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Politics & Policy

File photo: Donald Trump Jr., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Feb. 27, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Donald Trump Jr. texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows two days after the 2020 presidential election with strategies for overturning the result if Trump's father lost, CNN reported Friday, April 8, 2022
Elections
Government Accountability
National

CNN: Trump Jr. text shows ideas to overturn 2020 election

Trump Jr. texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows two days after the 2020 presidential election with strategies for overturning the result if Trump’s father lost.

3 years ago

File photo: A man walks past boxes that were moved out of the Eisenhower Executive Office building, just outside the West Wing, inside the White House complex, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington. The State Department says it's unable to compile a complete accounting of gifts presented to U.S. officials by foreign governments during the final year of the Trump administration due to missing White House data
Government Accountability
National

State Department: WH gift records for Trump, Pence missing

The State Department's Office of Protocol reported the missing data in footnotes to a partial list of gifts received by U.S. officials in 2020.

3 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall.
Government
Government Accountability
Public Health
Billy Penn

Workers are prepping City Hall for in-person Council session, but lawmakers are still holding off on a return

The plan includes “wireless technology” to allow for safer public participation.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris applaud Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as Harris speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2022, celebrating the confirmation of Jackson as the first Black woman to reach the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Government
Law

Cheers for Jackson who declares: ‘We’ve made it, all of us’

Jackson, at times speaking through tears as she thanked her family and mentors for their support, promised to follow in retiring Justice Breyer’s footsteps on the bench.

3 years ago

A baby sleeps in her mother's arms.
NPR
Economy
Home & Family
Income Inequality
National

The child tax credit was a lifeline. Now some families are falling back into poverty

The payments from the child tax credit were closing the gaps on child hunger and poverty across America.

3 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy gestures while standing behind a mic
Government
New Jersey
Politics

N.J. Gov. Murphy starts second term with improved ratings

Murphy’s ratings hit an all-time high back in April 2020, when more than 70% of registered voters approved of the job he was doing.

3 years ago

Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, April 7, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. The U.N. General Assembly scheduled a vote Thursday on a resolution to suspend Russia from the world organization's leading human rights body over allegations that Russian soldiers killed civilians while retreating from the region around Ukraine's capital. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
International
Public Safety

U.N. assembly suspends Russia from top human rights body

Russia is the second country to have its membership rights stripped at the Human Rights Council which was established in 2006.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden signs the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room, surrounded by elected officials
Government
Public Health

Pelosi positive for COVID-19, was at White House with Biden

Pelosi will “quarantine consistent with CDC guidance, and encourages everyone to get vaccinated, boosted and test regularly."

3 years ago

Then-White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino delivers a recorded address for the Republican National Convention on Aug. 26, 2020, in the empty Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
National

House approves criminal contempt referrals for 2 Trump aides over the Jan. 6 attack

The House voted to hold Dan Scavino Jr. and Peter Navarro in contempt of Congress and refer the matter to the Justice Department for possible prosecution.

3 years ago

A view of a sign for a correctional facility.
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Pennsylvania

Delco takes back management of George W. Hill Correctional Facility — now it confronts ‘chronic over-incarceration’

The deprivatization of the George W. Hill Correctional Facility from GEO Group’s hands is complete — but the work addressing “chronic over-incarceration” is far from over.

3 years ago

A resident looks for belongings in an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian force
International
Public Safety

U.S. hits Russia with ‘war crimes’ sanctions, Europe following

Making it personal, the U.S. sanctions singled out Putin's family, targeting his two adult daughters in addition to blocking two key Russian banks.

3 years ago

A man carries a coffin next to plastic bags with corpses of civilians
International
Public Safety

Ukrainians pore over grisly aftermath of atrocities

In ruined towns around Ukraine’s capital that Russian troops recently left, investigators collected evidence documenting what appeared to be widespread killings of civilians.

3 years ago

Signage for Betty's Eddies is seen looking into a 'marijuana kitchen'
Delaware
Government
Politics

Legal weed looked like a lost cause in Delaware after March vote, but new creative approach just might fly

The measure’s sponsor has split the bill into two parts. The simple majority needed to legalize possession of less than an ounce seems to be on board.

3 years ago

Admiral Linda Fagan has been nominated to serve as the next commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. If confirmed, she would be the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. military
NPR
Government
Military
National

Biden’s Coast Guard pick would become the 1st woman to command a military branch

Adm. Linda Fagan, who has served on all seven continents, is currently the Coast Guard's second-in-command.

3 years ago

Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser to President Donald Trump, waves to supporters during a campaign event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa
Government
Government Accountability

Ivanka Trump testifies before House Jan. 6 panel

Bennie Thompson said that she had been answering investigators’ questions on a video teleconference since the morning and was not “chatty” but had been helpful to the probe.

3 years ago

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