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The Trump administration promised that the $9 billion rescission package Congress passed this month on spending for foreign aid and government broadca...

An estimated 37% of Medicare patients received a “low-value” health care service in 2023, costing the federal government $5.9 billion. The numbers com...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — On a Parisian street corner in the 1780s, you'd be approached by a pamphleteer stoking the political rage that would culminate in t...

Everyone is still trying to figure out what to make of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s mayoral primary. Mamdani emerged from a field of ca...

Erin Elmore, director of the State Department’s “Art in Embassies” program, has vowed to “Make Art Great Again,” and taxpayers will be footing the bil...

In the wake of the U.S. airstrikes against Iran last month, President Donald Trump called the operation a “spectacular military success” that “complet...

CHICAGO (TNS) — Every day, more than 3.5 million professional truck drivers keep America’s economy on the move. They haul more than 73% of the nation’...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Who needs an education if you have AI? That’s the question many young students are asking themselves as they stand at the precipice...

A slew of Democratic attorneys general has sued the Trump administration over changes to Obamacare enrollment policies intended to minimize fraud. The...

You don't have to love late nights under the stars or long western road trips to be invested in the National Park Service. Mostly that's because the n...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act signals a major shift in federal energy policy. Among its provisions, the law accele...

It’s a tale of two stories. The first concerns President Trump’s back-peddling on pledges to release government files connected to the long-dead perve...

We are glad 10 Americans and U.S. permanent residents held captive in Venezuela have been freed. It’s a welcome outcome after months of negotiations b...

It’s funny how a presidential run changes a politician. Gov. Gavin Newsom, obviously aiming at the Oval Office in 2028, has flipped on oil drilling in...

Revolutions are not just chapters in history. They are tectonic shifts that redefine how humanity harnesses the forces of nature. A new chapter began ...

Pennsylvania's budget is now 23 days late. Few concrete details are known about the status of ongoing talks involving Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and...

In 2024, only one White House staffer made more than $195,000 in the Biden administration. Now, there are 35 people making more than $195,000 in Presi...

A law signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro last month is meant to make it easier for qualified firefighter applicants to complete their training. A person who ...

I've been involved in Pennsylvania’s budget process for about 15 years, either as an actor or an observer. I'm used to the opaque nature of negotiatio...

Social Security is more than a government program. It’s not an “entitlement.” It’s a promise — a promise made to generations of Americans that after d...