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Politics & Policy

In this image released by the Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, greets President Joe Biden with a fist bump after his arrival at Al-Salam palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, July 15, 2022. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)
Government
International

Biden’s Saudi visit aims to balance rights, oil, security

This was Biden's first meeting with the Saudi crown prince, who is the presumed heir to the throne held by his father, King Salman.

4 years ago

Gov. Phil Murphy stands at a podium on a stage with a Welcome to Maine sign in the background.
Government
New Jersey
Politics

Murphy takes over governors association amid tensions, feuds

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey has taken over as the leader of the nation’s nonpartisan governors’ association in a time of deep divide between the states.

4 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by female House Democrats, speaks at an event ahead of a House vote on the Women's Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Government
Health Care
National
Public Health

House votes to restore abortion rights, Senate odds dim

The House also passed a separate bill to prohibit punishment for a woman or child who decides to travel to another state to get an abortion.

4 years ago

File photo: Delaware Auditor Kathy McGuiness leaves court in April with her attorney, Steve Wood.
Delaware
Government
Government Accountability

Calls grow louder to remove Delaware auditor after conviction

Delaware lawmakers renew call for governor to oust Delaware Auditor Kathleen McGuiness two weeks after her conviction on official misconduct.

4 years ago

The dome of the Pennsylvania State Capitol is visible, in the background a blue sky.
Elections
Government
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

Explainer: The state of abortion rights in Pennsylvania, and who’s trying to change it

It’s still legal in the commonwealth, but a lot depends on the November election.

4 years ago

(photo credit Jason Schneider, St. Martin's Press)
Radio Times
International

Malcolm Nance on violent extremism and the war in Ukraine

Malcolm Nance warns of the rise in violent extremism and the threat it poses to American democracy. And we talk about his experience fighting for Ukraine against Russia.

Air Date: July 15, 2022 10:00 am

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The Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Government
Law
LGBTQ
Pennsylvania

Homosexuality finally removed from Pa. Crimes Code after being first discovered in Upper Darby

The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed House Bill 2125 last week and Governor Tom Wolf signed it into law on Monday. Upper Darby played a huge role in making this happen.

4 years ago

A U.S. Secret Service agent stands by as Marine One departs with President Biden aboard as he departs the White House in. (September 2021.
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
National

Secret Service erased texts from 2-day period spanning Jan. 6 attack, watchdog says

The Department of Homeland Security inspector general, which oversees the Secret Service, said the texts were deleted after his office asked for them.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid address the media following their meeting in Jerusalem Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Government
International

Biden, Lapid agree to stop Iran nuke program, differ on how

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

4 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
Sustainability

Gov. Wolf vetoes GOP effort to block local climate legislation

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

4 years ago

The exterior of the Martin Luther King Jr. Rec Center on Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Pa. law mandates teens in the North Philly beating death be charged as adults

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.

4 years ago

Sri Lankan protesters, some holding national flags, after storming the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Government
International
Protests

Sri Lanka in crisis: President flees and ire turns to Prime Minister

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.

4 years ago

An empty classroom.
Kids
Pennsylvania
Taxes
Spotlight PA

Pa. has a new child care tax credit. Here’s what you need to know

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

4 years ago

Josh Shapiro speaks to a crowd during his campaign launch
Elections
Employment
Philadelphia

Shapiro, pledging to preserve binding arbitration, wins Philly firefighters’ endorsement

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

4 years ago

Proud Boys members Zachary Rehl and Ethan Nordean march toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection
Radio Times

Jan. 6 hearing: Trump and the mob

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.

Air Date: July 13, 2022 10:00 am

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