One interesting thing about listening to President Donald Trump’s speeches, as opposed to just reading about them later, is that the listener not only gets to hear what Trump said, he also gets to hea...

THE WHITE HOUSE’S DECISION to reduce the number of recommended childhood vaccines has reignited an important debate over who should make these decisions, what evidence should guide them and whether Wa...

OGUNQUIT, Maine — As Maine goes, so goes the nation? Maybe. But maybe not. That phrase, from the faded past, once was a sturdy political guideline. For decades, beginning when it joined the Union as p...

Associated Press A U.S. judge on Monday blocked plans to move the FBI’s headquarters to a federal office building in Washington, finding that President Donald Trump’s administration illegally tossed o...

MAYBE IT’S THE SIGH of brakes from a yellow bus at the corner, or the sight of fresh crayon boxes lined up in the store. Or perhaps it’s knowing these late-summer days are getting shorter that brings ...

SUMMER ISN’T OVER YET as the City of McKeesport’s 66th annual International Village ethnic festival kicks off today and continues through Thursday night. The Village will be at McKeesport’s Renziehaus...

To the Editor: A few of us are old enough to remember when our congressman came out of hiding more than once every two years. As that group is growing ever smaller, perhaps we need a reminder of how G...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By SOLOMON GREENE Executive Director and Research Professor, University of Denver In Col...

What binds the new Democratic Party to the new Democratic Socialists is a set of shared issues and values. That is, the radicalism of the Democrats in the age of Trump Derangement Syndrome—lawfare, de...

HOW DOES AFFIRMING private property rights affect the future of hunting in Pennsylvania? It is leading to fewer game wardens on the ground. The Pennsylvania Game Commission has announced the end of th...

I often get asked for my advice on how to vote. I’m the first to concede these requests come from a very niche slice of the electorate — that tiny remnant of people who know who I am, value my opinion...

Fall won’t arrive for another five weeks, but for students, teachers and other school personnel in the Mon Valley, the clock has just about run out on summer. All area schools will be back in session ...

HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro would have turned 100 on Thursday, and his long shadow continues to loom over the island as he remains revered by some who miss him in the face of a crippling U.S. energy bl...

THE AUGUST 2025 EXPLOSION at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works didn’t happen because employees weren’t following the rules. It happened because there weren’t rules to follow. This week, the U.S. Chemic...

When left-wing insurgent Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for an open Senate seat in Michigan, Donald Trump cheered that it was “great news for the Republican Party.” In an important way, ...

Young women taking vows to be espoused to the Lord, Jesus Christ, on Fifth Avenue in New York. Pope Leo meeting with young people in Assisi, the birthplace of one famous man named Francis. And back in...

To the Editor: All the phone calls we receive daily from unknown sources raise a very important question — are the callers legitimate or are they seeking vital information that they may use for their ...

This political season, like the last couple, has featured Democratic candidates not only running for office but running away from things they said from 2019 to 2021. The latest is Francesca Hong, the ...

THE AVERAGE SALARY of a firefighter in the United States is about $60,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In Pennsylvania, the paychecks can range from about $45,600 for a new hire to $8...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By QUINN YEARGAIN Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University Beyond picking g...