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Politics & Policy

A motorist fills up with gasoline containing ethanol in Des Moines, Iowa. President Biden will announce today that he will lift the summer restriction on gasoline containing the E15 ethanol blend. (Charlie Riedel/AP file photo)
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Energy
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In an exception to the Clean Air Act, Biden will allow E15 gas to be sold this summer

E15 gasoline uses a 15% ethanol blend that is typically banned from sale from June to September.

3 years ago

Sen. Tommy Tomlinson holds a sports betting ticket from Parx Casino.
Economy
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Draft bills and late-night emails reveal cozy ties between Pa. state lawmaker, casino lobbyists

Representatives of Parx Casino and state Sen. Tommy Tomlinson have worked in lockstep to ban unregulated, slot-like skill games that pose a threat to traditional gaming.

3 years ago

Incumbent Sens. (from left) Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., are all facing tough reelection contests this year.
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Pennsylvania

The top 10 Senate races that are most likely to flip to the other party

Though more Republican-held seats are up for grabs in November, Democratic struggles mean the GOP has improved its likelihood to take control of the Senate.

3 years ago

Mehmet Oz, the former host of
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Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Trump endorses Dr. Oz for the U.S. Senate

Donald Trump's support for Dr. Mehmet Oz comes as Republican candidates vie for the former president's support in the key battleground state.

3 years ago

In this photo taken on March 17, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, poses with Col. Gen. Alexander Dvornikov during an awarding ceremony in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia. Russia has appointed a new Ukraine war commander. A top U.S. official on Sunday, April 10, 2022 said Russia named Gen. Dvornikov as commander of an armed campaign that Russian authorities still refer to as a “special military operation.
Government
International
Military

U.S. doubts new Russian war chief can end Moscow’s floundering

After its striking post-invasion setbacks, Russia has appointed a new Ukraine war commander.

3 years ago

File photo: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has been ousted by a no-confidence vote. (Anjum Naveed/AP)
NPR
Government
International

Imran Khan has been ousted as Pakistan’s prime minister

The no confidence vote came after the speaker of the house resigned and after Khan's own lawmakers delayed the vote.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman speaks at a news conference
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Fetterman, Democrats confront a newly hostile Pa. Senate primary

Fetterman has been on the defensive, after a week of attacks by Lamb, Malcolm Kenyatta and a super PAC supporting Lamb that's running a TV ad against Fetterman.

3 years ago

In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson pose for a picture during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
International
Military
Politics

European leaders stream into Ukraine to show solidarity

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer have joined a stream of European leaders showing their support for Ukraine.

3 years ago

Ukrainian servicemen stand next to a fragment of a Tochka-U missile with a writing in Russian
International
Military

More civilians flee east Ukraine after deadly station strike

Ukrainian authorities have called on civilians to get out ahead of an imminent, stepped-up offensive by Russian forces in the east.

3 years ago

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

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