In what’s being touted as a turning point in the way the Supreme Court considers the factor of race in the criminal justice system, Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday del...
Voters like Chris Coughenour, a Pittsburgh-area truck driver, may represent presidential candidate Donald Trump’s biggest challenge. Those like Cherie Spena, a hair styl...
It somehow seems par for the course.
Philadelphia, which is getting ready to host the Democratic National Convention July 25-28, saw its most prominent Democratic politi...
When more than half of people who need mental health care can’t or don’t get it — as is true in the U.S. — other problems arise. For sufferers, these include physical il...
I agreed with opinions faulting Attorney General Loretta Lynch for releasing a transcript of the Orlando shooter’s 911 call that blacked out his statements of loyalty to...
There are few things worse than red tape, and in government there is plenty to go around. That’s why House Speaker Paul Ryan’s latest regulatory-reform plan can’t be dis...
Read his lips: No new taxes.
What is generally expected to be an encore presentation of last year’s Quixotic state budget impasse just got a little more interesting. On ...
In the wake of the Orlando, Fla., nightclub atrocity, President Barack Obama has admonished us to “do some soul-searching” about how “easy” it is in this country to obta...
Help wanted: Seasoned Republican politician with Washington experience. Must have high energy, conservative credentials and a strong stomach. Job requires working for me...
For the parents and grandparents of adolescents, there is good news and bad news. The good news, unearthed in a survey conducted by the federal Centers for Disease Contr...
