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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 ...

Soon it will be Halloween — a time for trick or treat. And then less than a week later it is Nov. 5 — Election Day. And that is when one of the bigges...

HARRISBURG — Longtime homeowners in all but two of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties face the same problem: property tax bills that rise every year, often be...

The Biden-Harris administration is set to eclipse the $1 trillion mark in improper payments, a new record for wasted money in a four-year term, accord...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Wednesday passed a temporary measure that keeps government agencies funded into December, avoiding a shutdown for now wh...

Elections are just around the corner. A lot will be said by candidates, political operatives and campaigns that simply isn’t accurate. Consider, for e...

ATLANTA (AP) — Trying to defend their narrow Senate majority with a challenging slate of contests on Republican-leaning turf, Democrats are pumping $2...

HARRISBURG — Recent polling averages show the gap closing in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race. Republican challenger Dave McCormick trails incumbent De...

HARRISBURG – A stalled congressional effort to update the nation’s five-year Farm Bill hinges on a disagreement over how to calculate food stamp benef...

Members of the House of Representatives spent $38 million on taxpayer-funded travel between January 2023 and March 2024, according to an analysis of t...

CHICAGO (TNS) — It must have been a rough plane ride for President Joe Biden and his family, who left the White House for Chicago so he could address ...

Kamala Harris is hiding from tough questions, and Donald Trump appears wholly uninterested in the topic. As both major presidential candidates ignore ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Repu...

The 2024 White House campaign has thrust a handful of governors and senators into the mix for vice president, and that has drawn attention to rules of...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — After what was described as a thorough search of the Pennsylvania Capitol building, authorities said they do not believe the threat...

HARRISBURG — The state capitol fell quiet Wednesday after lawmakers left town for the Fourth of July, intent on hammering out a budget deal over the w...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Negotiators continued to work behind closed doors Monday toward reaching agreement on a now late state budget, with one of the unfi...

It’s a bit difficult to run for reelection with only $95,000 in campaign cash on hand, but Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., found a way around that issue. He...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Hunting on Sundays in Pennsylvania would be greatly expanded under a proposal that passed the state House on Thursday over objection...