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In January, after 14 failed roll call votes — during each of which he got fewer votes than Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — Republican Kevin McCarthy...

Progressives have a deep mistrust of the private economy and profit, which explains the Biden administration’s decision to relaunch an assault on cert...

Sometimes we can’t know what it is we want, until we know what it isn’t. A previous employer demonstrated to me in no uncertain terms exactly the sort...

The Department Of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Lab in Illinois had $160 million in questioned costs in 2018, due to lost invoices, excessive re...

“Defund the police” may go down as the most misguided and foolish political slogan in American political history. After the events of the last week, i...

The Matt Gaetz moment is upon us, and unless you enjoy politics as absurdist theater, you might want to skip it. The bomb-throwing Republican congress...

In honor of National Newspaper Week, I want to answer the most common question I’ve been asked since I started here in 2001 — “Why do you do it?” Mayb...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The battle for working-class voters is on, and it could well decide the outcome of the 2024 election. Last week, President Biden an...

Pennsylvania’s small businesses employ over 2.5 million people throughout the commonwealth. But if Gov. Josh Shapiro has his way, thousands of these j...

Law and order are long overdue in the City of Brotherly Love. Last week’s rioting is the latest black eye on Philadelphia in an ongoing saga of danger...

BEDFORD, N.H. (TNS) — Far outside the state he leads but well inside the national political environment he courts, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro told...

HARRISBURG — Many voters in Pennsylvania approve of Gov. Josh Shapiro, even if they don’t know exactly why. The Commonwealth Foundation’s quarterly Co...

Last November, the voters sent a divided government to Harrisburg. The governor is a Democrat. The House of Representatives has swung between having t...

Woody Allen said 90% of life is showing up. Donald Trump is proving that he overshot the mark considerably. The former president has paid no discernib...

Three of my favorite things came together as I read Erin Zhurkin’s debut novel, “Plus-Size in Paris.” First, having lived in Pau, in the Pyrenees, and...

If the Biden Administration has its way, the Environmental Protection Agency will soon implement a dangerous rule that will further threaten Pennsylva...

The more people vote, the more votes count. It shouldn’t matter what party someone joins. It shouldn’t matter whether someone picks no party at all. I...

We want our children to learn about the world, preferably from us, their parents. To do this we have to open up our world to them. Let them read and a...

The continuing incursion of illegal border crossers into the United States is the most astonishing story in American politics. There have been days re...

As the first Monday of October nears, the U.S. Supreme Court prepares for another term. On the docket in coming months are cases touching on a variety...