Politics & Policy

A new bipartisan gun safety law makes it more difficult for intimate partners convicted of domestic abuse to obtain firearms.

Liz Truss became U.K. prime minister on Tuesday and immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her.

Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats’ large climate and health care bill, included one provision aimed at helping miners afflicted by black lung disease.

The four-term council member on Tuesday resigned her seat and announced her candidacy.

Another member of Philadelphia City Council has resigned, and she’s leaving no doubt that she’s running for mayor.

Britain's Conservative Party has announced its new leader is Liz Truss, who has served as foreign minister for the past 12 months.

Fetterman says the “union way of life is sacred,” Oz wants to cut regulations. Here’s how the Pa. Senate candidates compare on jobs and labor.

Chileans are voting in a plebiscite to decide whether to adopt a far-reaching new constitution that would fundamentally change the South American country.

But in some states, the tax man may demand a cut of that relief. That’s because some states tax forgiven debt as income.

State legislative leaders say they’ll take a procedural vote on the proposal early next year. 2023 primary voters would then get to weigh in.

“I’m not doing this as a gimmick for the brand,” said Terrill Haigler, who is centering his platform around cleaning up Philly.

While the former president's endorsed picks won many primaries this summer, many of the candidates he backed were inexperienced and now struggling in their November races.

Legislators banned magazines that can hold more than 17 rounds in June. There’s a looming lawsuit challenging the new law.

The median wealth for white families in New Jersey was $352,000 in 2021. It was only $6,100 for Black families and $7,300 for Latino families.

Workplace safety and wage law changes, both perennial issues, are top of mind ahead of the Labor Day weekend.