politics of the united states

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The debate over school vouchers is heating up again. And this time, both sides are coming to the fight, a lot more organized — and ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in New York is an ignoble first. No...

DETROIT (TNS) — Democrats should be dinged for an in-kind contribution to the Donald Trump campaign for bringing the criminal charges that resulted in...

Being a “purple state,” Pennsylvania has more than its share of Democrats who are self-described moderates. And, because they’re Democrats, many in th...

HARRISBURG — Despite the recent cancellation of a press conference to announce the Forward Party’s latest endorsement, officials remain optimistic abo...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — United States Steel Corp. and Nippon Steel Corporation said Thursday that they have received all regulatory approvals outside the U...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A bill has passed in the Louisiana state legislature that would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all schools and col...

For the people across Pennsylvania, the past few years have been filled with economic uncertainty and soaring costs. Inflation has run rampant. Famili...

WASHINGTON(TNS) — No matter what verdict the jury delivers in Donald Trump 's trial on business fraud charges in New York, one outcome is predictable:...

Taxpayers are asking U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., to put his money where his mouth is — or rather, give back the money. Kelly’s family-owned car deale...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A bill that would give tax credits to employers for helping employees with child care expenses passed in the House with bipartisan ...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — I guess Sen. John Fetterman really meant it when he told the New York Post last month that he was not “woke.” If he were, then ma...

PITTSBURG (TNS) — Despite the uncertainty swirling around a once-in-a-generation steel acquisition that has Japanese investors and the American politi...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Busy work schedules, deer-related crop damage, and keeping the tradition of hunting alive are among the reasons Rep. Mandy Steele o...

MADE UP: There have been multiple instances throughout history when the words already in the daily lexicon just aren’t enough to accommodate the thoug...

Playing the Veepstakes guessing game is often a losing one for analysts. Vice-presidential selection is ultimately a highly personal choice, and it is...

A recent court ruling highlights the dangers of forcing taxpayers to fund political campaigns. Progressives pushing such schemes under the guise of el...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Sen. John Fetterman was part of congressional delegation that made a trip to Turks and Caicos to discuss the release of five Americ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Nearly three months after a state official revealed elder protection agencies in Allegheny County and elsewhere are noncompliant wi...

In the mid-1950s, when Jim Crow laws reigned in Alabama, state attorney general John M. Patterson — later a Ku Klux Klan-supported governor — filed a ...