Politics & Policy

The statement from Walter Reed is the first indication of why Lloyd Austin was hospitalized on New Year's Day. It still doesn't answer why no one was informed.

A bill would make it mandatory for Pennsylvania lawmakers to forego pay during a budget impasse. At least one member says it could force votes for the wrong reason.

A 15-cent bag fee passed City Council, then died on Mayor Kenney’s desk. Proponents aren’t giving up, but the new mayor’s stance isn’t clear.

If signed by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, the bill won’t go into effect until 2026, after Murphy leaves office and lawmakers face voters in the regular 2025 general election.

Looming over the legislature is a court ruling that declared the state’s education funding system to be unconstitutionally inequitable and ordered lawmakers to correct it.

The Pentagon’s failure to disclose Austin’s hospitalization reflects a stunning lack of transparency about his illness, how serious it was and when he may be released.

The deal — which has yet to pass Congress — adheres to the spending levels agreed to by President Biden and former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in a deal last summer.

The mission is the Secretary of State's fourth to the region in the three months since the war began.

Harry Dunn announced his candidacy a day before the third anniversary of the violent attack at the Capitol by a mob of Donald Trump supporters.

In 2023, the city reached a benchmark of nearly 250 electric vehicles. That’s out of a fleet of over 5,000 vehicles.

Biden spoke near Valley Forge before the third anniversary of the January 6 riot. He framed the 2024 election as a battle for democracy.

It is illegal for presidents to accept any money from foreign governments without congressional approval per Article I of the U.S. Constitution.

The new mayor brings with her a mostly new slate of staffers to help run city government.

Biden is expected to lay out then-President Donald Trump's role in the insurrection, as a mob of the Republican's supporters overran the Capitol.

State officials report a 13% dive in shooting victims in 2023 compared to a year ago.