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Politics & Policy

Temple students scan the QR code for Jared Goldberg's petition to cancel classes on Election Day to help get out the vote. Nearly 5,000 people signed, and the university will form a working group to explore the idea. (Temple Update)
Elections
Government
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Temple won’t cancel classes on Election Day this year, but is considering it for the future

The university will form a working group to explore the idea for next year and beyond, an administrator told supporters of a student petition.

4 years ago

A man gestures as people attend a protest against the Iranian regime, in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Islamic republic's notorious ''morality police.'' (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
International
Protests

Iran protests trigger solidarity rallies in Europe, U.S.

Tens of thousands rallied in Berlin and hundreds in Washington in solidarity with protesters facing a violent government crackdown in Iran.

4 years ago

China's President Xi Jinping (right) applauds beside Premier Li Keqiang (center) and Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Yang during the closing ceremony of the 20th Chinese Communist Party's Congress in Beijing on Saturday. (Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Government
International
Politics

China’s Communist Party moves to solidify Xi Jinping’s power in leadership shuffle

Two notable members were removed from the upper leadership ranks.

4 years ago

President Biden speaks about student debt relief at Delaware State University in Dover on Friday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
NPR
Government
Higher Education
National
Personal Finance

Biden’s student debt relief plan is temporarily blocked. Here’s what you need to know

The Biden administration says it is continuing to accept and review applications during the temporary hold.

4 years ago

Italian President Sergio Mattarella is flanked by newly appointed Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni during the swearing in ceremony at Quirinal presidential palace in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, as Italy's first far-right-led government since the end of World War II takes office. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Elections
Government
International

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italian premier

Giorgia Meloni has been sworn into office as Italy's premier, the first woman to hold that office.

4 years ago

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the NATO summit in Hertford, England, on Dec. 4, 2019. On Friday, he announced a national freeze on the sale, purchase, and transfer of handguns. (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
NPR
Government
Gun Violence
International

Trudeau orders an immediate freeze on the sale of handguns in Canada

It's also now forbidden to bring newly acquired handguns into the country. "We have seen too many examples of horrific tragedies involving firearms," the Canadian prime minist

4 years ago

File photo: Former President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at a rally at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., on Oct. 8, 2022.  (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, Pool, File)
Government
Government Accountability
National

Jan. 6 panel issues subpoena to Trump, demanding he testify

It remains unclear how Trump and his legal team will respond to the subpoena, if at all.

4 years ago

Demonstrators gather on the steps of the Florida Historic Capitol Museum in front of the Florida State Capitol in March in Tallahassee, Fla, protesting what opponents call the 'Don't Say Gay' bill. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
NPR
Government
K-12
LGBTQ
Social Justice

What’s in the so-called Don’t Say Gay bill that could impact the whole country

House Republicans have introduced legislation that some critics are describing as a national "Don't Say Gay" bill.

4 years ago

Biden is surrounded by people.
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics

Biden closely tends his Pennsylvania roots in election year

During this election year, Biden has returned to Pa. repeatedly to help Democratic candidates even though he's been largely absent from campaigning in other pivotal states.

4 years ago

Fetterman shakes Biden's hand.
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics

Biden stumps for Pa.’s Fetterman, says ‘world is looking’

President Joe Biden says the “rest of the world is looking” to see who holds control of Congress after the upcoming midterm elections.

4 years ago

Five of the Republicans running against Democratic incumbents running for office in New Jersey, (from left) Darius Mayfield, Bob Healy, Sue Kiley, Frank Pallotta and Paul DeGroot. They were making the case on why they should be elected at the State House in Trenton on Oct. 20, 2022. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Elections
Government
New Jersey

GOP Congressional candidates in N.J. make a familiar case for why they should be picked over Democratic incumbents

Citing familiar arguments from GOP campaigns across the country, five challengers to Democratic Congressional incumbents make the case for why they should be elected.

4 years ago

Delaware State Capitol Building in Dover. (Paul Brady/Bigstock)
Delaware
Government

Delaware’s new interim auditor is a throwback, Dennis Greenhouse first held the seat in 1982

Gov. Carney says he’s “confident” former auditor Dennis Greenhouse is the right person to fill in for Kathy McGuinnness, who resigned her post Wednesday.

4 years ago

Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a Republican Jewish Coalition event in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Dr. Oz made reputation as a surgeon, a fortune promoting questionable products

The race could turn on whether voters view the first-time candidate as the trusted doctor he portrayed on TV or a pitchman who repeatedly promoted questionable products.

4 years ago

A closeup of Pete Buttigieg
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Transportation

At Philly forum, Buttigieg hears calls to diversify federal contracting

With $1 trillion at stake, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the Biden administration is looking to diversify infrastructure spending.

4 years ago

U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester and Lee Murphy
Delaware
Elections

Watch live: Delaware’s lone U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester debates GOP challenger Lee Murphy

Lisa Blunt Rochester is running for her fourth term as Delaware’s lone member of the U.S. House. She debates GOP challenger Lee Murphy Thursday night.

4 years ago

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