Government and Politics
Published on June 13, 2021 - Page 21
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past 18 months, 29 prisoners have escaped from federal lockups across the U.S. — and nearly half still have not been...
Published on June 12, 2021 - Page 10
WASHINGTON (AP) —Law enforcement agencies across the country saw a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit police officers...
Published on June 9, 2021 - Page 4
HARRISBURG (AP) —Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Tuesday approved veto-destined legislation designed to help gun owners and gun-rights...
Published on June 9, 2021 - Page 4
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol found a broad intelligence breakdown across multiple agencies...
Published on June 9, 2021 - Page 5
WASHINGTON (AP) —Liberals cheer the legal and financial jeopardy ensnaring the National Rifle Association. They see the gun lobby’s potential demise...
Published on June 5, 2021 - Page 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says members of the graduating class of 2021 are leaving school at an “inflection point” that gives them...
Published on June 5, 2021 - Page 18
In early March, a Boston-based vote-counting firm called Clear Ballot Group sent a bid to Arizona’s state Senate to audit the 2020 presidential...
Published on June 2, 2021 - Page 6
HARRISBURG (AP) —County officials reprised their call Tuesday for fixes to Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law to help them run a smoother election in...
Published on May 29, 2021 - Page 10
WASHINGTON (AP) — On Friday, President Joe Biden unveiled a $6 trillion budget for next year. It’s piled high with new safety net programs for the...
Published on May 26, 2021 - Page 4
WASHINGTON (AP) —The Biden administration says many American citizens holding recently expired U.S. passports will be allowed to return home from...
Published on May 21, 2021 - Page 18
HARRISBURG (AP) — With voters shifting major new responsibilities to them, Pennsylvania’s state lawmakers are tasked with deciding whether hundreds...
Published on May 19, 2021 - Page 12
HARRISBURG (AP) — Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto lost his bid for re-election Tuesday as the city took a big step toward electing its first Black chief...
Published on May 13, 2021 - Page 10
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republicans sought to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 insurrection during a rancorous congressional hearing Wednesday. They...
Published on May 11, 2021 - Page 4
STOWE, Vt. (AP) — Eduardo Rovetto is hoping Vermont’s reinstated requirement people collecting unemployment benefits must seek work will help him...
Published on May 11, 2021 - Page 6
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department on Monday launched its $350 billion program to distribute aid to state and local governments. Biden...
Published on April 29, 2021 - Page 2
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night in his first address to a joint session of Congress “America is rising anew.” He...
Published on April 25, 2021 - Page 20
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon panel is recommending decisions to prosecute service members for sexual assault be made by independent authorities, not...
Published on April 16, 2021 - Page 17
WASHINGTON (AP) —The top watchdog for the U.S. Capitol Police told a House committee Thursday there is a need for a culture change within the force...
Published on April 13, 2021 - Page 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants Congress to know he’s sincere about cutting a deal on infrastructure. But the White House is also...
Published on April 9, 2021 - Page 7
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said this week it has issued more than 156 million payments as part of President Joe Biden’s coronavirus...
Published on April 9, 2021 - Page 10
WASHINGTON (AP) —On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced a half-dozen executive actions to combat what he called an “epidemic and an international...
Published on April 6, 2021 - Page 16
WASHINGTON (AP) —More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling the sharply increasing number of unaccompanied migrant...
Published on April 6, 2021 - Page 16
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a case over former President Donald Trump’s efforts to block critics from his personal...
Published on April 5, 2021 - Page 3
HARRISBURG (AP) —Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and...
Published on April 3, 2021 - Page 10
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s first Cabinet meeting looked different from those of his predecessor. Biden’s full Cabinet met this week in...
Published on March 28, 2021 - Page 4
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats seized on new voting restrictions in Georgia to focus attention on the fight to overhaul federal election laws. Party...
Published on March 26, 2021 - Page 5
The suspect in the shooting at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket and the shootings at three massage businesses in the Atlanta area are the latest...
Published on March 25, 2021 - Page 9
Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be the nation’s...
Published on March 24, 2021 - Page 6
HARRISBURG — U.S. Postal Service investigators did not find evidence of any backdated presidential election ballots in the post office in Erie,...
Published on March 24, 2021 - Page 7
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem initially appeared eager to deliver a win to social conservatives on a top, culture war issue...