
Politics & Policy
Biden’s second try at student loan cancellation moves forward with debate over the plan’s details
Fourteen people chosen by the Biden administration will meet Tuesday for the first of three hearings on student loan relief in a process known as negotiated rulemaking.
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Everything you need to know about the details of voting in Philly on Nov. 7
From registration deadlines to polling place logistics.
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Israel pounds Gaza neighborhoods, as people scramble for safety in sealed-off territory
If airstrikes continue, Gaza’s civilians will have fewer and fewer places to shelter as more neighborhoods become uninhabitable.
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Biden was interviewed this weekend in special counsel probe into classified documents
An investigation was launched after Biden's lawyers found classified documents in multiple areas in his Delaware residence and in an office in Washington, D.C.
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Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd suspends long-shot GOP 2024 presidential bid, endorses Nikki Haley
He leaves the race after failing to gain traction as a pragmatic moderate who pledged to lead the party away from Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.
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Can Allan Domb move Philly forward through business instead of politics? He plans to try
The onetime mayoral candidate and ex-councilmember is worrying about schools, Kensington, and tax cuts — this time, as a private citizen.
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Two U.S. lawmakers managed to get home from Israel. Other Americans have not
Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Dan Goldman are back in the U.S. after sheltering in place as violence erupted in Israel on Saturday.
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How third-party and independent candidates could threaten Democrats and Republicans in 2024
While the politics are murky, the fresh frenzy of outsider candidates threatens to weaken both major parties.
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How Philly’s City Council election works, and who’s running
There are nine candidates for seven at-large seats, and you get to vote for five.
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RFK Jr. announces his presidential candidacy as an independent in Philly
He is abandoning his Democratic primary bid after accusing the DNC of “rigging” the party’s primary against him and threatening that he might need to consider alternatives.
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New Jersey’s attorney general said law enforcement will be increasing patrols in “sensitive areas” out of an “abundance of caution.”
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Israel strikes and seals off Gaza after incursion by Hamas, which vows to execute hostages
More than two days after Hamas launched its surprise attack from Gaza, the military said Monday that the fighting within Israel had largely died down for now.
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What to know on the sixth day of the war between Israel and Hamas
Palestinians say civilians are paying the price in strikes on Gaza, a small coastal strip of land packed with 2.3 million residents.
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Israel declares war and bombards Gaza as fighting rages for second day after Hamas attack
The declaration on Sunday portended greater fighting ahead as the toll from the conflict passed 900 dead and thousands wounded on both sides.
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Bishop Beaman is currently serving his church in Africa but said “God would help me to compartmentalize my life” to fulfill his new role in the administration.
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