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WASHINGTON (TNS) — It’s my full-time job but wallowing in our broken politics can sometimes make for a dark world. Why wouldn’t I look forward to goin...

There has been a highly political battle on Capitol Hill — actually, that’s the only kind of battle they have on Capitol Hill — over U.S. defense poli...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — When this column appears, I will have just arrived in Odesa, Ukraine. I want to see how Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are fari...

House Republicans voted to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs and personnel at the Pentagon, and one wonders whether the U.S. military will ...

The White House wallowed in a bit of good news last week when the Labor Department revealed that inflation in June had cooled to its lowest pace — 3% ...

Massive cleanup efforts inVermontand northernNew Yorkdemonstrate that floods are expensive, as Pennsylvanians well know. And the situation in that reg...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — It isn’t hard to imagine Gov. Josh Shapiro as one of those children who preferred “The McLaughlin Group” to “Sesame Street;” who to...

A federal judge last week held that the federal government tried to skirt the First Amendment when it pressured social media companies to suppress “mi...

ATLANTA (TNS) — Millions of Americans have moved to the Southeast over the past few years, bringing immense wealth and transforming real estate market...

A state appellate court struck a strong blow for government transparency last week and, in the process, illustrated why the state’s Right-to-Know Law ...

If there’s one thing that defines the Biden Administration and the modern Democratic Party (and the modern Republican Party too, but who’s counting?),...

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville misses few chances to tout both his career as a college football coach and his love for the military. It’s all the more ...

HARRISBURG — Public transit improvement remains a legislative priority Pennsylvania, but the newest idea doesn’t focus isn’t Philadelphia or Pittsburg...

Taxpayers, who employ Pennsylvania legislators, should reimburse those employees for the expenses that they incur while conducting the public business...

A political powerhouse now rivaling Philadelphia as the bedrock of Democratic electoral strength in Pennsylvania, Allegheny County has been consistent...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro talks a big game. He claims to be “competitive as hell,” and he campaigned for governor boasting that he “takes on big ...

Mika Brzezinski, co-host of the MSNBC program “Morning Joe,” is very cross with the White House staff. It isn’t, she believes, doing a good enough job...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — You can be forgiven for being confused aboutPennsylvania'sbudget. Gov.Josh ShapiroandSenate Republicanshave gone out of their way...

One of the murkier aspects of congressional Republicans’ investigation of President Biden’s financial history concerns an allegation that Biden, when ...

Barack Obama earned his place in Bartlett’s during the Obamacare debate with his famous fib, “If you like your doctor, you’ll be able to keep your doc...