politics of the united states

Trump will trigger inflation?
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 08, 2024
The Biden campaign is in utter disarray after the June 27 televised debacle. But the spin machine hurls forward at warp speed. Joe Biden’s feeble deba...
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Pennsylvania budget negotiations take a holiday
News, PA State News
CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
Jul 05, 2024
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...
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Supreme Court decision makes mockery of July 4th
Opinion, Сolumns
JACKIE CALMES Los Angeles Times 
Jul 04, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Perhaps on the Fourth of July, the Alitos flew the American flag properly, not upside down, at their Virginia or New Jersey homes. ...
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The nuclear option(s)
Opinion, Сolumns
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Jul 04, 2024
After President Joe Biden’s abysmal performance in the first debate, Democrats and progressives are sweating bullets. They have been in denial for fou...
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School tax credit plan advances
News, PA State News
CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
Jul 04, 2024
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s latest school tax credit plan advanced to the Senate floor on Wednesday after a brief committee meeting. The 7-4 party-lin...
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Voters pay for congressman’s mail
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 02, 2024
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...
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Bogen confirmed as health secretary
News, PA State News
CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
Jul 02, 2024
HARRISBURG — Dr. Debra Bogen has officially become Pennsylvania’s secretary of the state Health Department after final Senate confirmation on Monday. ...
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Biden down, but is he out?
Opinion, Сolumns
CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Jul 01, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Democratic leaders are trying to contain the political damage after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance accentuated...
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What RFK Jr. means to ballot
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 28, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed paperwork to appear on the Pennsylvania ballot as a presidential candidate. The fourth Kennedy to run for president an...
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Nobody won that debate, but Biden lost ground
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Jun 28, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — When two flawed presidential candidates, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, met in their high-stakes debate Thu...
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Trump turns over tables with tariff talk
Opinion, Сolumns
SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
Jun 24, 2024
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — When former President Donald Trump told Senate Republicans last week that he was thinking about replacing the income tax with an “...
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Will Biden-Trump debate change the race?
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Jun 24, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — This week’s debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump won’t produce much in the way of civil dialogue over the nation’s f...
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