Reducing crime, growing business, improving neighborhoods and holding the line on taxes - Erie Mayor Joe Schember reviews the ...

When Democrat John Fetterman got elected to Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat, many backers hoped he’d challenge convention and ...

Lawmakers are resuming their debate over legalizing recreational marijuana. To do it, they have to navigate industry interests, meet restorative justice goals and more.

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For more than three decades, Schumer shared an aging row house in Washington with Congressional colleagues, including Dick Durbin and George Miller. He lived in the row house during the week and ...

There will be a lot on the plate for new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when he steps into his office on the Pentagon’s third ...

Rubio was widely expected to be confirmed as the U.S.'s top diplomat and was the least controversial of Trump's Cabinet picks. He is the first nominee to be confirmed by the Senate and Republicans ...

The Florida senator becomes the United States’ 72nd chief diplomat, and the first Latino to hold the job. By Michael Crowley Michael Crowley covers diplomacy and the State Department and ...

While the Democratic controlled House last year passed a measure to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour, it died in the Republican-controlled Senate. Pennsylvania Democrats say raising the wages ...

Confirmations don’t come easier than this. The Senate approved the nomination of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to be secretary of state 99-0 Monday, hours after President Trump took the oath of ...

And if I am confirmed. Keeping that promise will be the core mission of the United States Department of State. The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting ...