Politics & Policy

The bill still needs to pass the House and win the signature of President Joe Biden to become law.

The city will issue fines to stores for single-use plastic bags starting next month. A two-week awareness campaign is underway.

A series of strikes hit a residential neighborhood in a western district of the capital and ignited a huge fire and a frantic rescue effort.

They’re blaming the party in power: Biden and down-ballot Democrats. It’s a political strategy that can sting, as the 1970s energy crises showed.

A review of Philadelphia’s spending shows the city is following its budget blueprint and making ends meet with help from federal pandemic funds.

Despite records and interviews that contradict her account, Jennifer Smith continues to contend the state’s drug oversight agency was not responsible for the confusion.

The original paid family and medical leave bill has been revised to push back the start of benefits until 2026. Workers could get up to $900 weekly.

Ukraine introduced the design for a postage stamp that memorializes a now-famous battle cry rallying the country in its fight against the Russian invasion.

Gov. Murphy has proposed an N.J. state budget. Now comes the hard part. Legislative hearings begin this week.

President Joe Biden is sending his national security adviser for talks with a senior Chinese official in Rome on Monday.

The attack was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

An American journalist was killed and another wounded when their car was fired upon at a Russian checkpoint Sunday, according to police.

Christina Digiulio, a pipeline opponent from Upper Uwchlan, said she wants to give voice to people affected by industrial pollution.

As millions of women and children flee across Ukraine’s borders, concerns grow over how to protect the most vulnerable refugees from being targeted by human traffickers.

The department is directing prosecutors to stop limiting peoples' rights to seek compassionate release from prison in plea deals, a practice that advocates called cruel.