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Political news across the Lehigh Valley — campaigns, elections, officeholders and the decisions shaping the region.
DALLAS — The first Republican midterm convention opens here at 4 p.m. Eastern today, and President Donald Trump's keynote is scheduled for 9 to 10 p.m. — roughly 40 minutes after the NFL kicks off its season on the other set of channels.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Thousands of mail ballots were thrown out in Washington and Oregon this year for arriving or being postmarked too late, according to state data the two states' election officials presented in the past week — and Pennsylvania extends none of the leeway both of those states do: a ballot that reaches the county office after 8 p.m. on Election Day does not count, no matter when it was mailed.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed five proclamations Tuesday barring a long list of Canadian goods — most packaged alcohol, whey and molasses products, and motorcycles with engines over 800 cubic centimeters — from entering the United States at 12:01 a.m. Sept. 29.
BOSTON — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday morning promoted a federal benefit-fraud case under the banner "TUESDAY TAKEDOWN," posting a booking photo of a Lawrence, Massachusetts, woman and announcing that nine people had been charged in nearly $1 million in alleged fraud.
PITTSBURGH — U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio said this weekend he might run against Sen. John Fetterman in the 2028 Democratic primary, moving a monthslong feud between Pennsylvania's senior senator and his own party's House delegation from social media into a stated intention.
WASHINGTON — The official White House account on X posted an AI-generated video Sunday night depicting President Donald Trump as the DC Comics hero Green...
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani had the ceremonial pen from Friday’s Sept. 11 executive order signing passed to his chief counsel,...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state judge has ordered Andrew Tupone, a Bethlehem Township man who sought to run for Congress as a Green, off the...
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A business manager on Bethlehem’s South Side says he plans to run for an at-large seat on Bethlehem City Council in 2027,...
Residents raised concerns about housing costs, homelessness, education, mental health and community investment during a virtual town hall with Ce-Ce Gerlach, candidate in the May...