Politics & Policy

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.

The Premier League has disqualified Roman Abramovich from running Chelsea after the club owner was sanctioned by the British government over Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Russian forces are pounding the port city of Mariupol, shelling its downtown as residents hide.

The settlement stems from a 2018 lawsuit over deceptive marketing of an opioid product. The money will be split between state, county, and local governments.

The move came after the tech giant said it would permit some calls for violence against "Russian invaders."

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission granted PECO special exceptions to the neighborhood zoning code, clearing the way for construction.

Another year, another defeat for recreational marijuana. House lawmakers were unable to get the needed votes to advance the legalization measure.

The economic restriction, one of several announced in recent weeks, is meant to punish Vladimir Putin and further hobble Russia's finances as it invades Ukraine.

Disinformation scholar Peter Pomerantsev on Putin’s obsession with Ukraine and the propaganda he has used to hoodwink the Russian people and justify his war.

The board of the Philadelphia Parking Authority has decided to change the leadership of the agency that oversees parking and taxi services in the city.

A new survey raises alarms from election administrators facing constant threats. Attacks by politicians on the voting system are top forces pushing them out of their jobs.

A reauthorization of the landmark 1994 law is included in an annual federal spending package moving through Congress.

The preliminary figures provide the latest picture of how new election rules rushed into place by Republicans made it harder to vote for thousands of voters in both parties.

The law allows the state to create a list of New Jersey businesses that do business with the Russian and Belarusian governments.

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.