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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to some of Donald Trump's closest advisers, including Rudy Giuliani Sidney Powell stands behind
Government Accountability
National

Rudy Giuliani among Trump allies subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel

The committee is continuing to widen its scope into Trump's orbit, this time demanding information and testimony from Guiliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and Boris Epshteyn.

4 years ago

Closeup of the Pennsylvania Capitol
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

With court deadline looming, Pa. lawmakers ready one last congressional map attempt

“There’s a lot that could still go wrong,” said one top GOP lawmaker, adding that the odds of the legislature passing a map are, “50 – 50, maybe.”

4 years ago

day care children walking on street
Keystone Crossroads
Income Inequality
Kids
Pennsylvania
Taxes

Philly pushes to connect thousands of families to expanded child benefits, stressing need to file taxes

City officials are trying to reach at least 10,000 city families who officials believe have missed out on all payments.

4 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks to supporters
Government
New Jersey
Taxes

Murphy sworn in for second term with a goal to cut property taxes

After narrowly winning reelection on a progressive platform, Murphy is focusing his second term on dealing with a perennial problem in New Jersey: high property taxes.

4 years ago

A-29 Super Tucano planes are on display
Government Accountability
International
Military

Watchdog warned months before U.S. pullout Afghanistan’s air force would collapse

American authorities had been alerted that Afghanistan's air force did not have the capabilities to survive after a U.S. withdrawal.

4 years ago

Academy Scientists Matt Tursi (left), Danny Morrill (center), and Colin Rohrback (right) conduct an electrofishing survey in a headwater stream of the Delaware River
Environment
Law
Outdoors

Recovering America’s Wildlife Act: Conservationists’ hope for species at risk

Bipartisan Senate legislation proposes $1.3B annually for tailored projects that work to sustain the health of fish, wildlife, and their habitats.

4 years ago

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Craig Prichard, 65, of Des Moines, Iowa, who voted for Donald Trump in 2016, but says he voted for Joe Biden in 2020 believing Trump had failed to the confront the coronavirus pandemic, talks on Jan. 10, 2022. The retired factory worker says he is
Government
Government Accountability
National

How’s he doing? Americans weigh in on Biden’s performance

President Joe Biden took office at a particularly polarized time in American history, so it's not surprising that citizens are divided on his performance at the one-year mark.

4 years ago

In a long exposure photo, lights from a snowplow illuminate sleet at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Ceremonies scheduled for the site on Monday, to mark the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, have been canceled because of the weather. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Government
History
National
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On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King’s work

Biden's remarks Monday were among many by politicians acknowledging unmet needs for racial equality on Martin Luther King Day.

4 years ago

In these episodes of Ron's Office Hours, Ron Elving explains the filibuster. (NPR)
NPR
Government
National
Politics

Senate Democrats plan a vote to change the filibuster. So what is it?

4 years ago

Tire tracks are seen cut into an area near a river in Wharton State Forest
Environment
New Jersey
Preservation

Pinelands lovers: N.J. not saving forests from vehicle damage

Parts of numerous state forests contained within the 1.1 million-acre Pinelands district are marred by tire tracks, huge potholes, and trampled trees.

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks from a podium
Government
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Pa. GOP answered Wolf’s pandemic vetoes with constitution changes. The strategy is here to stay

Wolf’s veto tally grew extensively during the pandemic and will likely expand during his final 13 months in office, as Republicans continue to largely bypass his agenda.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pack produce while volunteering at Philabundance
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Bidens pack carrots, apples into boxes during Philabundance stop

Before heading to the warehouse floor where conveyor belts carried cardboard boxes full of donated food, Biden said the child tax credit needed to be renewed.

4 years ago

A photo of Julian Bond and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. casting their ballots to fill Bond's vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in Atlanta, Ga., on Feb. 23, 1966.  (AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Elections
History
Race & Ethnicity

Equal access and equal voices: The eternal relevance of MLK’s ‘Give Us the Ballot’ speech

Equal voices and equal access continue to be more of a war to be waged than rights to be mutually shared, writes Rev. David Brown.

4 years ago

FILE - Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2021, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)
Government
Government Accountability
National
Politics
Public Health

After Biden’s first year, the virus and disunity rage on

President Joe Biden came to office seeing two sicknesses in his country. Neither has abated a year later.

4 years ago

In this satellite image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite, and released by the agency, shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending large waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground. (Japan Meteorology Agency via AP)
Environment
International

Pacific tsunami threat recedes, volcano ash hinders response

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote on Twitter he is “deeply concerned for the people of Tonga as they recover from the aftermath of a volcanic eruption and tsunami."

4 years ago

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