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WASHINGTON — The hallmark of a democracy is the peaceful transfer of power following an election. An essential, if painful, corollary of that rule is ...

President Barack Obama has finally had it with Russia. It only took eight years of cold reality — topped off by the Russian interference in the Novemb...

WASHINGTON — It's important for those who favor the popular election of our presidents to separate their arguments for direct democracy from the outco...

WASHINGTON — Political mildness is scarce nowadays, so it has been pleasantly surprising that post-election denunciations of the Electoral College hav...

WASHINGTON — After post-truth comes all-fake. The election of Donald Trump has seen the flowering of the post-truth landscape. Emotion outranks fact; ...

There’ll be no recount here ––at least for the time being. Election officials across the four-county region say they would reject petitions to recount...

WASHINGTON — Many undergraduates, their fawn-like eyes wide with astonishment, are wondering: Why didn't the dean of students prevent the election fro...

Pity the anti-Trump protesters thronging the streets of American cities. Apparently, no one ever told them that they live in a geographically, economi...

WASHINGTON — "Now all the truth is out," said William Butler Yeats. "Be secret and take defeat." Which is not really an option for a columnist. After ...

U.S. Congressman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., spent some time at schools in McKean County on Thursday, and fielded some questions about the topic on everyon...

WASHINGTON — At dawn Tuesday in West Quoddy Head, Maine, America's easternmost point, it was certain that by midnight in Cape Wrangell, Alaska, Americ...

WASHINGTON — At dawn Tuesday in West Quoddy Head, Maine, America's easternmost point, it was certain that by midnight in Cape Wrangell, Alaska, Americ...

Long lines were a constant at polling places across McKean County on Tuesday as an unprecedented number of voters cast ballots. But the high voter tur...

It appears that state Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, will retain his seat in the Senate for another term in office. Unofficial...

MAYORS: With elections happening across the United States today, we thought it would be a good time to continue our chats about the election of Bradfo...

WASHINGTON — Tuesday evening, after Election Day's tranquility, new clamors will erupt as analysts with agendas tickle portents and lessons from the t...

The big day is almost here. With the general election less than a week away, local election officials are predicting a large voter turnout, not surpri...

RIDGWAY — With the general election coming up on Nov. 8, Director of Elections Kim Frey spoke to the Elk County Commissioners on Tuesday about several...

ST. MARYS — U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, and state Rep. Matt Gabler, R-DuBois, attended Thu...

Donald Trump, losing to Hillary Clinton in every major national poll, long ago brilliantly figured out how to continue to rally his base. Instead of d...