Politics & Policy

Nearly six months after being nominated, former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate for his new role as U.S. Ambassador.

It is another step driven by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud.

A rally outside the White House demanded the Biden administration ease sanctions in Afghanistan, to avoid millions of deaths by starvation.

President Joe Biden on Saturday is commemorating the 49th anniversary of the car crash that killed his first wife and infant daughter.

The federal agency separately says there will be no citations of companies regarding its testing requirements before Feb. 9.

State lawyers asked a court Friday to stop a digital data exchange scheduled for Wednesday in southern Pennsylvania’s sparsely populated Fulton County.

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted the stay on the Biden administration's vaccinate-or-test rule covering some 84 million workers. Deadline for the vaccine is Jan. 4.

Democrats could have the upper hand if proposals for state House and Senate maps hold after changes and potential court scrutiny.

A new executive order from Biden is designed to streamline the process for things like contacting the IRS, enrolling in Social Security online and, yes, renewing your

The regulation calls for Pennsylvania to join a multistate consortium, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which sets a price and declining limits on carbon emissions.

In questioning, the GOP judges appeared hesitant to interfere in the legislature, while Democrats probed whether there were any limits to its ability to access private info.

The bill aims to limit the length of probation sentences and the circumstances under which a non-violent offender on probation can be sent to jail.