Politics & Policy

Biden says he still wants to give diplomacy a chance while Lapid insists that tough words alone won’t thwart Tehran nuclear ambitions.

The bill would have prevented local towns from banning natural gas, something climate activists say will be key to addressing global warming.

Built on the superpredator myth popular in the 1980s, the "statutory exclusion" statute sends kids to adult prisons, where they often end up in solitary confinement.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife left aboard an air force plane bound for the Maldives. He made his prime minister the acting president in his absence.

People who care for two or more dependents will be able to claim up to $6,000 in child care expenses starting next year.

Two of the firefighters’ most recent endorsements went to Republicans, former President Donald Trump, and far-right U.S. Senate candidate Kathy Barnette.

The seventh Jan. 6 hearing alleged that in a last ditch effort to hold on to power, former President Trump summoned a mob of right-wing extremists.

Trump made a fateful choice in the early morning hours of Dec. 19, 2020, days after the Electoral College voted, to choose a path that led to the insurrection on Jan. 6.

Pennsylvania is in its best fiscal position in years. Still, Wolf made some concessions. Here are some key takeaways.

Wolf said he would refuse a request from any other state to arrest or detain any out-of-state resident who had traveled to Pennsylvania to seek an abortion.

This is the first time in seven years that the Senate has confirmed a director for the ATF.

The state’s 2022-23 spending plan includes $56 million to add the new state parks to what is currently a 121-park system.

The independent investigation into the borough’s police procedures was completed in June, but the report might not be released to the public until the end of July.

The Dept. of State sued Lancaster, Berks, and Fayette counties, describing them as “outlier counties” that have not properly certified vote tallies from the May 17 election.

In an amicus brief filed last week, the officials asked a federal judge in Texas to reject a challenge to the new restrictions set to take effect in August.