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Politics & Policy

Members of the Draw the Lines initiative stand with cutouts of congressional districts at a Capitol protest
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

How to weigh in on Pennsylvania’s next legislative maps

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission will hold four meetings the week of Jan. 3 to accept feedback on the maps, both in person and virtually.

4 years ago

(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Radio Times
Elections

Efforts to overturn the 2020 election

Former election official Al Schmidt and author Mark Bowden on "The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People Who Stopped It."

Air Date: January 4, 2022 10:00 am

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In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, violent rioters storm the Capitol, in Washington. New details from the deadly riot of Jan. 6 are contained in a previously undisclosed document prepared by the Pentagon for internal use that was obtained by the Associated Press and vetted by current and former government officials. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Pennsylvania
Politics

One year and six arrests later, Bucks County still debating its part in Jan. 6 insurrection

Politically moderate, relatively affluent, Philadelphia-bordering Bucks County had more arrests than any other county in the state, putting it top 10 nationally.

4 years ago

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to the media
Elections
Government Accountability

Schumer: Senate to vote on filibuster change on voting bill

In a letter Monday to colleagues, Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Senate “must evolve” and will “debate and consider” the rule changes by Jan. 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

4 years ago

David McCormick poses with former President Donald Trump at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Bedminster, N.J. McCormick is considering running in the 2022 Republican primary election for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Elections
National
Pennsylvania

David McCormick resigns as hedge fund CEO ahead of expected bid for Pa.’s open U.S. Senate seat

With the resignation, McCormick moves closer to declaring his candidacy for U.S. Senate in his native Pennsylvania.

4 years ago

Dr. Valerie Arkoosh
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Montgomery County’s Dr. Val Arkoosh tests positive for COVID-19

Arkoosh, who is currently running for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat, said she took an at-home test Monday morning and is experiencing mild symptoms.

4 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrections storm the Capitol in Washington.
NPR
Elections
National

6 in 10 Americans say U.S. democracy is in crisis as the ‘Big Lie’ takes root

On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that Americans are pessimistic about the future of democracy.

4 years ago

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) joins fellow anti-abortion activists in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks,  on December 01, 2021 in Washington, DC. With the addition of conservative justices to the court by former President Donald Trump, experts believe this could be the most important abortion case in decades and could undermine or overturn Roe v. Wade. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Government
Government Accountability
National

Twitter bans Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account over COVID misinformation

4 years ago

FILE - Members of the House of Representatives gather in the chamber to vote on creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, at the Capitol in Washington, on June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Government
Government Accountability

Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mount

The committee hopes not only to show the severity of the riot but to push back on the former president's false claims of election fraud.

4 years ago

FILE - This statement of facts from the FBI in support of bringing charges against Jennifer Leigh Ryan of Frisco, Texas, is photographed on Nov. 4, 2021. The Texas real estate agent who bragged she wasn't going to jail for storming the U.S. Capitol because she is white, has blond hair and good job has been sentenced to two months behind bars. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
Crime
National

Capitol rioters’ tears, remorse don’t spare them from jail

Many rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol a year ago are shedding tears and expressing remorse when judges sentence them for their part in the insurrection.

4 years ago

Mpho Tutu, sits with the coffin of her father Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu during his funeral at the St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial equality and LGBT rights died Sunday at the age of 90. (Nic Bothma/Pool Photo via AP)
NPR
International
National

At his funeral, Tutu is remembered for helping end apartheid and championing rights

4 years ago

U.S. President Joe Biden waves from Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland on March 16, 2021, en route to visit a small business in Chester, Pennsylvania to highlight how the American Rescue Plan helps small businesses. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
National
Pennsylvania
Politics

The top destination for Biden during his first year in office? Pennsylvania

Biden traveled there seven times since taking office, more than any other president in recent history.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden holds a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Thursday, December 30, 2021, at his private residence in Wilmington, Delaware
International
Military
Politics

Biden talks sanctions, Putin warns of rupture over Ukraine

The White House says Biden made clear that the U.S. and its allies "will respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine.”

4 years ago

File photo: The New Jersey State House is seen in Trenton, N.J.
Homelessness
Housing
Income Inequality
New Jersey

Thousands of households set to lose protections as N.J. eviction moratorium ends Jan. 1

Thousands of New Jersey households will lose eviction protections that have been in place since the start of the pandemic.

4 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Elections
Pennsylvania

How Pa. election misinformation helped inspire an insurrection, investigations, and policies

The Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack and conversations around voting law changes were partially inspired by the same thing: disproven allegations of widespread problems and fraud.

4 years ago

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