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Secrecy fuels suspicion. It’s natural to wonder what happens behind closed doors. After immense public pressure from activists and politicians as well...

Every political campaign hopes for an October surprise to shift the November election their way. President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis and hospi...

It’s time to rein in Big Tech. That’s what the U.S. House says. And both presidential candidates should agree. Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple domi...

If this is the most important election of our lifetimes, is it too much to ask that the president of the United States act like it? The president’s mo...

We are obsessed with food in this country. How blessed we are that it is so available here in the United States. I have interviewed young exchange stu...

It wasn’t too long ago that the news was filled with reports of violent protests in Portland, Oregon; Seattle; Washington, D.C., and other cities arou...

It is possible, given a president’s necessary interactions with the public, staff and others seeking his ear (not to mention a reelection campaign), t...

The New York Times alleges that President Donald Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017. Whether or not this is true (the Times has ...

The Supreme Court fight of the century is, so far, a fizzle. The ratio of progressive outrage over the nomination of federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett t...

I am a registered nurse in Cattaraugus County and a former infection-control nurse, and have been in the profession for 10 years. I contracted COVID-1...

GREENSBURG, Pa. — Westmoreland County, a collection of rolling green hills and aging industrial towns east of Pittsburgh, is difficult terrain for Dem...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Forget about any of President Donald Trump’s blusterings about potential fraud when it comes to voting by mail. We’ve got plenty of s...

I would like to thank our friends who supported Joe Schueckler and me through our protest against National Fuel Gas — including Rick Miller, who kept ...

Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender was one of the leading proponents of dismantling the city’s police force. In early June, she told CNN t...

Most political observers understand that the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a reliable “progressive” voice on the Supreme Court, and the nomina...

President Donald Trump, as an ordinary citizen, could face numerous federal and state charges if he is ousted from office. His supporters’ frequent sh...

An election year already defined by a cascade of national crises descended further into chaos Friday with President Donald Trump declaring that he’s t...

( Editor’s note: The following commentary was written before President Donald Trump and his wife Melania tested positive for COVID-19.) If you want to...