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WASHINGTON — Surely he's finally gone and done it now. Donald Trump, insulter extraordinaire, was bound to cross a line too far. Two days before Thank...

Who is Ben Simmons? Did he found the Simmons Bedding Company? Is this the same firm that can save you over $4,000 on their $8,299 Black Sidney Ultra P...

WASHINGTON — Give thanks this day for some indirect blessings of liberty, including the behavior-beyond-satire of what are generously called instituti...

WASHINGTON — The presidential candidate who has consistently led the Republican field for four months, Donald Trump, has proposed: forcibly expel 11 m...

WASHINGTON — It would be easy to call protesting college students crybabies and brats for pitching hissy fits over hurt feelings, but this likely woul...

WASHINGTON — One week, Beirut and Paris; the next week, Mali. The nightmare is young. Where next? The pace and threat of terror seem to have picked up...

WASHINGTON — The political aftermath of the Paris attacks is tracing a trajectory as familiar as it is disappointing. The fundamental question — how t...

HARRISBURG (AP) — The past few years have been a difficult and sometimes humiliating period for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, as one headline-grabbi...

WASHINGTON — Never has American freedom of speech been attacked so flagrantly, promiscuously and on so many fronts. The most egregious examples come f...

Fear, laced with paranoia, is driving the American response against allowing Syrian refugees into the United States. President Obama has said he would...

It might be a little late in life to make this career change. I wanna apply for the job of the guy who occupies the penalty box during the National Ho...

(Editor’s note: The following is a guest commentary from Rob Gleason, chairman of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania. It is in response to the Polit...

WASHINGTON — An event that invokes widespread fear and confusion, such as the Paris attacks, is also an occasion for leadership. The resulting intense...

WASHINGTON — Paris was for all Americans, but especially for Republicans, a summons to seriousness that should have two immediate impacts on the Repub...

WASHINGTON — We shouldn't be surprised that many Americans fear the fresh arrival of Syrian refugees in the wake of last week's Paris slaughter by jih...

Much attention has focused on the Democrats historic sweep of Pennsylvania’s judicial offices in November’s recent statewide election — in particular ...

It’s a great time to be a youth hockey player in Bradford. That’s the message Bradford Youth Hockey Club coach and board member Matt DeGolier is promo...

AMES, Iowa — Watching the Democratic primary contest can feel like reading a bad murder mystery. You may encounter some plot twists and surprises, but...

WASHINGTON — As careful as we should be in drawing lessons from tragedy — and there is something particularly disgraceful in mounting a political soap...

DES MOINES, Iowa — You can't drive far in these parts without seeing Ben Carson on a billboard, looking more like a man of the cloth than of the opera...