Government and Politics
Published on June 21, 2022 - Page 13
WASHINGTON — WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the American embassy in Russia on the couple’s fourth...
Published on June 20, 2022 - Page 3
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems poised to take on a new elections case being pressed by Republicans that could increase the power of state...
Published on June 18, 2022 - Page 5
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Making his first public appearance since the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection began, former President...
Published on June 17, 2022 - Page 18
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s closest advisers viewed his last-ditch efforts pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to halt congressional...
Published on June 13, 2022 - Page 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Sunday they have uncovered enough evidence for the Justice...
Published on June 13, 2022 - Page 8
The president of the Brookings Institution resigned Sunday amid a federal investigation into whether he illegally lobbied on behalf of the wealthy...
Published on June 11, 2022 - Page 5
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was told by his campaign team, the data crunchers and a steady stream of lawyers, investigators and inner-circle allies:...
Published on June 10, 2022 - Page 4
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020...
Published on June 9, 2022 - Page 4
WASHINGTON (AP) —The House passed a wide-ranging gun control bill Wednesday in response to recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde,...
Published on June 8, 2022 - Page 4
WASHINGTON (AP) —The son of Ruth Whitfield, an 86-year-old killed when a gunman opened fire in a racist attack on Black shoppers in Buffalo, New York...
Published on June 4, 2022 - Page 1
HARRISBURG (AP) — Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick conceded the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to celebrity heart surgeon Dr...
Published on June 3, 2022 - Page 2
WASHINGTON (AP) —“Enough, enough,” President Joe Biden exclaimed over and over Thursday night during an impassioned address imploring Congress to...
Published on June 3, 2022 - Page 18
WASHINGTON (AP) — A stronger-than-expected economic recovery from the pandemic has pushed back the go-broke dates for Social Security and Medicare....
Published on June 1, 2022 - Page 6
HARRISBURG (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the counting of some mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, an order that could...
Published on May 30, 2022 - Page 4
PITTSBURGH — The victory party took on the feel of an evangelical worship service after Doug Mastriano won Pennsylvania’s Republican gubernatorial...
Published on May 28, 2022 - Page 10
WASHINGTON (AP) —Majorities of U.S. adults think mass shootings would occur less often if guns were harder to get, and schools and other public...
Published on May 20, 2022 - Page 10
HARRISBURG (AP) —Vote counting in the state Republican primary for the U.S. Senate dragged into a third day as Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund...
Published on May 20, 2022 - Page 10
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved a bill Thursday aimed at easing the baby formula shortage for families participating in a government assistance...
Published on May 19, 2022 - Page 1
HARRISBURG (AP) — Counting of mailed ballots in Pennsylvania is drawing renewed scrutiny amid a too-close-to-call U.S. Senate primary between...
Published on May 19, 2022 - Page 9
WASHINGTON (AP) —The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday paused a new and controversial board’s work on disinformation and accepted the...
Published on May 18, 2022 - Page 1
HARRISBURG (AP) —Doug Mastriano won the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania governor on Tuesday, beating eight other candidates and a party...
Published on May 18, 2022 - Page 8
Printing mistakes will force local election officials in Pennsylvania and Oregon to redo thousands of mailed ballots, a laborious process that could...
Published on May 18, 2022 - Page 8
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — First-term U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn lost his Republican primary race Tuesday to state Sen. Chuck Edwards, after the pro-Donald...
Published on May 17, 2022 - Page 9
WASHINGTON (AP) — With upcoming data showing traffic deaths soaring, the Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid to cities and...
Published on May 16, 2022 - Page 4
ATLANTA (AP) — The great vote-by-mail wave appears to be receding just as quickly as it arrived. After tens of millions of people in the United...
Published on May 16, 2022 - Page 8
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the leading Democrat in the state’s high-profile Senate contest, suffered a stroke just days...
Published on May 11, 2022 - Page 3
WASHINGTON (AP) —Sen. Bob Casey, one of the last lawmakers on Capitol Hill calling himself a “pro-life Democrat,” said Tuesday he would support a...
Published on May 11, 2022 - Page 9
HARRISBURG (AP) — Just days until Pennsylvania’s primary, Republicans are openly worrying a leading candidate in the GOP field for governor is...
Published on May 8, 2022 - Page 4
HARRISBURG (AP) —All four leading Republicans in Pennsylvania’s governor’s race have vowed to ban abortion. The revelation the Supreme Court may...
Published on May 8, 2022 - Page 5
WASHINGTON (AP) —Americans should get used to “uncomfortable” postage rate increases in coming years as the U.S. Postal Service seeks to become self-...