Steve Novak

President Donald Trump urged enthusiastic followers to preserve the Republican majority in Congress in the November midterm elections, though he rarely referred to candidates by name while speaking Tuesday at the Mack Trucks assembly plant in Lower Macungie Township.

It was 14 years ago that Archie Stark’s 70 goals in a single season was finally bested by modern-day soccer star Lionel Messi, who continues to dominate on this year's World Cup stage.

Incumbent Republican Joe Emrick leads Democratic challenger Jeff Warren in campaign fundraising for Pennsylvania’s 137th House District, a race that national Democrats have targeted for a flip.

Easton tradition says it was Robert Levers, a Northampton County magistrate who became a leader in the new local government, but the historical record isn't as clear.

The man credited with reading the Declaration of Independence in Easton in 1776 never mentioned doing it.

The campaign for Mike Schlossberg, the Democratic Majority Whip seeking an eighth term in Pennsylvania’s 132nd House District, has raised $106,958 in contributions so far this year — and spent most of it to assist other Democratic campaigns.

Neither candidate for Pennsylvania’s 136th House District reported any significant fundraising so far in 2026, but longtime incumbent Democrat Robert Freeman still holds a significant cash advantage over Republican challenger Pilar Cavallo-Campisi.

Fundraising has not been a factor so far in the race for Pennsylvania’s 135th House District, where incumbent Democrat Steve Samuelson leads Republican challenger Joseph Poplawski in finances.

A Green Party candidate’s entry has stirred up the race for Pennsylvania’s closely watched 7th Congressional District, generating disavowal from the Greens, scrutiny of his past Republican ties and nomination petitions as well as accusations of “meddling.”

A pair of legal challenges seek to remove third-party candidate Andrew Tupone from the ballot for the Lehigh Valley’s 7th Congressional District, alleging nearly all of his approximately 10,000 signatures are invalid in part because voters may have been misled about what they were signing.