Here’s what happened when this Pa guv candidate huddled with Rick Santorum on healthcare

Paul Mango, a Pittsburgh area businessman, becomes the second Republican, after Scott Wagner, to enter the race to challenge Democratic incumbent Gov. Tom Wolf for the governorship next year. Sean Simmers Paul Mango, a Pittsburgh area businessman, becomes the second Republican, after Scott Wagner, to enter the race to challenge Democratic incumbent Gov. Tom Wolf for the governorship next year.

Dear Donald… Barack Obama’s advice to successor Donald Trump

US President Barack Obama, with his letter to Donald Trump, is seen before leaving the White House for the final time. In the final minutes of his time in the Oval Office, just before he left for his successor's inauguration, US President Barack Obama slipped a handwritten letter inside the top drawer of the Resolute desk.

Rick Santorum predicts Senate health care bill will pass with 50 votes, conservative support

Former Sen. Rick Santorum predicted that the Republican health care bill will pass the Senate with exactly 50 votes, saying the measure has enough "core Republican doctrine" to satisfy conservatives even if moderates reject it. At least five Senate Republicans have expressed opposition the bill in its current form to repeal and replace Obamacare, but Mr. Santorum said he believes the conservatives would change their minds.

‘This can’t continue for a whole lot longer’: Former…

Former senator of Pennsylvania and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum delivered a stark warning for President Donald Trump, as his administration was hobbled by a barrage of damaging news reports over the last 10 days. "Unlike Democrats, who will never break with a president, no matter what they do - I mean I don't care, they can find him with a smoking gun and a picture, they wouldn't break with him - Republicans will," he said on CNN Friday night.

Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm named senior political commentator at CNN

Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is joining CNN as a senior political commentator, according to Adweek , a trade publication covering the media and advertising industry. Granholm, a Democrat, is one of nine political commentators and contributors added by the cable news network for 2017 as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.

Does Donald Trump want to also curb legal immigration?

TRENTON - Much of the attention that Donald Trump 's long-awaited immigration speech received this week was focused on his promise to crack down hard on illegal immigration to the U.S. But there was another part of Wednesday's address that many may have overlooked: how Trump pledged to cut back on legal immigration, too. The Republican presidential nominee said it was time to establish a commission to "develop a new set of reforms" to keep "immigration levels measured by population share within historical norms" and "ensure assimilation."

Jim Gilmore showed Rick Santorum how it’s done

The former governor of Virginia was seen as perhaps the least competitive major candidate during the heat of the Republican primary process. Gilmore almost consistently placed last in polling and qualified to appear in only two debates until he ended his campaign in February.