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Politics & Policy

Smoke rises after Russian missile strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 5, 2022.
International
Military
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U.S. pledges $1 billion more rockets, other arms for Ukraine

Monday's pledge promises what will be the biggest yet delivery of rockets, ammunition and other arms straight from Department of Defense stocks for Ukrainian forces.

4 years ago

Ron DeSantis speaks with reporters.
NPR
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Republicans have long feuded with the mainstream media. Now many are shutting them out

A trend of GOP candidates ignoring or actively avoiding legacy media — particularly national outlets — is building this year.

4 years ago

Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro speaks to students at Externado University in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Petro gave a talk to students at his alma mater where he studied economics, ahead of his Aug. 7 inauguration.
Elections
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International

Ex-rebel sworn in as Colombia’s president in historic shift

Colombia’s first leftist President will be sworn into office on Sunday, in a colorful ceremony that marks a turning point in the South American nation’s history.

4 years ago

President Biden speaks at a podium wearing sunglasses.
NPR
Economy
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Democrats are set to pass a major climate, health and tax bill. Here’s what’s in it

Senate Democrats spent the weekend advancing what they call a historic piece of legislation, but it's still a much smaller version of what they originally called for.

4 years ago

President Biden smiles and gives a thumbs up sign. Trees and grass are visible in the background.
Environment
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Dems push Biden climate, health priorities toward Senate OK

The Senate has worked overnight and into the morning as Democrats push their election-year economic package toward passage.

4 years ago

Gloucester County Administration Building (Google maps)
Economy
Government
New Jersey

Spending freeze will keep Gloucester County’s budget at $236 million for three years

Amid record inflation affecting residents that local governments can’t control, Gloucester County has decided to help out with a lid on spending.

4 years ago

Tony Morano, 38 (left), and Anne Douglass, 60, set up tents along the bike path in Norristown. (Courtesy of Mark Boorse)
Homelessness
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania

Advocates say there’s ‘no place’ for unhoused people in Norristown, where it may soon be illegal to stay in parks past dusk

Norristown Borough is considering a new “dawn-to-dusk” ordinance, which would make it officially illegal to sleep overnight in the borough’s parks.

4 years ago

File photo: President Joe Biden gestures toward reporters as he departs Marine One and walks to the Oval Office on the South Lawn of the White House on July 20. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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President Biden has tested negative for COVID again but will remain in isolation

President Biden is negative for COVID-19 after a rebound case but will remain in isolation pending a second negative test, the White House announced on Saturday.

4 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at left by Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks to reporters after a closed-door policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Medicine
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Senate parliamentarian OKs most of Dems’ drug price controls

It's an important win for Democrats as they prepare to start moving their sprawling economic bill through the chamber.

4 years ago

Abortion-rights protesters fill Indiana Statehouse corridors and cheer outside legislative chambers, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, as lawmakers vote to concur on a near-total abortion ban, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Arleigh Rodgers)
Health Care
National
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Indiana becomes 1st state to approve abortion ban post Roe

Indiana lawmakers approved the near-total abortion ban with some exceptions, including in cases of rape, incest, and to protect the life and physical health of the mother.

4 years ago

A closeup of a marijuana plant
Business
Medicine
New Jersey

N.J. commission proposes licensing requirements for weed delivery

Commissioners also set forth proposed guidelines for distribution and wholesale companies.

4 years ago

Mark Dinglasan smiles into the camera.
Government
Income Inequality
New Jersey

Gov. Murphy picks North Jersey aid leader to direct Food Security Advocate office

Mark Dinglasan, who leads a food bank in Passaic County, has been picked to run a newly created state office that will tackle food insecurity.

4 years ago

Climate activists held a celebration of the proposed Inflation Reduction Act and protest for more government action on climate change outside Sen. Bob Casey's office in Philadelphia on Aug. 5, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Environment
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Pennsylvania
Sustainability

‘We’ll take the win’: Pa. advocates celebrate progress on Senate Democrats’ climate bill

In party hats, activists pushing for action on climate change rallied at Sen. Bob Casey’s office to support the Inflation Reduction Act.

4 years ago

Two election employees check the tabulations made by voting equipment.
NPR
Elections
Government
National
Politics

New data sheds light on one method to combat election lies

People driven by misinformation are acting on it to harass election workers — and election officials are struggling to find an effective message to fight back.

4 years ago

Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters
Elections
Media

Meta mum on election misinformation efforts as midterms loom

Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in U.S. elections.

4 years ago

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