Toomey: Charleston shows need to keep guns from criminals, mentally ill

Democrats need to pick up four seats to retake the Senate, and the party has a clear lead in just one Republican-held state.

Across the country this election season, taxing the richest Americans is the solution many Democrats are offering for a host of middle-class problems.

Conservative pioneers in the 1970s revealed that incendiary direct mail targeting specific slices of the electorate and arousing their emotions could motivate voters and raise funds.

Four competitive races are neck-and-neck as the candidates launch last-minute attacks and spend big before Election Day. Democrats appear to have the momentum.

The cease-and-desist is the second time in two weeks a candidate in the race has called on the other to take down an ad.

The condemnation of Bezos by his most famous employee is one of the headlines from “Secrets,” the long-awaited memoir of his 55 years in journalism to be published Nov. 24.

Katharine Bement Davis fought outdated laws by studying American women's sexual practices and knowledge.

Nearly 600 high-profile, right-wing social media accounts, podcasts and other online media have published more than 7,000 statements questioning the election’s integrity this year, an analysis found.

Ethan Young, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Pennsylvanian, is one of six people who sued President Donald Trump over banning of journalists from the White House.

The Justice Department plans to deploy 1,000 election monitors nationwide, including to polling stations in Philadelphia, Allegheny, Luzerne, and Lehigh Counties.

Republicans are on pace to lose the two U.S. House seats they flipped just two years ago, according to a new Inquirer/New York Times/Siena University poll.

U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross got on his knees to mock U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew and compared the Republican to Adolf Hitler at a Gloucester County Democratic Committee rally with Sen. Cory Booker.

Sixers head coach Nick Nurse and forward LeBron James respond to President Donald Trump's call-out of James during Thursday night's game.

The government’s moves came as it has gone to extraordinary lengths to scrutinize the midterm elections, ostensibly in search of instances of voter fraud.

Means used his perch at the Department of Health and Human Services to attack the nation’s leading physician groups, federal agencies, and government scientists.

The indictment comes as Trump’s Justice Department has faced intense scrutiny over investigations and prosecutions against foes of the president that critics have called politically motivated.

Lewandowski, who served as Trump’s first campaign manager a decade ago, worked closely with Kristi Noem, the former homeland security secretary, but left after she was forced out in March.

President Donald Trump has urged Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, to keep running a controversial ad

States that tend to vote for Democrats have faced a longer wait for aid and seen their requests rejected more often, according to analyses of federal disaster declarations during Trump’s second term.

Dolores Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation’s fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede!”

The state House passed legislation to open primary elections to Pennsylvania’s roughly 1.5 million independent voters, but the bill has not moved through the Senate.

Police are investigating a sexual assault involving two students at an off-campus apartment complex at Temple University.

The first rat abatement manager will lead a new coordinated effort to address quality-of-life issues that attract the rodents.

SEPTA bought 24 used Bombardier Comet railcars from Montreal transit system Exo for $8.58 million. They will expand Regional Rail carrying capacity.

Foles, who led the Eagles to a Super Bowl title, said on his podcast that he "knew something bad was going to happen," starting when the Eagles and Jeff Stoutland parted ways after last season.