Politics
July 22, 2024
By LISA MASCARO and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats quickly rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their likely presidential nominee Sunday after President Joe Biden...
GOP seeks to throttle democracy by dismantling education
Politics
July 22, 2024
Here is a bit of history of which you are likely unaware: A Black man named Robert Smalls — a Civil War hero after a daring escape from slavery, later a Reconstruction-era legislator and congressman —...
Politics
July 22, 2024
BUTLER COUNTY HAS BEEN Trump country from the beginning. North of the Democratic island of Allegheny County, Butler County is not hesitant in its support of former president and GOP nominee Donald Tru...
Politics
July 20, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — A rapidly growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers called Friday for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, even as the president insisted he’s ready to return to the campaign...
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By By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press 
July 20, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — To borrow a favorite phrase from the man himself, President Joe Biden is at an inflection point. Is his on-the-ropes reelection campaign about public service or his ego? About securi...
Politics
July 19, 2024
AN UNPRECEDENTED STRAIN of bird flu is spreading among dairy cattle in the U.S.An outbreak of a flesh-eating bacteria has infected more than 1,000 people in Japan. At least 13 communicable diseases in...
Thinking like a camera
Politics
July 19, 2024
After Donald Trump was almost killed by a sniper, he didn’t hide behind his Secret Service protectors. He struggled to his feet, looked directly at the photographers who were frantically trying to rec...
Shooting was real; aftermath is all theater
Politics
July 19, 2024
“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster,” Friedrich Nietzsche famously wrote. “And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” ...
Politics
July 19, 2024
“I had God on my side,” he told the convention. MILWAUKEE (AP) — Donald Trump, somber and bandaged, accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday at the Republican National Convention in a spee...
Biden is isolated at home as Democrats push for him to reconsider 2024 race
Politics
July 19, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to rethink his election bid, with former President Barack Obama expressing concerns to allies and S...
Are those bullets in your NPR tote?
Politics
July 18, 2024
If you were worried that liberals would tone down the apocalyptic rhetoric about Donald Trump after Saturday’s assassination attempt — He’s an existential threat to democracy! A fascist! An aspiring d...
Politics
July 18, 2024
To the Editor: The World War II War Memorial Tank at Monessen City Park is your tank — do you want visitors of our city to think we don’t care and respect what it means? The Tank Restoration project i...
Former rivals celebrate Trump
Politics
July 17, 2024
Ted Cruz, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis were among Tuesday’s convention speakers. MILWAUKEE (AP) — Donald Trump was feted Tuesday at the Republican National Convention by former rivals who once leveled...
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10 years of hate
July 17, 2024
To the Editor: If you have not seen the Grizwells cartoon in the Mon Valley Independent on July 3, the gist of the cartoon was when we become a dictatorship the immigration problem will be solved beca...
Trump: ‘I’m not supposed to be here’
Politics
July 17, 2024
Former President Donald Trump can’t stop thinking about the way he moved his head in the split second before a gunman, intent on assassinating him, pulled the trigger during his speech in Pennsylvania...
Politics
July 17, 2024
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TIME when it was this important to consume the news critically. It is important to know what is happening. This is an Olympic year and an election year. There are wars raging in...