HARRISBURG — Thirteen years ago, after covering Tom Corbett’s inauguration as the commonwealth’s 46th governor, I stopped then-State Archivist David Haury as he was gingerly walking away from the ceremony carrying with him an extraordinary relic: William Penn’s 1698 family Bible which Corbett had just used for his swearing-in ceremony. Flanked by security, Haury was wearing […]

Progressive Rep. Ruben Gallego (D), who is running for independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s seat in Arizona, announced Monday that his campaign raised an impressive $3.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, collecting an average of $29 from more than 114,000 donations.  Gallego’s fundraising haul exceeds the $2.1 million that former television news anchor and...

Future warming could lead to significant reductions in Colorado’s river flows by mid-century — impacting not only the Centennial State but also its neighbors downstream, a sweeping climate report warned on Monday. Colorado, a “headwaters” state for much of the U.S. West, has seen persistent dry conditions in recent decades, with four of the five most...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre slammed former President Trump for labeling as "hostages" those who have been convicted of charges related to the 2021 attack on the Capitol. Jean-Pierre was asked during a press gaggle on Air Force One on Monday what President Biden had to say about Trump’s recent remarks calling Jan. 6...

The special election to fill former Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) seat will be held on May 21, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Monday. McCarthy, who represented California’s 20th Congressional District, resigned from Congress last month following his ouster from the Speakership. In an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal, McCarthy wrote in December...

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is backing Trump ally Bernie Moreno in the race for his home state's Senate seat. Moreno announced Jordan’s support in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday as Republicans hope to flip the seat held by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in the upcoming election. In a statement from Moreno’s campaign, Jordan...

Former President Trump said he believed the Civil War could have been avoided through negotiation, though that would've changed the legacy of former President Lincoln. Trump, at an Iowa rally Saturday, said he finds the conflict “fascinating” but “so horrible.” He also noted the high death toll. “So many mistakes were made. See, there was...

Azerbaijani Ecology Minister Mukhtar Babayev, a former executive at the country’s state-owned oil company, will serve as president of the United Nations COP29 climate summit this year, 2023 hosts the United Arab Emirates confirmed. “We look forward to working alongside the COP29 and COP30 Presidencies, and the UNFCC [United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]...

President Biden on Monday sought to connect the fallout of the Civil War with the aftermath of the 2020 election as he warned truth and basic freedoms would be at risk if former President Trump won another term in the White House. Biden drew comparisons between 2020 and the Civil War, when he said defeated...

The notion that businesses might have a religious ethos is at best odd to some and downright offensive to others. It is useful to remember that the country has been arguing over their existence for well-over 200 years, and America’s roster of religious businesses now includes not only Christian establishments, but spiritual crystal boutiques, botanicas, zen macrobiotic stores, Yemini cafes, and Kosher certification firms.