Politics
President Trump swooped into the Pittsburgh area on Saturday night in an 11th-hour bid to prop up Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone, who is struggling to fend off a Democratic opponent in a special election being watched across the country as a political sign ahead of the November midterm election.
March 10, 2018
The dismayed laborers from shuttered coal yards and steel mills didn’t have to shift political allegiances to vote for President Trump in this part of the Rust Belt.
Feb. 22, 2018
The closely watched special congressional election in western Pennsylvania was at a virtual tie with almost all the votes counted Tuesday night — a result that suggests deep trouble for Republicans in this fall’s midterm election.
March 13, 2018
The most dangerous outcome for Republicans in Tuesday’s special House election was not the prospect of a Democrat taking over one of their seats.
March 14, 2018
President Trump on Saturday again called for enacting the death penalty for drug dealers during a rally meant to bolster a struggling GOP candidate for a U.S.
March 11, 2018
President Trump was only out of Washington for 36 hours this week, for an overnight trip to California and, on Wednesday, to St.
World & Nation
President Trump backed two successful U.S.
May 16, 2018
Pennsylvania’s high court issued a new congressional district map for the state’s 2018 elections on Monday, potentially giving Democrats a boost in their quest to capture control of the U.S.
Feb. 19, 2018
President Trump and Rep.
Two types of voters have gotten out-sized scrutiny in the run-up to this year’s midterm election — blue-collar whites who moved to Donald Trump in 2016 and college-educated suburbanites who have shunned the president ever since.
Aug. 7, 2018