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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., speaks to the media, Thursday, March 3, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Dems set for House approval of Ukraine aid, drop COVID funds

The money covers the U.S. costs of sending troops and weapons to Eastern Europe and equipping allied forces there in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

3 years ago

File photo: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the start of the judicial year at the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
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Venezuela releases 2 Americans after visit from U.S. officials

A high-level delegation traveled to the South American country last weekend to in part discuss the health of detained U.S. citizens.

3 years ago

Gas prices are shown Monday, March 7, 2022, in Tumwater, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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International

Russian oil, energy dependence and the U.S. ban

President Biden banned Russian oil and gas imports. We discuss the impact on the U.S. and the global economy and on Putin's war with Ukraine.

Air Date: March 9, 2022 10:00 am

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A voter lines up in a polling place to cast a ballot for the 2020 general election in the United States, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Springfield, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Dems formally launch early, aggressive national campaign effort in Pennsylvania

With Pa. the “epicenter of the political world” in 2022, Dems are trying to counter their disadvantages with aggressive gov. and U.S. Sen. campaigns.

3 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during his budget address in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, March 8, 2022. New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has proposed a $48.9 billion budget that boosts K-12 funding, makes a full public pension payment for the second straight year, redistributes nearly $1 billion in property tax relief and raises overall spending by about 5% over last year’s plan. Murphy unveiled the proposal during a speech Tuesday in the Assembly chamber, the first time since 2020 and the COVID-19 outbreak
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International
New Jersey

Murphy supports ban on state business dealings with Russia, announces property tax relief program during annual budget address

In his first in-person budget address in two years, Murphy touted a growing economy and announced a new property tax relief program.

3 years ago

The Delaware River
Delaware
Environment
Public Health

New legislation would reauthorize funding strategy for Delaware River Basin

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper wants to reauthorize the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, and provide more funding for groups working to improve the watershed.

3 years ago

Inside one of Pennsylvania's state-run Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
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Pennsylvania

Plan to end Pennsylvania’s state-run liquor store monopoly gets some opposition in Philadelphia

An effort to eliminate Pennsylvania’s state-run liquor monopoly through a constitutional amendment is already running into opposition.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden listens during a secure video call with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
International
Public Safety

U.S. banning Russian oil imports as Biden warns of ‘costs’

The move follows pleas by Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy to U.S. and Western officials to cut off the imports, which had been a glaring omission of massive sanctions.

3 years ago

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference
NPR
Government Accountability
International

Russia’s invasion puts a new light on Trump’s Ukraine pressure campaign

With Russia's brutal invasion and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy being hailed as a hero, Trump's infamous 2019 call to Zelenskyy is put into a very different light.

3 years ago

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference about the
Law
Race & Ethnicity

After more than a century of trying, Congress passes an anti-lynching bill

Passage of the legislation to make lynching a federal crime is a major milestone after more than 200 attempts to pass such legislation failed over the course of a century.

3 years ago

Chester City Hall. (Google maps)
Government Accountability
Law
Pennsylvania

Chester receiver takes city officials to court for interfering with financial recovery efforts

Receiver Michael Doweary has petitioned the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania for an order compelling city officials to cooperate with his orders.

3 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2014, file photo, truck drivers stop at a gas station in Emerson, Ga., north of metro Atlanta, to fill up their tractor trailer rigs. A new government rule being announced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, requires an estimated 3 million commercial truck and bus drivers to electronically record their hours behind the wheel in an effort to enforce regulations to prevent fatigue. (AP Photo/David Tulis, File)
Energy
Environment
Government

EPA rule would make heavy trucks cut smog, soot pollution

The proposal would require the industry to cut smog-and-soot-forming nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 90% per truck over current standards by 2031.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden signs the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 into law on Thursday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
NPR
Government
Government Accountability

It’s a cliché to call an election-year Congress do-nothing. The history doesn’t match

There's no law against making laws in an election year. There are special challenges, to be sure, but the hurdles may loom larger in lore than in reality.

3 years ago

File photo: In this Dec. 6, 2019, file photo, Cindy Parlow Cone, vice-president of U.S. Soccer, attends a meeting of the organization's board of directors in Chicago.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
National
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Cindy Parlow Cone wins 4-year term as U.S. Soccer president, beats Cordeiro

Cone, a former national team player, received 52.3% of the weighted vote on the first ballot during the USSF National Council meeting.

3 years ago

In this photo, Feb. 27, 2022, taken from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the nation in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP, File)
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International
Military

Zelenskyy’s ‘desperate’ plea to Congress: Send more planes

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with some 300 members of Congress and their staffs in an hourlong private video call on Saturday.

3 years ago

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