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    Battered Democrats hope to regain their focus
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Battered Democrats hope to regain their focus
    CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
    Feb 20, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Like everyone else in Washington, Democratic Party leaders have been stunned by the speed and the breadth of President Donald Trump...
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    Pa. Sen. Dave McCormick on board with Trump, DOGE shakeup while Sen. John Fetterman blasts ‘chaos, confusion’
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Pa. Sen. Dave McCormick on board with Trump, DOGE shakeup while Sen. John Fetterman blasts ‘chaos, confusion’
    BENJAMIN KAIL Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Feb 20, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick says he's on board with President Donald Trump's and Elon Musk's efforts to overhaul the federal governmen...
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    Guest Comment: Stand up for democracy
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Guest Comment: Stand up for democracy
    DAVID FITZ Special to The Era 
    Feb 17, 2025
    An authoritarian coup is happening in the United States. And “we the people” are the only ones who can stop it. We must preserve and restore our democ...
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    Like it or not, Washington needs ‘creative destruction’ brought by Trump and Musk
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Like it or not, Washington needs ‘creative destruction’ brought by Trump and Musk
    DAVID MASTIO The Kansas City Star 
    Feb 17, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Before Donald Trump, change came to Washington very slowly. Now it has come in a great, big, destructive whirl. Trump’s Department ...
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    DOGE makes math great again
    Opinion, Сolumns
    DOGE makes math great again
    J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
    Feb 13, 2025
    President Trump is slapping America in the face. If we’re lucky, it will revive our sleepwalking nation. While cramming more action into a few hundred...
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    Pennsylvania governor sues over Trump administration spending freezes on grants and loans
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Pennsylvania governor sues over Trump administration spending freezes on grants and loans
    MARC LEVY Associated Press 
    Feb 13, 2025
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday sued agencies under President Donald Trump, saying they are illegally and unconstitutiona...
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    Social Security Matters: Were funds moved to General Treasury?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Were funds moved to General Treasury?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Feb 07, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: Why were the Social Security funds moved from the Social Security account to the General Fund with the government? Is it not then called a...
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    US aid can’t be above scrutiny
    Opinion, Сolumns
    US aid can’t be above scrutiny
    Feb 05, 2025
    Donald Trump and Elon Musk have triggered panic in Washington with their efforts to cap the U.S. foreign aid spigot. To the extent that this ignites a...
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    Is Trump pushing powers beyond the Constitution?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Is Trump pushing powers beyond the Constitution?
    DAVID G. SAVAGE Los Angeles Times 
    Jan 29, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — President Trump has begun his second term pressing his power to reshape the government by firing federal officials, ending diversit...
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    Executive orders are a shortcut to autocracy
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Executive orders are a shortcut to autocracy
    NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
    Jan 24, 2025
    DETROIT (TNS) — With a few exceptions, I agree with the objectives of nearly all of the executive orders President Donald Trump has signed during his ...
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    Presidents and their pardons
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Presidents and their pardons
    Jan 22, 2025
    Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the Biden family. If not, you’r...
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    Republicans have chance to seize the moment
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Republicans have chance to seize the moment
    MATT WYLIE The Charlotte Observer 
    Jan 17, 2025
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — President Joe Biden’s farewell address to the nation was quintessential Biden. He wove in folksy stories of America’s past. He...
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    Pennsylvania leads effort against congressional stock trading
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Pennsylvania leads effort against congressional stock trading
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Jan 13, 2025
    WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania leads the renewed charge against Congressional insider trading. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., revived 2023's Bipartisan R...
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    DEI and the H-1B visa undermine American workers
    Opinion, Сolumns
    DEI and the H-1B visa undermine American workers
    SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
    Jan 06, 2025
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Many Americans have never experienced a “good economy,” if a good economy is defined as one in which an individual can graduate fr...
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    The new Congress has convened. Here’s what it means to Pa.
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    The new Congress has convened. Here’s what it means to Pa.
    JONATHAN D. SALANT Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jan 02, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Where have we seen this before? Just as he did in when he first was elected president in 2016, Donald Trump prepares to take office...
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    Fetterman open-minded, McCormick doing ‘due diligence’ as senators prep for Trump nominee hearings
    Local News, Nation & World, News, ...
    Fetterman open-minded, McCormick doing ‘due diligence’ as senators prep for Trump nominee hearings
    BENJAMIN KAIL Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Dec 30, 2024
    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 ...
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    A look ahead to what might happen in 2025
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A look ahead to what might happen in 2025
    CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
    Dec 27, 2024
    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...
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    Biden vetoes JUDGES Act
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Biden vetoes JUDGES Act
    Dec 26, 2024
    There’s precious little agreement between congressionalRepublicansandDemocratsthese days. So it’s unusual that the president this week vetoed a bill t...
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    McCormick can take cue from Casey
    Opinion, Сolumns
    McCormick can take cue from Casey
    Dec 23, 2024
    Pennsylvanians have said goodbye to Sen.Bob Caseyfollowing a contentious campaign against RepublicanDavid McCormick, who prevailed in a tight vote las...
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    A bad idea for Social Security
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A bad idea for Social Security
    Dec 19, 2024
    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...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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