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CLEVELAND — Donald Trump was a man in full Thursday night as he accepted the Republican nomination: Full-throated, full of fury and full of himself: "...

WASHINGTON — Crucial political decisions often concern which bridges to cross and which to burn. Donald Trump's dilemma is that he burns some bridges ...

CHICAGO — There is near-universal agreement that Silicon Valley needs more diversity. Attaining it is usually thought of as a numbers game in which or...

WASHINGTON — On a national convention stage that includes the kettledrum personalities of Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is m...

This summer heat cannot be ignored, especially without air conditioning. We’re fortunate here that the evenings mercifully cool down and with the aid ...

CLEVELAND — Ted Cruz, vanquished presidential candidate, coughed up the name of the man who defeated him for the Republican nomination precisely once ...

WASHINGTON — The year's political cliche is that Americans will be choosing this fall between two of the most unpopular presidential candidates in our...

WASHINGTON — Political conventions are echo chambers designed to generate feelings of invincibility, sending forth the party faithful with a spring in...

CLEVELAND — With precious little attention, the Republican Party's attitude toward international trade has officially shifted. Gone is the 2012 platfo...

WASHINGTON — Well, Donald Trump can't tell his wife she's fired. Nor should he. The evident plagiarism in Melania Trump's speech doesn't reflect poorl...

WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's admittedly "ill-advised" remarks about Donald Trump weren't only bad for the justice and her reputation. Th...

WASHINGTON — Nice, France. Of all places. But of course a terrorist in love with death would choose one of the world's most beautiful coastal cities t...

WASHINGTON — Neither the unanimous decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, nor China's rejection of it, was surprising. The timin...

The Republican Party came to life as the bastion of "Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men." It was a reformist party dedicated to stopping the...

Donald Trump's selection of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate is just what everyone is saying it is: a safe, traditional choice. Pence won't...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast majority of Americans say they are afraid of at least one of the two major candidates — Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump — w...

When the first streaks of dawn appears the world is clean, fresh and pure. You feel reborn and invigorated watching the darkness flee from the coming ...

It’s been a pair of first-class state Little League tournaments that has brought Bradford a third event this summer. The Pennsylvania Little League 8-...

JERUSALEM (AP) — The stories have been circulating in Israel for decades: Newborn babies and young children of Jewish immigrants from Arab countries m...

NEW YORK — By now most Americans know the name of Dallas Police Chief David Brown — and quite a few wouldn't mind seeing him play a larger national ro...