IN THE FALL OF 1774, 56 men from 12 of the 13 American colonies met in Philadelphia in the First Continental Congress. It included John Adams and his cousin Samuel, Patrick Henry, John Jay and George ...

To the Editor: Here it is, a day after Independence Day, and in a few months, Grampa Joe and Donnie, a man with 34 felonies, are running for the highest office in the land. I am afraid if Donnie is el...

“Save the House!” That’s the rallying cry Democrats are increasingly likely to embrace as they confront the fallout from Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance. Here’s the reality: Biden shows no s...

Toward the end of last week’s Biden vs. Trump debate on CNN, I got up from the TV and posted this message on Facebook: “It’s a catastrophe. The Democratic Party has to do something. Biden is coming ac...

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom offered a forceful defense of embattled President Joe Biden on Thursday, telling Democrats in Michigan that the 81-year-old president has the rec...

The age question for presidential candidates is more than four decades old. President Ronald Reagan answered it with a pledge to resign if he became impaired, and later with a clever joke that reset h...

Until a week ago, President Joe Biden seemingly had the age issue under control. Yes, he had senior moments, some of which were quite severe, such as the episode at the White House Juneteenth concert ...

To the Editor: Trump is like an aging comedian whose jokes were once funny and now have gone stale. “Build the wall! Mexico will pay for it!” Alas, he didn’t build it and they didn’t pay. “Lock her up...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald T...

“Idid not have sex with a porn star.” Donald Trump’s statement in response to an arguably ad hominem attack from Joe Biden during their June 27 debate must have given more than a few of us flashbacks ...

HUNDREDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS from around the region traveled to Ringgold High School Saturday to attend the public funeral service for beloved Donora Fire Co. President Rhys Juwan Taylor. At the young...

Nearly 11 months ago, in August 2023, the New York Times reported that U.S. officials had estimated that some 500,000 Russians and Ukrainians had been killed, wounded, or missing in the then 18-month ...

PARIS (AP) — With the ultimate outcome still up in the air, France’s fiercely anti-immigration National Rally and opponents of the long-taboo far-right party scrambled Monday to capitalize on an indec...

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER AND MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes...

WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden was out of sight at Camp David Sunday spending time with family, prominent Democrats rallied with a public show of unwavering support for his campaign follo...

THE MOST BASIC BUILDING block of who you are is contained in your blood, your skin and the other cells of your body. Even if you don’t have your driver’s license or passport on you, the DNA coded into...

Inflation may be the overriding issue in the presidential campaign, but age is a close second. No matter their partisan affiliation or political preferences, voters express concerns about the age of t...

By LAURIE KELLMAN AND CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press DARTFORD, England (AP) — Distrust has settled over the campaign trails in the United States and United Kingdom ahead of July 4 like a soggy su...

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A raspy and sometimes halting President Joe Biden tried repeatedly to confront Donald Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election, as his Republican riva...

By SEUNG MIN KIM AND NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential debate was a re-run that featured two candidates with a combined age of 159, but it went especially poorly fo...