politics of the united states

WASHINGTON (TNS) — This year’s election not only gave Western Pennsylvania’s three Republican U.S. representatives — including Glenn Thompson — two mo...

President-elect Donald Trump joined President Joe Biden in the White House on Wednesday, with smiles all around and a commitment from Biden to ensure ...

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 ...

Concerned citizens came away from the Bradford Area School District Board of Education meeting Monday evening pleased with the results, but the board ...

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,...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The president of the Slippery Rock Area School Board was called on to resign by several community members Monday evening for Facebo...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) President-elect Donald Trump announced that Susie Wiles, who managed his reelection campaign, would become his chief of staff. It m...

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

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — After Nov. 5, there is no going back. Any attempt to recreate the political norms and coalitions of the pre-Trump era will fail. It...

It’s not uncommon for the Federal Transit Administration to invest in buses. However, the buses are usually running on the ground, not dangling 28 fee...

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...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — {/span}When conservative students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania encouraged their classmates to vote Republican back in 20...