Legislation proposed by a Susquehanna Valley lawmaker would abolish the death penalty in Pennsylvania. House Bill 888 would remove the death penalty as an option for punishment for first-degree murder ...

President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a government shutdown.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...

The bill now heads to President Donald Trump's desk for a signature. The Senate earlier took a key procedural vote on a ...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who announced days ago that he would vote for a House-passed funding bill to avoid a government ...

Pennsylvania is better because you live here, you work here and you serve here, and I just want to thank you from the bottom ...

Dr. Mehmet Oz promised senators on Friday to fight health care fraud and push to make Americans healthier if he becomes the ...

When Luen Ng died at 75 after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Northeast Philadelphia, few people outside her family ...

A series of events in all 50 states aims to capitalize on a recent warning from Republican leadership that its lawmakers ...

Alan Simpson’s three terms as Wyoming senator covered the Republican Party’s rejuvenation under Ronald Reagan.