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Republican challengers in New Jersey still face uphill congressional campaigns
Despite soaring party unity, Republicans challenging Democratic incumbents will still be hampered due to polarization and the voter registration edge.
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Listen 1:21Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office said it “will not entertain any requests for a taxpayer bailout of a for-profit company.”
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Listen 1:01Federal appeals court blocks remainder of Biden’s student debt relief plan
The court granted a motion for an administrative stay filed by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate Biden's entire student loan forgiveness program.
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This year’s budget overturns local bans on rodeos. No Pa. lawmaker will take credit
The provision was quietly included in a budget-enabling code bill and appears to target Pittsburgh.
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Pa. mail ballot envelopes will now be printed with the full year filled out
The new directive from Pennsylvania’s top election agency is aimed at eliminating a fairly common voter error.
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Trump describes assassination attempt with personal details as he accepts Republican nomination
“I’m not supposed to be here tonight,” Trump, defiant and bandaged, told the packed convention hall.
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Indicted election deniers from several states are Republican Convention delegates
More than a dozen fake electors, indicted for crimes related to attempting to overthrow the 2020 election, are delegates at the RNC to nominate Donald Trump.
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The city’s only open-intake animal shelter is holding a foster drive in an effort to ease severe overcrowding — and save the lives of time-stamped dogs.
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J.D. Vance sweet-talks rural Pennsylvania voters at the RNC
Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, WHYY News’ political reporter, joined “Morning Edition” host Jennifer Lynn to give voters a recap of day 3 of the RNC.
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Listen 5:48Leaders of the hospital nurses’ union say more than 20 registered nurses in ICU and surgical units have been laid off as of this week.
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Listen 1:16Obama, Pelosi and Democrats make a fresh push for Biden to reconsider 2024 race ahead of convention
Democrats know they have limited time to resolve the party turmoil after the president's faltering debate performance last month.
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Hundreds attend vigil for Corey Comperatore, former fire chief killed at Trump rally in Pa.
The 50-year-old, who worked as a project engineer, Army reservist and volunteer firefighter, died Saturday during an attempt to kill Trump at his rally in Butler, Pa.
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Multiple failures, multiple investigations: Unraveling the attempted assassination of Donald Trump
It's becoming increasingly clear this was a complicated failure involving multiple missteps and at least nine different local, county and federal law enforcement divisions.
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Kevin Hart, ‘Funny Girl,’ Chinatown Summer Festival and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
July 18–21: Ice Cream Day in Philly, Dave Matthews Band in N.J. and “Julius Caesar” in Delaware are among this weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:27Does Trump want to eliminate affirmative action for minority businesses? Here’s what we know
After hours of speeches at the Republican National Convention and pages of policy documents — there’s no mention of affirmative action policy changes by Republicans.
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