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WASHINGTON — She’s in! She’s given up the private jet to schlep across America (albeit being driven by the Secret Service) and stroll, incognito, into...

WASHINGTON — The juxtaposition of Hillary Clinton’s and Marco Rubio’s announcements for president illustrates a serious problem for American progressi...

WASHINGTON — Americans, perhaps more than anyone, worship the future and resent the past. This is never truer than during a political season. It doesn...

We call Potter County “God’s Country,” but in some ways, it may also be appropriate to call it “Government Country.” Of the county’s nearly 692,000 ac...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — In a world of one-and-dones, academic fraud, financial malfeasance and major questions about the NCAA’s seeming make-it-up-as-...

WASHINGTON — The more I watch Hillary Clinton’s announcement video, the less I like it. This may be putting it mildly. I understand what Clinton & Co....

Some people foolishly believe the purpose of a college education is to further one’s education. To explore new cultures and views. Perhaps to help mak...

WASHINGTON — This week brings a constitutional moment illustrating a paradox of Barack Obama’s presidency. The catalyst of the drama is legislation pr...

HARRISBURG (AP) — This month marks six years since Arlen Specter switched parties to become a Democrat, upending Pennsylvania’s 2010 U.S. Senate campa...

WASHINGTON — “As we asked ourselves how we could have gotten the story wrong ...” Thus read a Rolling Stone editor’s note attached to a post-mortem st...

WASHINGTON — Whatever else the Obama administration accomplished in the Iran nuclear framework, it did a good job keeping the bar of expectations low ...

WASHINGTON — What began as a trickle has become a stream that could become a cleansing torrent. Criticisms of the overcriminalization of American life...

WASHINGTON — In March of 2013, Rand Paul occupied the Senate floor for a 13-hour filibuster, promising to “speak until I can no longer speak” in the c...

WASHINGTON — For a variety of reasons, I gave up alcohol Jan. 4. I have your attention, don’t I? This is because people who enjoy drinking are always ...

WASHINGTON — If President Obama had his way, Congress would simply keep its pesky nose out of the Iran nuclear deal. Given his critics’ behavior, it’s...

WASHINGTON — There are three essential questions to ask elected officials — and those running for office — in the usefully messy aftermath of the figh...

WASHINGTON — The apocalypse has been much on my mind. This is not only because Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is now more or less officially in charge of a nu...

WASHINGTON — After the horrors of the Iraq War, some former Bush administration officials pursued healing activities. Donald Rumsfeld set up a foundat...

HARRISBURG (AP) — A growing number of states have updated their election laws to make the hub of the democratic process more convenient and voter-frie...

WASHINGTON — There are three essential questions to ask elected officials — and those running for office — in the usefully messy aftermath of the figh...