In recent weeks, Congress has stripped a senator of his committee chairmanship pending a bribery investigation, expelled a House member for egregious frauds and fired a staffer […]
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Why this Congress can’t get much done
by Carl P. Leubsdorf When Republicans narrowly captured the House last year, most analysts predicted they would do more investigating than legislating. Unfortunately, that has proven to […]
Democrats, make a border deal to save Ukraine
In exchange for approving a supplemental national-security bill providing aid to Israel and Ukraine, Republican lawmakers are insisting on a far-reaching crackdown on the flow of migrants […]
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Zach Shrewsbury holds campaign kickoff rally in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN – Democrat Zach Shrewsbury brought his campaign for U.S. Senate to Morgantown Wednesday evening with a rally at 123 Pleasant Street. Shrewsbury, a Marine Corps veteran […]
Convict Santos before ousting him
Less than an hour after the House Ethics Committee published their extensive report on the elected fraudster from New York, Con(gress)man George Santos took to Twitter to […]
Congress didn’t solve the big issues
by Carl P. Leubsdorf The new House speaker, Mike Johnson, gave federal workers, U.S. troops and the American people a Thanksgiving and Christmas present: no government shutdown […]
GOP shutdown drama costs us plenty, even when Congress averts a stoppage
by Jackie Calmes Tired of Congress’ repeated partisan standoffs every time a big fiscal deadline approaches, like last week’s? Weary of the breathless cable coverage of looming […]
Guest essay: Lawmakers must move forward on farm bill
by Caitlin Cook Food banks are facing a food crisis. A majority of the more than 200 food banks in the Feeding America network serving every county […]
Sen. Joe Manchin will not seek reelection in 2024
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Joe Manchin announced on Thursday that he will not seek reelection to the U.S. Senate. The wording of his announcement, in a video posted […]
Nov. 5 letters to the editor
Schools can’t always offer career readiness In the letter to the editor “Schools should offer better career readiness” (DP-10-22-23), the author says the schools of West Virginia […]