Politics
November 10, 2025
BEIRUT (AP) — Two decades ago, Ahmad al-Sharaa was held in a U.S.-run detention center in Iraq after joining al-Qaida militants fighting against American forces there. Few would have predicted that he...
Around The Valley, Latest News, Politics
November 8, 2025
Meetings in local government this week Here is a look at upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley this week. If there’s an item or other event of public interest, we’ll include that belo...
Can socialism ever be more than just a fad in America?
Politics
November 8, 2025
Here we go again. Socialism is making a comeback, according to friend and foe alike. A new NBC poll now suggests that a majority of registered voters don’t like capitalism. A Gallup poll in September ...
Politics
November 8, 2025
Thumbs down to avoidable errors. Election Day in Pennsylvania should follow a predictable format. Polls are set up, people show up, results are tallied. That happened Tuesday — but in two counties, it...
News, Politics
November 8, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a “nonstarter” as ...
What happened with Chester County’s pollbook printing problem?
Latest News, Main, Politics
November 7, 2025
The county only included major-party voters in its pollbooks, forcing third-party and unaffiliated voters to use provisional ballots or return later. By CARTER WALKER Votebeat An error that affected t...
Politics
By By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent 
November 7, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker’s office but arguably the m...
‘It will be a nightmare’
Politics
November 7, 2025
The off-year elections this week mark the beginning of a ferocious 12-month battle for control of the House of Representatives, a battle that will have an indelible impact on President Trump’s final t...
Former VP Mike Pence reflects on faith and civility at Duquesne University
Latest News, Politics
By By LUIS FÁBREGAS TribLive 
November 7, 2025
He addressed current political issues and his actions on Jan. 6, 2021. Long before Mike Pence became one of the country’s most prominent evangelical Christians, he grew up Catholic and even served as ...
Don’t let the Brits read The New York Times
Politics
November 6, 2025
I’ve spent the last 10 days in London, a city I love. History, architecture, museums, tea, the accent — it is perfection. But the Mother Country is slightly retarded on the meaning of the rule of law....
Politics
November 6, 2025
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...
Politics
By By TRÂN NGUYEN Associated Press 
November 6, 2025
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...
Dick Cheney’s complicated legacy
Politics
November 5, 2025
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...
Go vote! Local elections affect your life
News, Politics
November 4, 2025
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...
Are Americans better or worse off since January?
Politics
November 4, 2025
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 evil of antisemitism
Politics
November 4, 2025
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...
Politics, World Briefly
November 3, 2025
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...
Politics
November 3, 2025
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...