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Politics & Policy
Biden administration to undo Medicaid work requirements
The Biden administration is moving to roll back Medicaid work requirements in its latest effort to undo a controversial Trump-era policy.
4 years ago
6-month delay in census redistricting data could throw elections into chaos
The 2020 census data needed for the redrawing of voting districts around the country are extremely delayed and now expected by Sept. 30.
4 years ago
Amazon faces biggest union push in its history
Attempts by Amazon to delay the vote in Alabama have failed. So have the company's efforts to require in-person voting, which organizers argue would be unsafe during COVID.
4 years ago
N.J. coronavirus update: Murphy order allows parents to attend sporting events
The rule change allows two parents or guardians per student to attend indoor and outdoor practices and competitions.
4 years ago
Biden administration to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers into US
The move is a major step toward dismantling one of former President Donald Trump's most consequential policies to deter asylum-seekers from coming to the U.S.
4 years ago
Republican state lawmakers are mulling changes to Pa.'s election law this session. They say that effort is aimed at improving the process for the state’s upcoming contests.
4 years ago
A ‘scary’ survey finding: 4 in 10 Republicans say political violence may be necessary
The survey found stark divisions between Republicans and Democrats on the 2020 election, with two out of three Republicans saying Biden was not legitimately elected.
4 years ago
Democrats make their case for impeaching Trump
On day two of the impeachment trial of President Trump f House Democrats laid out their arguments why Trump should be found guilty of inciting the riot at Capitol Hill.
Air Date: February 11, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:41Rioters acting on Trump’s ‘orders,’ Democrats say in trial
Lawmakers prosecuting the case aim to prove that Trump bears singular responsibility for the siege.
4 years ago
Wolf administration refuses to release details after failure derails Pa. clergy sex abuse relief
The Department of State disclosed that it had no system in place to prevent such an error, which has devastated clergy sexual abuse survivors.
4 years ago
‘If not for Donald Trump’: Montco’s Dean links riot to ‘actions of a desperate president’
But the bulk of Dean’s remarks had to do with the “pressure” she said Trump exerted over state and local election officials in Michigan, Georgia, and Pennsylvania.
4 years ago
Delaware to boost renewable energy requirements by 2035
Forty percent of Delaware’s energy will come from renewable sources under new legislation signed by Gov. John Carney Wednesday afternoon.
4 years ago
Georgia district attorney is investigating Trump’s call to overturn election
Prosecutors are investigating whether Trump's phone call to pressure Georgia's secretary of state to overturn the state's election results in Trump's favor broke state law.
4 years ago
Capitol riot prompts a reckoning over extremism in the ranks
The deadly riot at the Capitol has forced military leadership to confront the threat of domestic extremism. Rioters that day included current and former service members.
4 years ago
Police beg for help, senators flee in Trump trial video
Trump is charged with inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection after encouraging a crowd to “fight like hell” over his defeated election.
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