politics of the united states

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...

PHILADELPHIA(TNS) —Republicanshad a major political comeback inPennsylvaniain 2024 after a series of disappointments in recent elections. President-el...

Republicans and Democrats may be sharply divided, but they are nearly unanimous that the voices of everyday constituents must never be drowned out by ...

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...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro had a big 2024 — from his star turn as a contender for the vice presidential ticket to his campaign trail cameo...

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 ...

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...

CHICAGO (TNS) — For those on the right side of the political aisle, 2024 was a mixed bag. On the one hand, we had to trudge through the final year of ...

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...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey paid tribute to the people of Pennsylvania — and to public service — as he bid farewell to the Senate Wednesday...

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...

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...