Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders touts, explains Democratic socialism
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Thursday that economic security is essential to Americans achieving true freedom, a central tenet in his political philosophy of...
View ArticleHouse votes to curb Syrian, Iraqi refugees
WASHINGTON — Responding swiftly to the terror in Paris, the U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to erect high hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi refugees coming to American shores, dividing the...
View ArticleWorld briefs: Obama courts Canada on trade pact
Canada will soon sign onto the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, U.S. President Barack Obama said, going further than the country’s new prime minister has committed.
View ArticleStudy: Offspring misperceive, reject parents’ party affiliation
Political affiliation has long thought to be like grandma’s china — passed down in families for generations. But a study published Thursday by researchers at Penn State University casts doubt on that...
View ArticleObama says he expects 'truth' in intelligence reports
President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he had ordered his senior defense officials to find out whether intelligence reports had been altered to reflect a more optimistic assessment of the American...
View ArticleTrump condones attack on Black Lives Matter activist
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Donald Trump said Sunday that the protester who interrupted his rally at a convention center here Saturday morning was “so obnoxious and so loud” that “maybe he should have been...
View ArticleNation briefs: Tape from shooting called inconclusive
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said Monday that footage from an ambulance at the scene where an unarmed black man was fatally shot by police appeared inconclusive.
View ArticlePoll: Voters distrust government in general, but like many specifics
WASHINGTON — Americans have low levels of trust in the federal government and most find it poorly run and wasteful in general, even as they give high marks to many of its specific programs, according...
View ArticleSenate panel to take on inversions in review of global taxation
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Finance Committee will take on corporate inversions as part of a broader review of challenges posed by international tax rules that it says encourage multinational...
View ArticleNational briefs: Donald Trump denies mocking reporter
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump denied Thursday that he mocked a reporter with a disability in a South Carolina speech, despite appearing to imitate mannerisms of the “poor guy” and make fun of him.
View ArticlePittsburgh-area developer, close friend of presidential contender Carson has...
Alfonso A. Costa so earned the faith of Ben Carson that the famed neurosurgeon — now a presidential contender — wrote in 2007 that he “could literally trust him with all of my earthly possessions.”
View ArticleNation briefs: Man charged in Chicago boy’s killing
CHICAGO — One of three suspects in the slaying of Tyshawn Lee engaged the 9-year-old in conversation Nov. 2 while the boy was on a swing at a play lot, then lured him to a nearby alley and gunned him...
View ArticleKarl Rove opens up his Rolodex for Ben Carson
Republican strategist Karl Rove helped set up a meeting between top fundraisers for Ben Carson and casino mogul Steve Wynn.
View ArticleTrump weathers controversies at boisterous rally
For Donald Trump, it was as close to an apology as he could muster. Bravado, a dash of humility, and a one-two punch back at critics who continue to predict his demise as the leading contender for the...
View ArticleAfter Colorado shooting, renewed questions on gun violence
The governor of Colorado, where a gunman killed three people and wounded nine others in a rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic last week, called the shooting a “form of terrorism” Sunday and said...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood attack suspect makes 1st appearance
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The man accused in the shooting rampage at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic made his first court appearance Monday and learned that he will face first-degree murder...
View ArticleNational briefs: Cell phones cut the cord on landlines
NEW YORK — Nearly half of U.S. households only use cell phones, according to new federal statistics that show more and more people are cutting the cord on landlines. Now, only about 8 percent of...
View ArticlePuerto Rico undecided on bond payments due today, governor says
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico hasn’t decided whether to skip $354 million in bond payments due today, a move that would escalate a standoff with bondholders by pushing the commonwealth into...
View ArticleObama may sign short-term spending bill to avert shutdown
WASHINGTON — The White House is signaling it would not block a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown should lawmakers need to keep working on a massive spending measure after the Dec....
View ArticleU.S. senators press for more accountability and student loan money from EDMC
Three Democratic senators are “profoundly dissatisfied” with education and justice officials for arranging a settlement last month that required Pittsburgh-based Education Management Corp. to pay about...
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