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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...

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...

McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer had a lengthy response to The Era asking about wages and bonuses approved by the McKean C...

President Trump’s nomination of former Rep. Billy Long as the next commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service marks a pivotal moment for America’s t...

Those concerns now appear more valid than ever. State and local governments are receiving $50 billion to combat the opioid epidemic after successful l...

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...

June gleefully shouted to anyone within earshot, “We are going to make history tonight!” On election night, the Kamala Harris staffer was beyond jubil...

We are blessed to live in a country with strong First Amendment freedoms. Thanks to bipartisan legislation enacted this summer, the people of Pennsylv...

The 2024 election is finally over. On Dec. 4, the Pennsylvania Department of State certified the results — almost one month after Election Day. And th...

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. ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Nobody in Pennsylvania felt the sting of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s MAGA 2.0 comeback quite like U.S. Sen. Robert P. Casey J...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Pennsylvania played an outsized role in the 2024 elections. It can expect a similar role in 2026. The Keystone State will be home t...

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

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...

Among the more outlandish claims that Democrats and progressives made when Donald Trump first ran for president back in 2016 was that he would, as an ...