely to him, who has given himself unreservedly to me?” New York may not be your idea of a hotbed for holiness. But the quote above comes from Father Isaac Jogue...

exican nationals, Mlikely cartel members, recently crossed the border and shot and wounded an American hiker. Did they assume that Joe Biden was still president, and so it was still a veritable open s...

AS NATIONAL EYES focus on the midair collision of a commercial plane with a military helicopter over the Potomac River, and the medical plane crash in Philadelphia, concerns remain about how to preven...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. As diplomatic spats go, it was short-lived. On Jan 26, 2025, Colombian President Gustavo...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In its first direct criticism of the Trump administration, North Korea lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for calling it a “rogue” state and warned Monday that...

Donald Trump has long complained that Democrats are better at sticking together than Republicans are. He’s already revisited this gripe. In meetings with Republican leaders from the House and Senate a...

Thousands of early risers will tune in Sunday morning to watch Punxsutawney Phil emerge from a tree stump and predict the weather. The groundhog — arguably the most famous member of his species and th...

THE SOMEWHAT SIMPLIFIED diagrams in social studies textbooks and the catchy tunes of “Schoolhouse Rock!” have taught us a rudimentary idea of what society looks like and how government fits into that....

Elon Musk hailed Donald Trump’s second presidential term as “the return of the king,” and Trump is acting that way, governing as if he possesses a divine right to exercise unlimited power. He’s even d...

To the Editor: What a wonderful time to be alive and see what one man can do to change the lives of thousands. So many things are happening so quickly, it’s hard to keep up. One would hardly notice ho...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a contentious confirmation hearing to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to answer questions about Medicare and Medicaid, programs that affec...

WHY IS ARNOLD PALMER Regional Airport losing money? The Unity Township airport is a small alternative in Westmoreland County. If you don’t want to brave the parkway and negotiate the sometimes intimid...

It’s a long tradition in American politics to evaluate a president by what he has accomplished in his first 100 days in office. Like so many other traditions of the presidency, Donald Trump has change...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House paused federal grants and loans on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending, causing confusion...

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