Politics & Policy

As the South Philly refinery and the 1% were hot topics, Bernie got the warmest reception, while there was some skepticism about “Middle Class Joe.”

A Monmouth University poll released Tuesday found that 38% of Garden State residents disapproved job the first-term Democrat has done.

Ahead of the fall session, Pennsylvania state Senate and House committees spent more than two hours Monday afternoon hashing out key election reform issues.

The administration says it wants to make sure the rotunda is accessible to people with disabilities. Some disability advocates say the move is unnecessary.

Former CIA analyst Nada Bakos discusses her work tracking terrorism in Iraq, including ISIS founder Abu Masab al-Zarqawi, after 9/11.

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora says two members of the city council have apologized over use of the phrase “Jew her down.”

Expect arguments on everything from energy to guns, from criminal justice to wages, and more.

Pelosi, D-Calif., and Schumer, D-N.Y., said they made clear that any proposal lacking the House legislation "will not get the job done" by leaving dangerous loopholes.

The New York Times now reports that Kavanaugh faced a separate allegation from his time at Yale University and that the FBI did not investigate the claim.

Brad Smith says governments need to step in and set rules for the Internet giants. "Almost no technology has gone so entirely unregulated, for so long, as digital technology."

The fate of the filibuster — a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the U.S. Senate — is again an issue of controversy among Democratic presidential candidates.

The climate activist led a protest at the White House on Friday. But she wasn't looking to go inside: "I don't want to meet with people who don't accept the science."

Law enforcement agencies can confiscate the guns of a person who poses a threat to themselves or others after getting judicial approval.

Meanwhile, environmental groups like the Chesapeake Bay Foundation say the move is an “assault” on clean water.

After Thursday night's Democratic primary debate, we discuss what the candidates said and how may play among voters.