Politics & Policy
Despite smooth election, GOP leaders seek vote restrictions
Republicans in key states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden already are pushing for new restrictions, especially to absentee voting.
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Trump golfs in Florida as COVID relief hangs in the balance
President Donald Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida as a government shutdown looms and COVID relief hangs in the balance.
4 years ago
No time to rest: EU nations assess Brexit trade deal with UK
They are set to reconvene again Monday and have informed lawmakers at the European Parliament that they intend to decide on the preliminary application of the deal soon.
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Presidential election hostilities in Pa. may fuel fight over courts
Republicans could use the first weeks of 2021 to fast-track a constitutional amendment that would remake the Democratic-majority state Supreme Court.
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Only a third of CARES Act housing relief went to Pa. residents. The rest went to the state budget
Of 75,000 people who applied to the PHFA program, fewer than 27,000 got assistance.
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Republicans block $2,000 virus checks despite Trump demand
The president's last-minute objections are setting up a defining showdown with his own Republican Party in his final days in office.
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Thousands of ballots will be audited as part of Pa.’s post-election review
The review provides a statistical assurance that there were no errors in the state's declaration of Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election.
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COVID relief bill morphs into a test of GOP loyalty to Trump
Republicans led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have resisted $2,000 checks as too costly. They have not said if they will block the vote.
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Republicans protest virtual start to Delaware General Assembly
Democrats in the majority in Dover plan to reconvene the state legislature via video conference next month. Republicans say that will stifle public input.
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As he seeks to overturn Pa.’s election, Trump invites GOP senators to White House lunch
The invitation from the White House for Wednesday’s luncheon was sent to every Republican in the GOP-controlled chamber.
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DOJ whistleblowers call for investigation into canceled diversity programs
They say that the illegal and abusive government directives waste money and chill "diversity-related speech across the entire federal workforce."
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New Jersey, other states pass on climate-change plan for transportation
The Transportation & Climate Initiative would cap emissions from cars, trucks and buses, but likely bump fuel prices by 5 cents a gallon.
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Trump’s presidential legacy, by the numbers
Trump's presidency is reflected in a broad range of numbers representing everything from the U.S. death toll during the pandemic to the miles of his “big, beautiful wall."
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N.J.’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund gets $19M boost after being starved for almost a decade
New Jersey is allocating more than $19 million to the creation of affordable housing and efforts to protect residents from eviction.
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Biden addresses COVID bill, holiday pandemic precautions
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday expressed empathy with struggling families and applauded Congress for passing the coronavirus relief bill.
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