Politics & Policy

It was a new beginning, but without the buzzing crowds, cheers and happy tears of the previous time, four years ago. At this time ...

It always frustrates me when people dismiss all politicians as phonies or, worse, crooks. Some are not. Some are decent people mot ...

NewsWorks photographer Kimberly Paynter boarded a bus from Delaware at 4 a.m. Monday and hit the road for Washington, D.C., to witness Pr ...

This week, Gov. Tom Corbett is expected to unveil a comprehensive transportation budget for Pennsylvania. It’s eagerly await ...

President Obama last week announced a raft of proposals to curb gun violence. I really don’t know which of the things he pro ...

My dictionary defines a “shibboleth” as a “saying used by adherents of a party, sect, or belief and usually regarded by ...

There is no end to the arguments over the voting process last November. A total of 27,355 provisional ballots were cast in Philade ...

The movie Zero Dark Thirty is a taut, disciplined, compelling piece of filmmaking. It also distressed me morally as much as ...

The lingering battle over drawing new legislative districts in Pennsylvania was in federal court Friday, as a Latino group urged U.S. Dis ...

Having lofted Chuck Hagel’s trial balloon for Secretary of Defense, and having taken political fire for it, President Obama needs t ...

While it’s unclear how Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s lawsuit against the NCAA will fare in court, analysts also differ over ...

As the country was ringing in the New Year, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to steer clear of the so-called “fiscal cliff.” ...

The U.S. House has passed the Senate’s proposal to prevent the country from careening off the so-called “fiscal cliff.” ...

Freedoms do not come free. Rights, when exercised, can lead to a lot of wrong behavior. The Bill of Rights might as well be called the Bi ...