For anyone who thinks the Associated Press’s lawsuit against President Trump’s White House is about the name of a body of water, think bigger. It’s really about whether the government can control what...

“The president of the United States has essentially declared war on the rule of law in America.” Those are the words of J. Michael Luttig, a widely respected former conservative federal judge. His ala...

THE LEGEND OF LOBBYING is that it began in a Washington, D.C., hotel when people would wait for Ulysses S. Grant, pressing the president for political favors. The reality is Grant wasn’t even born yet...

a totally different For angle on the encrypted app story, I thought that instead of discussing how plans for bombing the Houthis were leaked, I’d discuss the bombing of the Houthis. Including any jour...

To the Editor: A frequent letter writer (FLW) is at it again spreading his pixie dust of distortion and misinformation. In “United in Lies” (MVI, 3/15/25), as an example of the rampant “waste, fraud, ...

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On March 11, the Department of Education issued a press release announcing that it had “initiated a reduction in force impacting nearly 50% of the department’s workforce.” When President Donald Trump ...

PENNSYLVANIA HAS HOUSING ISSUES. There is a crying need for homes — whether houses or apartments — for certain sectors of the population. Specifically, there are needs for affordable housing in low-in...

To the Editor: After reading the recent tirade from two letter writers, I realized the period for mourning the removal of the Biden crime family from their DC headquarters has officially ended. Althou...

Pennsylvania’s U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick and John Fetterman and their wives are holding a public event this weekend in Downtown Pittsburgh where the Mc-Cormicks will discuss their new book and partici...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Governors in several Republican-led states are pressing the Trump administration to cut strings attached to their federal education money, a goal conservatives have long dreamed of t...

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Lisa Sólrun Christiansen gets up at 4 a.m. most days and gets to work knitting thick wool sweaters coveted by buyers around the world for their warmth and colorful patterns cele...

MASS TRANSPORTATION is a critical part of life in a metropolitan area. It connects people to jobs, doctors, churches and shopping. It makes it possible for families to stay in touch. It breaks down ba...

To the Editor: What a turn around in two months. Everyday there is something new and better for the country and us. With the exception of a shaky stock market, it has been all winners. Gasoline is bel...

For years, the left has advanced utter untruths for cheap partisan purposes that it knew at the time were all false. And now when caught, they just shrug and say they were lying all along. Once it was...

IT’S A TOUGH TIME TO BE A COLLEGE. Spring can be an uncertain time for a Pennsylvania institution of higher learning in the best of times. With state lawmakers still haggling over the budget, universi...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sits at a table surrounded by University of Illinois researchers who will soon be out of work, their lab set to lose its federal funding and close next...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s father swept into Lawrence, Kansas, 57 years ago this month to give a campaign speech. It was just his third day as a 1968 presidential candidate, and he clearly ...

By JONATHAN J. COOPER AND NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Bernie Sanders stepped onto a stage in downtown Denver, surrounded by tens of thousands of cheering supporters in what he des...

Ihave to wonder: When will Vice President JD Vance condemn his own administration? Last month, Vance, a self-described foreign policy “realist” who scorns the practice of describing countries as “good...