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File photo: Mounted U.S. Border Patrol agents attempt to contain migrants as they cross the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas, Sept. 19, 2021.(AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)
Government
Immigration
National

Report finds ‘unnecessary’ force by agents at Rio Grande

In the report, Customs and Border Protection blamed a “lack of command control and communication” for mounted agents using their horses to forcibly block and move migrants.

4 years ago

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Elections
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Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

What is the independent state legislature doctrine, and why does it matter for Pa.?

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that could reshape election policy across the country, including in Pennsylvania.

4 years ago

Up close photo of Pat Cipollone.
Elections
National
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Trump WH counsel Cipollone gives Jan. 6 testimony, new info

Former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone has had an eight-hour private interview with the Jan. One committee member says he did not contradict earlier witness testimony.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. budget would leave billions unspent, boost education funding

Pennsylvania lawmakers are starting to wrap up the state budget a week after the annual spending plan was due to be completed when the state's fiscal year ended.

4 years ago

President Biden sits at a desk, signing an order, as Vice President Kamala Harris and others stand and look on.
Government
Health Care
Public Health

Biden signs order on abortion access after high court ruling

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to protect access to abortion as he faced mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful on the subject.

4 years ago

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Health Care
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. Senate GOP advances constitutional amendment on abortion

Republican state senators are advancing a proposal to add language to the Pennsylvania Constitution stating explicitly that it does not guarantee rights related to abortion.

4 years ago

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference
Gun Violence
International

Japan ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated while giving speech

Police arrested the suspected gunman at the scene of an attack that shocked many in Japan, one of the world’s safest nations and has some of the strictest gun control.

4 years ago

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Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. climate rule takes effect as sides prepare for trial this fall

The commonwealth’s climate rule is in effect, but it will be months before Pennsylvanians know whether it’s here to stay.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to gymnast Simone Biles during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Government
National

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Trumka, Biles, McCain, Giffords

Others receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom are actor Denzel Washington and the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain.

4 years ago

Indicted Delaware auditor Kathy McGuiness (left) leaves Monday's abbreviated court session with defense lawyers Dean Elwell, Steve Wood and Chelsea Botsch.
Delaware
Government Accountability

Delaware lawmakers want convicted auditor removed from office. The main question is how

Kathy McGuiness is Delaware’s first sitting elected statewide official to be convicted of a crime. State lawmakers want her removed from office. The only question is how.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol is shown in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021.
Government
Pennsylvania

Signs of trouble emerge in talks on late Pennsylvania budget

It's been a week since the annual spending plan was due to be completed when the state's fiscal year ended last Thursday.

4 years ago

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street.
Government Accountability
International

Johnson resigns, remains UK prime minister for now

Johnson was forced to concede defeat after two more members of his Cabinet quit and one of his closest allies, Treasury Chief Nadhim Zahawi, publicly told him to resign.

4 years ago

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PlanPhilly
Government
Housing
Philadelphia

Big change to widely-used property tax program now Philly law. Related relief measures to follow

Nearly 80% of homeowners in Philly are currently enrolled in the city’s Homestead Exemption program. All of them will see their property values cut by $80,000.

4 years ago

File photo: White House counsel Pat Cipollone listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 29, 2020, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Government
Government Accountability

Trump White House counsel Cipollone to testify to January 6 panel

Pat Cipollone, Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, is scheduled to testify Friday before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

4 years ago

Vice President Kamala Harris hugs Highland Park, Ill., Mayor Nancy Rotering on Tuesday as she visits the site of Monday's mass shooting that killed seven people and injured dozens. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Government
Gun Violence
Public Safety

Harris calls for renewing the assault weapons ban after Highland Park mass shooting

4 years ago

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