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Appearances alongside the likes of mega-celebrities like Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen did not work out well for Kamala Harris, as endorsements from t...

In Pennsylvania’s rural communities, access to healthcare is a lifeline. For many, local pharmacies are among the few trusted medical resources availa...

News outlets called the last outstanding U.S. Senate race this week for Democrat Ruben Gallego of Arizona. That gives Republicans a 53-47 edge in the ...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — Are you familiar with the term déjà vu ? From the French, it is translated “already seen,” and having a transitory sensation of alre...

The Department of Energy spent $153,616 to train employees in asbestos safety between 2015 and 2022. But the company providing the classes was never c...

Full disclosure: In 2016 I voted for Hillary Clinton; in 2020 I voted for Joe Biden; last week I voted for Kamala Harris. If you’re gathering that I w...

Donald Trump has quickly begun selecting members of his governing team. On Monday, he tabbed former New York congressman Lee Zeldin to run the EPA. No...

Elections often tell you less about the winners than the losers. Victory has many fathers, as the saying goes, but defeat shows you exactly what went ...

Senate Banking Committee Chair Sen. Sherrod Brown has taken on all manner of powerful lobbies and industries over the courts of his career. Now, it se...

NEW YOR (TNS) — On the eve of Election Day, anthropology professor Alexander Hinton talked to me from a Trump rally, where he was already convinced th...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — After Nov. 5, there is no going back. Any attempt to recreate the political norms and coalitions of the pre-Trump era will fail. It...

The Air Force has been building its C-17 cargo planes since 2011, but officials are not taking enough steps to keep prices fair and reasonable, accord...

It’s not uncommon for the Federal Transit Administration to invest in buses. However, the buses are usually running on the ground, not dangling 28 fee...

The Republican victories were resounding and unmistakable — so decisive that Donald Trump’s win was projected in less than 12 hours after the polls cl...

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tem...

It’s a comeback story for the ages: Despite two impeachments, two assassination attempts, four criminal indictments, 34 felony convictions and coverag...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — One set of televisions showed the Penguins game, the other the election. Some people watched the first, a few the second, but most ...

Were the seeds planted during the disastrous Afghanistan pullout in August 2021, after President Joe Biden proclaimed that the Taliban couldn’t overru...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Republicans on Tuesday rode a Donald Trump-marshaled red wave across Pennsylvania. After months of pundits signaling the presiden...

There are lots of ways of defining the liberal elite — assistant deans, network anchors, public health officials and, yes, legacy newspaper journalist...