Politics

If confirmed, HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy aims to shift the focus of the agencies he would oversee toward promoting a healthy lifestyle and finding the root causes of chronic diseases.  President Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services...

Pittsburgh’s mayor Ed Gainey said his team will refuse the new Trump administration’s orders for local officials to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to carry out deportations of illegal immigrants. Gainey said his office will not cooperate with Trump’s plan...

On Tuesday, the first debate of the 2025 Pittsburgh mayoral race was held outside Tory Hill’s shuttered Cowley Recreation Center.  Challenger Corey O’Connor used the building behind him as an example of a community resource that current Mayor Ed Gainey has neglected.  “This is a prime...

After a legal fight with investigative journalism outfit Spotlight PA, the Governor’s office was forced to release unredacted documents showing not just which private law firms were hired by the administration of former Governor Tom Wolf with taxpayer dollars, but the reasons why. During...

With just under two weeks remaining in his presidency, Joe Biden announced a ban on offshore drilling across 625 acres of American oceans. The move, made via executive action, is a policy most view as a direct shot at the incoming Donald Trump. Biden cited the need to “protect these...

Tuesday was a busy day in Harrisburg, with General Assembly legislators being sworn in and the State House electing its Speaker for the term. Democratic Representative Matthew Gergely of McKeesport suffered a medical emergency over the holidays that rendered him unable to be present for...

Justin Trudeau, Canada’s Prime Minister since 2015 and the leader of the Canadian Liberal Party since 2013, announced his resignation on Monday, January 6th. Trudeau, 53, blamed the “internal battles” of the Liberal Party for his decision, and did not specifically mention the recent poll...