A U.S. president isn't a king. No matter how much some who hold the office would wish it otherwise.
Joe Biden’s highly touted political comeback is failing to live up to the hype.
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — In recent days, protests have shaken the streets of Iran in response to the killing of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. Amini died Sept. 16 after being arre…
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Millions of ballots will begin flowing through the mail soon as mail voting begins in Pennsylvania and other states for the midterm election.
The Food and Drug Administration has been on the warpath against e-cigarettes, going so far this June as to try to ban Juul products from the marketplace. A federal appeals court stayed the ed…
Highway collisions between vehicles and animals are bad all around.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s efforts to cool down the economy are causing progressive criticism to heat up. He has been accused of wanting a “brutal” recession, trying to “throw milli…
For as long as Penn State University has sought money from the Legislature, it has made clear that state appropriations are essential to maintaining lower tuition for in-state students.
That Aaron Judge’s 61st home run of the season, surpassing The Babe and tying Roger Maris, came against division rivals Toronto was so fitting. He carries on the legacy of Yankee lore of domin…
I used to think self-styled “progressives” and Black Lives Matter activists had coined the dumbest political slogan of the 21st century: “Defund the Police.” Democratic strategist James Carvil…
A common sound bite today is that the Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate hike is pushing the nation toward recession. But that’s like beginning a book on page 813. The origin of today’s ec…
The past few years have been tough on people.
Given the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' mission to sustain the environment and make the great outdoors accessible, it's appropriate that the agency is on track to use…
With dozens of protesters now killed in Iran as unrest sparked by the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of the country’s morality police engulfs the country, U.S. leadership find…
There is much hatred in our country. The division is at an all-time high. It seems like no one can get along anymore.
If history is any guide, Democrats do not have a chance — not even a small a chance — of keeping control of the House in the midterm elections. But the question is: Is history any guide?
President Joe Biden’s legally suspect plan to waive up to $20,000 in student loan debt for Americans making up to $125,000 per year will cost approximately $400 billion, according to the nonpa…
From the outset of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the crucial question hasn’t changed: Can Vladimir Putin be defeated at an acceptable cost? Despite all we now know about Russia’s military incompete…
There’s been a wave of violent crime the last couple of years, and the best way to address the issue is for everyone to pass over it in silence. That’s the implication of the liberal pushback …
President Joe Biden spoke too soon on the most recent “60 Minutes” when he said that the COVID-19 pandemic is “over.” Most experts say the evolving virus still is a significant threat, noting …
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bill to reform how Congress certifies electors after a presidential election. That bill (or a similar but slightly weaker Senate one) needs…
Fort Worth, Texas (TNS) — There’s something noticeably different at Nolan Catholic High School in Fort Worth this year.
”The pandemic is over,” President Joe Biden declared this month as he toured the Detroit Auto Show. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic…
Pennsylvania lawmakers infamously have protected themselves from inflation by giving themselves automatic annual pay increases tied to an inflation index for the Mid-Atlantic states. They blit…
Despite desperate efforts by the Biden administration to make concessions beyond reason, the Iranians may prove too greedy for their own good by rejecting U.S. overtures on a nuclear agreement.
“Texas doesn’t own your body. You do,” a billboard reads, with an image of a woman with her hands chained behind her back. It’s part of an ad campaign launched by California Gov. Gavin Newsom …
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — There’s always someone in the room objecting to this fuel or that technology, Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, said on Thursday.
Pennsylvania has a marijuana problem.
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Twenty-two years ago, at the Davos World Economic Forum, when a little-known Vladimir Putin had just become president, I asked four senior Russian leaders: “Who is Mr. Putin?”
This shouldn’t be happening to Stacey Abrams, not after all that has been invested into her budding political super stardom.
As a person whose eight great-grandparents were born in Ireland, my enthusiasm for British royalty is rather limited.
The goal of the latest interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve? To avoid a deep recession “by acting with resolve now,” according to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. But if history is any guide…
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Roughly every 11 minutes, someone in the United States takes their own life. Let me put that in better perspective.
We live in unprecedented times. We face steady inflation, Russia’s cruel war in Ukraine, and increased gun deaths. Moreover, the Dobbs decision scuttled women’s constitutional right to abortio…
Much of the nation’s political and commentary class had a near-nervous breakdown when 48 Venezuelans who had crossed illegally into the United States arrived at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport, …
