Politics & Policy

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission will hold four meetings the week of Jan. 3 to accept feedback on the maps, both in person and virtually.

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."

Politically moderate, relatively affluent, Philadelphia-bordering Bucks County had more arrests than any other county in the state, putting it top 10 nationally.

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.

With the resignation, McCormick moves closer to declaring his candidacy for U.S. Senate in his native Pennsylvania.

Arkoosh, who is currently running for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat, said she took an at-home test Monday morning and is experiencing mild symptoms.

On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that Americans are pessimistic about the future of democracy.