GOP’s strategy relies on Clinton as villainNEW YORK a ” Almost 18…
Almost 18 months have passed since Hillary Clinton lost the presidency. She holds no position of power in government.
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PSP Camp Cadet Program is July 22-27
The camp is for boys and girls, 12 to 14 years of age, from Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, McKean and northern Indiana counties. Campers will stay at the university for the entire week.
Southwest giving passengers $5,000 checks on accident flight
U.S. NTSB investigators are on scene examining damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane in this image released from Philadelphia WASHINGTON - Southwest Airlines Co confirmed Friday it has sent $5,000 checks to passengers aboard a flight that made an emergency landing this week after an engine failed, killing a passenger. The airline confirmed news reports from passengers it had sent the checks along with $1,000 travel vouchers.
GOP enlists Trump, leadership to stave off Democrats in…
House Republicans, already rattled by a special-election loss in Pennsylvania, are enlisting President Trump and other GOP leaders to help turn back a stronger-than-expected Democratic challenge in next week's special election in a strongly Republican Arizona district. Republican Debbie Lesko, a former state senator, faces Democrat Hiral Tipirneni, a physician and health-care advocate, in the April 24 contest to replace former congressman Trent Franks, who resigned last year after he reportedly offered to pay a female staff member $5 million if she would carry his child.
Continue reading Kathleen Parker: History seems to enjoy repeating itself
When the FBI, after a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, raided the offices and hotel room of Trump attorney Michael Cohen, the thud of the other shoe dropping sent ripples along Pennsylvania Avenue, down the National Mall and over the Potomac River into Northern Virginia, where more than a few veterans of earlier political wars likely grimaced at what could come next. No one should feel good about what's happening now.
Penn students engage congressional candidates on key issues, challenges in new Pa. district
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OPED: Protect constitutional right to self govern
It's no surprise that both Republican and Democratic operatives are lining up to re-gerrymander in 2021 unless we do something about this. OPED: Protect constitutional right to self govern It's no surprise that both Republican and Democratic operatives are lining up to re-gerrymander in 2021 unless we do something about this.
Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer launches $3.5m campaign in Pa | Thursday Morning Coffee
California philanthropist Tom Steyer in conversation at the Green Bean Roasting Co. in York, Pa.
GOP Unleashes Anti-Pelosi Ad Blitz in Fight to Control Congress
If there's one person Republican congressional candidates can rally around for their November election campaigns, it's House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. Much as animosity toward President Donald Trump rouses Democrats, Pelosi is a bete noire for Republicans, who've long targeted her as the prototype of a San Francisco liberal.
How the #NeverAgain Movement Is Disrupting Gun Politics
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A different look
Assuming he's re-elected to a sixth term - and he hasn't ever really been challenged - Glenn Thompson will continue to represent Warren County in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania recently ran a public notice in the Times Observer detailing the specifics of what - effective next year - will be the 15th Congressional District.
He applied to 20 of the best colleges and got a full ride to all of them
The 17-year-old from Houston applied to 20 of the best universities in the US. He was admitted to every single one with a full ride and $260,000 in additional scholarship offers.
Can this Colorado Republican in a diverse district survive despite Trump’s racial politics?
When Mike Coffman was growing up in Aurora, it was a small white military town on the outskirts of Denver. In the half a century since then, wave after wave of immigrants and refugees have transformed it into a vibrant, racially mixed suburb.
Yes, we heard Stormy Daniels’ story. For Trump, that $130K could be an even bigger problem
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels attends the 2018 Adult Video News Awards at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Jan. 27, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nev. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was allegedly paid $130,000 by an attorney for Donald Trump one month before the 2016 presidential election to keep her from talking about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.
Numerous redistricting challenges pending in courts
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit alleging partisan gerrymandering in the drawing of a Maryland congressional district. Eight years after the 2010 Census provided the basis for legislative redistricting, several other cases alleging unconstitutional gerrymandering in various states also are still working their way through the court system.
Courts weighing numerous challenges to political boundaries
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit alleging partisan gerrymandering in the drawing of a Maryland congressional district. Eight years after the 2010 Census provided the basis for legislative redistricting, several other cases alleging unconstitutional gerrymandering in various states also are still working their way through the court system.
The Latest: Students successfully mobilized; focus on voters
Students and activists across the country planned events Saturday in conjunction with a Washington m... . Four-year-old twins Eli, left, and his brother Nathan Hellman hold their signs during the 'March For Our Lives' event on Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Welcome to the revolution’: Young leaders speak out against gun violence
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez addresses the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018, on Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the nation's capital and cities across the United States on Saturday to demand action against gun violence, the latest and most visible show of force by a student-led political movement born in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
Photos of the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington
A demonstrator is seen on the National Mall near the student-led March for Our Lives rally on Pennsylvania Avenue to call for action to prevent gun violence. Thousands took to the streets of Washington on Saturday to protest inaction by Congress on gun violence.
GOP’s congressional stronghold is Democrats’ source of hope
A longtime congressional stronghold for Republicans, Pennsylvania is emerging in dramatic fashion as a source of hope for Democrats in their quest to take control of the U.S. House in November's mid-term elections. This week cemented Democratic victories in two key battles: Republicans dropped talk of legal challenges to Democrat Conor Lamb's improbable victory in a special election in southwestern Pennsylvania and federal courts rejected two GOP lawsuits seeking to block a state court-drawn map of more competitive districts.