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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Standing with McConnell is Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., right
Government
Government Accountability
National

McConnell rebukes RNC, calls Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’

As former President Donald Trump has downplayed the attack, the RNC took a voice vote to approve censuring Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois.

4 years ago

In this 2014 file photo, then-Wilmington City Councilman Bud Freel is interviewed on WHYY’s ‘First.’ (WHYY)
Delaware
Elections

Delaware Dems pick candidate to replace State Rep. Brady, who resigned after racist emails

Former Wilmington City Councilman Bud Freel won the Democratic Party’s nomination to run in next month’s special election to replace State Rep. Gerald Brady.

4 years ago

A view of the Upper Darby Township building
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Upper Darby narrowly avoids government shutdown amid claim of missing American Rescue Plan funds

Factions of the township government were at odds over an allocation of American Rescue Plan Act funds to keep things running and pay township workers.

4 years ago

(Left to right): The Turnpike map vs. the Parkway map
Elections
Government
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Parkway or Turnpike? For first time, N.J. residents will get to comment on new legislative district maps before final vote

The Democratic and Republican redistricting plans had formerly been kept confidential until the Apportionment Commission made its final decision.

4 years ago

The National Archives and Records Administration said it retrieved 15 boxes of documents and other items from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence last month.
(Lynne Sladky/AP)
NPR
Crime
Government
Government Accountability

15 boxes of White House records have been recovered at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

According to the Washington Post, the boxes of records at Mar-a-Lago violated the Presidential Records Act.

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf, wearing a face mask, speaks to the press from behind a podium
Government
Pennsylvania
Taxes

What to watch for in Wolf’s budget proposal

The details of Wolf’s budget plan for the 2022-23 fiscal year starting July 1 remain under wraps, but he has made it plain that public school funding is his top priority.

4 years ago

The interior of the N.J. Statehouse
History
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

N.J. lawmakers (again) push bills to study reparations, school desegregation

While the Legislature has recently moved on some measures, like efforts to integrate public schools, others have stalled for years.

4 years ago

File photo: IBEW Local 98 headquarters at 17th and Spring Garden streets. (Erin Reynolds/WHYY)
Elections
Philadelphia

After a few rocky years, IBEW Local 98 has more campaign cash than ever

Convictions of union chief John Dougherty and Councilmember Bobby Henon haven't impeded fundraising power. Local 98 has $13.3 million on hand.

4 years ago

A church is seen in the Russian village of Shebekino outside Belgorod, a few miles from the Ukrainian border, on Jan. 27, 2022. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
International
Military

U.S. says Russia has amassed about 75% of the troops it would need to invade Ukraine

The situation along the Ukrainian border has grown even more dire, according to top U.S. officials.

4 years ago

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a rally in support of home care workers in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. James asked a judge Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit by former President Donald Trump aimed at halting her yearslong probe into his business practices. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Government Accountability
Race & Ethnicity

Trump tirade on ‘racist’ DAs echoes other racist tropes

“These prosecutors are vicious, horrible people. They’re racists and they’re very sick, they’re mentally sick,” Trump said.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol is shown in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021.
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. GOP won’t endorse in big primary fields for governor, Senate

The primary field for governor is double-digits deep, while the fields for U.S. Senate and lieutenant governor each feature at least a half-dozen candidates.

4 years ago

US troops deploy for Europe from Pope Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on February 3, 2022. (Photo by Allison Joyce / AFP) (Photo by ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
International
Military

Newly deployed U.S. troops arrive in Europe as Russia bolsters its own forces

New satellite images show the buildup of Russian forces and equipment along Ukraine's borders with western Russia, Belarus and Crimea.

4 years ago

FILE - Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., listen as the House select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol meets on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 19, 2021. Republican Party officials have voted to punish Cheney and Kinzinger and advanced a rule change that would prohibit candidates from participating in presidential debates organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates. GOP officials took a voice vote to approve both measures at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting in Salt Lake City
NPR
Government
Government Accountability
National

RNC votes to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger over work with Jan. 6 panel

The Republican National Committee voted to censure the two House GOP lawmakers, who are involved in investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

4 years ago

File photo: Vice President Mike Pence listens after reading the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
Government Accountability
National
Politics

Pence: Trump is ‘wrong’ to say election could be overturned

Pence is responding to Trump’s intensifying efforts this week to advance the false narrative that he could have done something to prevent Joe Biden from taking office.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol in winter
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

New map of Pennsylvania legislative districts approved

The five-member commission redrawing the boundaries of Pennsylvania’s state legislative districts voted to approve new maps for the next decade.

4 years ago

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