Politics & Policy

The Public Utility Commission has sway on everything from pipeline safety to utility rates. A grassroots effort seeks members to address climate change.

Veterans and military experts say that racial bias in military discipline has become a serious threat to national security.

President Biden said on Sunday that the U.S. has evacuated nearly 28,000 people from Afghanistan since Aug. 14, including around 11,000 people in about 36 hours.

The U.S. military is asking for 18 aircraft — three each from American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines and Omni Air; two from Hawaiian Airlines and four from United.

The now-abandoned rule could have extended overtime protections for an estimated 190,000 workers.

Tori Cooper recently became the first Black transgender woman to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.

New AFL-CIO officers have been named to replace Richard Trumka.

The law disallows renewal of existing contracts or any new contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house immigration detainees.

State and congressional Republicans have all but avoided talking about the attack, and Franklin and Marshall College poll results offer some insight on that.

The web app helps sort through the bureaucracy.

The last decade brought Philadelphia its biggest population jump since 1950. The number of Black and white residents declined, while Latino and Asian numbers spiked.

Sens. Angus King of Maine, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and John Hickenlooper of Colorado all said they have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated.

A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol has surrendered to law enforcement after an hourslong standoff.

Nearly a year after residents voted to legalize it, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission planted the seeds for recreational marijuana use.

Mastriano, who has helped spread Trump's baseless claims that the election was stolen from him in Pennsylvania, also said he has “been stopped for the time being.”