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WASHINGTON (TNS) — Where have we seen this before? Just as he did in when he first was elected president in 2016, Donald Trump prepares to take office...

Jimmy Carter burst on to the national political scene during difficult times. The previous years had been marked by the turbulent 1960s and Vietnam. W...

He left office in a stunning landslide defeat after a single term as the nation’s 39th president. But Jimmy Carter wasn’t done yet. Instead of withdra...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter's memorial journey will end at his house in the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, where he grew up on a peanut farm. That i...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman and Sen.-elect Dave McCormick, who will be sworn in next week, are preparing for one of their first tasks ...

The General Services Administration spent $5.3 billion on grants and contracts this September, according to OpenTheBooks’ review of federal disclosure...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — My prediction that President Joe Biden would drop out was a rare bright spot among last year’s not totally serious predictions. Und...

An estimated 3 million New Yorkers on Medicaid or the state-run Essential Plan don’t have incomes low enough to be using the programs, according to a ...

There’s precious little agreement between congressionalRepublicansandDemocratsthese days. So it’s unusual that the president this week vetoed a bill t...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — With 2025-26 budget discussions looming and a sense that the issue has been left unresolved, Pennsylvania lawmakers of both parties...

Pennsylvanians have said goodbye to Sen.Bob Caseyfollowing a contentious campaign against RepublicanDavid McCormick, who prevailed in a tight vote las...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Legislation setting defense policy through Sept. 30 cleared the Senate on Wednesday despite a House Republican provision preventing...

The Social Security Trust Fundwill run dry by 2033. At that point, incoming payroll tax revenues will be able to pay just 79% of scheduled benefits. T...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — After pardoning his son Hunter, President Joe Biden, in the biggest one-day grant of clemency ever, granted pardons last week to an...

HARRISBURG — Nineteen electors unanimously cast votes on Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio. ...

Federal agencies reported $161.5 billion in improper payments during fiscal year 2024, according to data released by the Office of Management and Budg...

David Walkerran the Government Accountability Office for a decade, under both a Republican and Democratic president. Elected officials should take him...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — For almost 80 years, America’s nuclear arsenal has served as the ultimate guarantor of security for ourselves and our allies. But o...

The first session of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's Department of Government Efficiency meeting with GOP members of Congress resulted in the decision...

The large mysterious drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey in recent weeks appear to avoid detection by traditional methods such as helicopt...