In a rare display of compromise, Senate and House negotiators Tuesday agreed to a $17 billion bill to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill is expected to ...
“The Great War” and “The war to end all war” proved to be neither. The conflict that would bleed to death some of Earth’s proudest empires — while killing 16.5 million s...
Quick quiz: Which potential 2016 presidential candidate had this to say about federal anti-poverty programs last week?.
“What do we want? A healthy economy — and a big p...
On my refrigerator door I keep a photo of an exceptional Palestinian woman who ran kindergartens in Gaza in the 1990s for the Philly-based American Friends Service Commi...
When we heard that the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had created a potentially lethal safety risk by improperly sending deadly pathogens — like anth...
If police caught you carrying a marijuana cigarette in Washington, D.C., two weeks ago, chances are you would have been arrested, fingerprinted and perhaps jailed.
If yo...
Buying an airline ticket just got a little bit more expensive. It’s not that airlines raised their prices or jet fuel became more expensive last week. The reason for the...
When in comes to keeping track of the Marcellus gas boom in Butler County, maybe we’re simply taking the wrong direction.
Gas regulation is a state issue, but as a state...
After more than two weeks of fighting between Hamas and Israel, there is no question which side has the upper hand. Thursday’s strike on a U.N.-run school for Palestinia...
WASHINGTON — “Checked the tax code,” wrote a friend who’s engaged to a woman from a low-tax country. “Unfortunately, marrying my fiancee does not entitle me to a tax inv...
