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WASHINGTON — An abscess of anger seems to gnaw at Hillary Clinton, but the reasons for her resentments remain unclear. The world’s oldest party, which...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest ranking law enforcement official is waiting to hear how the state Supreme Court will rule on whether a county...

“In a few moments, when I sign this bill, all of the overheated rhetoric over reform will finally confront the reality of reform.” — President Obama, ...

Having spent a worklife in the highway construction business, I was pleased with the initiative of the Pennsylvania legislature to pass Act 89, The Tr...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s health overhaul remains an all-consuming drama for many, even though millions of people are gaining insuran...

Governors propose and legislatures dispose. That particular political adage could be one that Tom Wolf, the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania, might...

WASHINGTON — Every day the Chinese go to work, Americans get a raise: Chinese workers, many earning each day about what Americans spend on a Starbucks...

WASHINGTON — President Obama got it two-thirds right when he said that the delayed confirmation of his attorney general nominee, Loretta Lynch, is owi...

Monday was a bit of an anniversary. Just four short weeks ago our water system that serves the entire Tuna Valley was dealt a crippling blow. The 24” ...

In Saudi Arabia, the Mutaween are 3,500 public officials and thousands of volunteers who work for the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Pr...

WASHINGTON — I’m standing in the Starbucks line behind 10 other sleepyheads waiting to order my tall skinny cappuccino, otherwise known as a shot of c...

WASHINGTON — As if more proof were needed about congressional dysfunction, witness the spectacle of the last two weeks, in which the Senate managed to...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Raising taxes will be a battle among Pennsylvania state lawmakers as they face Gov. Tom Wolf’s call to correct a persistent budget d...

WASHINGTON — The rate of dog ownership is rising ominously. How can a profusion of puppies be worrisome? A report from the Raymond James financial ser...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ideas fly from Gov. John Kasich like sparks from a flint. While explaining his prison reforms, he interrupts himself midsentence — hi...

WASHINGTON — The effective kickoff of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign was an act of deck clearing so breathtaking, so brazen, that it remains ...

WASHINGTON — It is rare for a work of sociology to leave readers choking back emotion. Max Weber and Emile Durkheim were not known for writing tearjer...

WASHINGTON — Amid all the verbiage about Hillary Clinton’s email, one irrefutable fact emerges: Polls will drive us crazy before the Clintons do. The ...

WASHINGTON — Wages are among our most scrutinized economic indicators. It’s no secret why. We’d all like a pay raise. But there’s a second, less-recog...

WASHINGTON — On March 2, the story broke that Hillary Clinton had possibly violated email regulations while secretary of state. You could almost hear ...