politics

HARRISBURG — As America prepares to ring in its 250th anniversary next year, Pennsylvania is poised to take center stage. That’s why the state has bee...

In 1961, six Bradford area boys were drafted. We went to Buffalo for physicals. If we passed, we would be sent to basic training. Our fear was to fail...

SMETHPORT — Commissioners recognized several April observances with four proclamations shared during their regular meeting Tuesday at the McKean Count...

HARRISBURG — In a party-line vote, Pennsylvania's House of Representatives' Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee moved forward a bi...

For those of us who are calling balls and strikes on the Trump administration, the idea of creating a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to sl...

Believe it or not, the 2028 presidential election isn’t all that far off, especially in this modern era of political fundraising and positioning. On t...

Not yet three months into a second term, President Donald Trump has taken difficult, but necessary, actions to rein in the scope of a federal governme...

Thanks to Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson for his newsletters, showing he’s out of touch with constituents’ needs. In recent newsletters, Thompson said nothi...

Local officials are pushing for more logging in Pennsylvania’s only national forest, and the federal government might grant their wish. In two executi...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — PresidentDonald Trumplikes to troll Canada. He has been threatening our neighbor to the north with additional tariffs, and he think...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The U.S. Department of Education is calling colleges to account for racist and antisemitic incidents on campus — and its move to wi...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — With President Donald Trump announcing a new round of tariffs that could spark a global trade war on Wednesday, at least one Republ...

David Fitz, leader of the group Bradford for Democracy, has organized a Hands Off rally to be held noon to 1 p.m. Saturday in Bradford. The rally, hel...

The DOGE-damners on Capitol Hill are going to hate Elon Musk’s latest target: Congressional wallets. Speaking at a town hall in Wisconsin Sunday night...

The U.S. contributed to over $1 billion spent promoting shrimp farming in foreign countries from 1998 to 2023, which members of Congress say may have ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Donald Trump came into office with mandates to fix three big problems Joe Biden had failed to address: Out-of-control illegal immig...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Did the Trump administration violate the law by flying Venezuelan migrants out of the country as the ACLU battled in court to prev...

United Way of the Bradford Area is currently accepting applications for its second round of Quarterly Impact funding for 2025. Deadline to apply is Ma...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Democratic base is angry. Not just at President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the “Make America Great Again” movement. Rank-and-file ...

MIAMI (AP) — In Hialeah, Florida, a city that's 95% Hispanic, only three residents showed up at a recent city council meeting to speak against a partn...