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Meanwhile, back at the ranch ... To readers of a certain age who grew up watching cowboy movies on TV, that timeless phrase signals a major plot devel...

“It’s a slip, not a fall,” Abraham Lincoln said after his loss in his legendary 1858 Illinois Senate contest against Stephen Douglas. Liz Cheney appar...

As public health agencies scramble to contain the monkeypox outbreak that has infected about 10,000 Americans, the federal government has done nothing...

One year after the U.S. departure from Afghanistan, a government watchdog is still doing its vital work of accounting for the more than $146 billion i...

Those kids who were abused by the Luzerne County juvenile court system had some cash value, after all — just not as envisioned by criminal judges Mich...

Our country is in a very dark place at the moment. But I have hope, because the answers are all around us. They live around us. For thousands of years...

The so-called Inflation Reduction Act is one of the greatest examples of deceptive marketing around today. Not only will the legislation fail to reduc...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — When elected officials resign from their public office, they often do so in disgrace. The resignation of a Philadelphia city council...

Things will be clearer for millions of Americans come October when, thanks to the FDA, they will be able to buy hearing aids over the counter. Accordi...

Beginning in the months before Donald Trump took office, and extending well into his presidency, the media and political world took a set of vague but...

One year ago, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in part because the U.S. had hoped for the best after withdrawing its forces from the country, without a...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — It’s gotten to the point where even the most obviously nonpartisan issues that Americans ought to be able to address cooperatively...

Does Attorney General Merrick Garland know that he is investigating the man most likely to be the opponent of the president he serves? Does he realize...

Just what is going on in our country? We are being destroyed in every aspect. Why is the Democratic Party trying to destroy the once most powerful nat...

One day, when he wasn’t around, a couple of the only FBI agents who were friends with former President Donald Trump raided Attorney General Merrick Ga...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — One year ago, as President Joe Biden was withdrawing the last American troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban swept into Kabul and ab...

Boston Children’s Hospital offers a “full suite of surgical options for transgender teens and young adults,” a video made by hospital explains. A chee...

The bad news is that Pennsylvania’s chronic economic underperformance has robbed us of prosperity that should have been ours. The good news is that we...

New York’s Chautauqua Institution describes itself as “a community of artists, educators, thinkers, faith leaders and friends dedicated to exploring t...

“Out in Harrisburg, it’s fairly common,” said state Rep. Tim O’Neal of swanky, invitation-only, off-the-books gatherings of lobbyists and legislators....