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Politics & Policy

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., center, works with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, at the House votes on the creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, in the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2021.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Delaware
Government Accountability
Public Safety

‘We can’t forget,’ says Del. congresswoman who prayed through last year’s attack on Capitol

Delaware’s lone member of the U.S. House says she’s still processing being trapped in the balcony as the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection occurred.

4 years ago

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The Pennsylvania Capitol building in Harrisburg is shown from afar, with the road stretching towards it.
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Lower taxes, school choice, local control: GOP field for Pa. governor makes its pitch

The event delved into such topics as school choice, energy production, election conspiracies, and how to make homemade backyard biodiesel.

4 years ago

File photo: Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings (Cris Barrish)
Delaware
Elections
Government Accountability

Delaware AG Jennings says elections ‘still under threat’ ahead of insurrection anniversary

A group of Democratic attorneys general call on their Republican counterparts to follow the rule of law when it comes to ensuring fair elections.

4 years ago

Newly installed surveillance cameras are positioned near the U.S. Capitol
NPR
Policing
Public Safety

A year after the Capitol riot, work remains to safeguard it from another attack

The insurrection led to more security for the citadel of democracy and members of Congress. But many say plenty of work remains to ensure another attack never happens again.

4 years ago

File photo: Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Radio Times
Elections

The January 6 insurrection: the assault on our democracy and our deeply divided nation

A year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, where is our democracy headed? We're joined by historians Carol Anderson and Kevin Kruse and Pa. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean.

Air Date: January 5, 2022 10:00 am

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People shelter in the House gallery as pro-Trump insurrectionists try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol
National
Public Safety

‘We were trapped’: Trauma of Jan. 6 lingers for lawmakers

In interviews with The Associated Press a year later, many of the lawmakers recall that they thought they were going to die.

4 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists yell on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol
Elections
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Former N.J. Gov. Christie Whitman leading efforts to bolster ‘fragile’ U.S. democracy

Well before Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, former N.J. Gov. Christine Todd Whitman was sounding the alarm.

4 years ago

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Fox News Channel and radio talk show host Sean Hannity (left) interviews U.S. President Donald Trump before a campaign rally at the Las Vegas Convention Center on September 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.   (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
NPR
Government
National
Protests

House Jan. 6 committee seeks to question Fox News’ Sean Hannity

In its request to speak with Hannity, the panel disclosed newly revealed texts he allegedly sent.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania state Rep. Austin Davis speaks from a podium
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Pennsylvania

Rep. Austin Davis will run for LG; joins Shapiro with a slew of endorsements

He would be Pennsylvania’s first Black lieutenant governor — and the highest-ranking Black public official in Pennsylvania history.

4 years ago

Joe Biden speaks from a podium as
Elections
Government Accountability

Biden pushed to act as U.S. democracy concerns grow

Biden has only occasionally emphasized the gravity of the threat to democracy from the Jan. 6 insurrection and the repeated lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

4 years ago

FILE - Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks after signing budget legislation June 30, 2021, in Harrisburg, Pa. Wolf is about to lay out his eighth and final state budget proposal. Pennsylvania's healthy account balances make this a
Economy
Government
Pennsylvania

Wolf heads into last budget season with flush state coffers

Pennsylvania is sitting on a fat budget reserve, a healthy and growing surplus, and billions in unspent federal coronavirus relief cash.

4 years ago

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

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