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The federal government built 33 new courthouses between 2000 and 2010, but poor planning and incorrect estimates led the buildings to collectively be ...

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s final days in office read like a cautionary tale about the dangers of political evolution. His inbox overflows with increasingly...

HARRISBURG — Rep. Jesse Topper, R-Bedford/Fulton, was elected Pennsylvania House Republican Leader on Tuesday as the caucus reorganized its leadership...

News outlets called the last outstanding U.S. Senate race this week for Democrat Ruben Gallego of Arizona. That gives Republicans a 53-47 edge in the ...

Full disclosure: In 2016 I voted for Hillary Clinton; in 2020 I voted for Joe Biden; last week I voted for Kamala Harris. If you’re gathering that I w...

Donald Trump has quickly begun selecting members of his governing team. On Monday, he tabbed former New York congressman Lee Zeldin to run the EPA. No...

Elections often tell you less about the winners than the losers. Victory has many fathers, as the saying goes, but defeat shows you exactly what went ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick, who the Associated Press declared the winner of Pennsylvania’s contentious U.S. Senate race,...

OLEAN, N.Y. — If U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer still felt the sting of his Democratic Party’s setbacks on Election Day, he did his best ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s incumbent U.S. senator just isn’t ready to let go. Bob Casey Jr., denied a third term in Washington by voters exactly a we...

OLEAN, N.Y. — If U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer still felt the sting of his Democratic Party’s setbacks on Election Day, he did his best ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Democrats will return to the state House in January with a one-seat majority intact. This, after incumbent Rep. Frank Burns ...

The Republican victories were resounding and unmistakable — so decisive that Donald Trump’s win was projected in less than 12 hours after the polls cl...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Amy Bradley and Frank Burns both knew by early Wednesday afternoon who had been elected the next president of the U.S., but neither...

Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States, social media users began pushing two conflicting narratives...

The area’s sitting representatives in the Pennsylvania state Senate and House of Representatives and the U.S. House held on to their posts following T...

WASHINGTON — A disaffected electorate wanted former President Donald Trump to return to the White House, a blatant rejection of Vice President Kamala ...

Were the seeds planted during the disastrous Afghanistan pullout in August 2021, after President Joe Biden proclaimed that the Taliban couldn’t overru...

( Editor’s note: The presidential race was unfolding and the contest between U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Republican challenger David McCormick was...

McKean County was one of many across Pennsylvania to receive an emailed bomb threat on Election Day. According to McKean County District Attorney Step...