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President Joe Biden is considering a windfall tax on oil and gas profits, presumably to fight inflation. It’s like pouring gasoline on a fire to extin...

There are five rights in the First Amendment. Most people can’t name one, very few can name all five: Freedom of Speech; Freedom of Religion; Freedom ...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — It’s human nature to do things at the last minute. You don’t get your car inspected until just before the old inspection expires. Yo...

Florida is about to become the center of the Republican political universe, and not because of Mar-a-Lago. Ron DeSantis is cruising to a potentially c...

Musicians regularly oil their instruments' valves to reduce friction and ease play — much as private interests regularly oil some state politicians fo...

Fighting for the high ground on contentious political issues inspires a partisan twisting of the English language. Take this Oct. 19 news from Immigra...

If there were anything remotely conservative about people calling themselves “conservative Republicans,” they’d be horrified by the near-fatal attack ...

When “journalist” Gene Lyons writes that the midterms are “Much ado about nothing” I wonder: On which planet does he live? Does he have any idea about...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Both political parties were quick to condemn Friday’s bludgeoning of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s elderly husband, whose skull was f...

On March 2, 2021, when he had been president less than two months, Joe Biden met with a group of liberal historians in the White House East Room. The ...

In the days before the midterm elections, it’s easy to see our political divisions. In fact, it’s all but impossible to escape them if you’re the sort...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — My plan was to dither. I find that if I plan to dither, the chances are high I’ll follow through. Last week, while the World’s Ric...

Democracy is under threat — the wrong candidates could win more votes than their opponents in hotly contested free and fair elections. That’s the worr...

Over the eight months since Russia invaded Ukraine, public support for U.S. military aid to Kyiv has been remarkably solid and mostly bipartisan. A la...

President Joe Biden in August unveiled the vote-buying scheme known as student loan forgiveness. Two months later he has forgotten the particulars. Du...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Here we go again. The “Get Trump” TV series has so far included two impeachments, a special counsel investigation and many other h...

The polls won’t close for more than a week, but there already is plenty of spin casting blame and taking credit for midterm wins and losses. Yet as mi...

More than 3,500 Pennsylvanians could be on the way to a better life under a program to wipe away criminal records for minor marijuana crimes. That’s g...

The Biden administration continues to be overwhelmed at the southern border, and Venezuelans fleeing oppression and despair are an ongoing challenge ....

On Nov. 8, millions of Pennsylvanians will go to the polls to cast their vote in the midterm election. In addition, the more than 1.3 million Pennsylv...