Politics & Policy

During the 1990s AIDS crisis, Philly officials dared to back needle exchanges. Now, amid the opioid epidemic, city officials are supporting another controversial strategy.

U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur said Wednesday evening he called Andy Kim to congratulate him on his victory in the South Jersey race for Congres ...

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New Jersey will have just one Republican out of 12 seats in the next Congress.

Floyd Abrams, one of our foremost First Amendment lawyers, told me during the summer that the free and independent American press is unde ...

The Senate caucuses will hold their leadership elections on Wednesday.

The holiday dinner conversations are going to be intense in several high-profile Democratic households in the coming weeks.

Fewer than half of Philadelphia pharmacies have the overdose-reversal drug on hand, but city officials Philadelphia wants all of them to stock it at all times.

Philly could be the next city to pass a bill to help fix a nagging problem impacting about 20 percent of the city's workforce: their often unpredictable work schedules.

Khalif appears to be the first to officially declare.

Applicants must live in the 1st council district, be at least 25 years old, and a registered Democrat.

Should President Trump worry about the results in Pennsylvania’s congressional races last week? Yes. Trump’s narrow ...

Two weeks before Election Day, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez was speaking on stage during a rally at Cedar Crest Colle ...

Authorities are investigating a "physical dispute" that reportedly involved the city's mayor, a city councilman and others who were arguing with them,

When I wrote here last Wednesday that Donald Trump, confronted with a Democratic House, would “behave like a cornered rat,” I ...