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Politics & Policy

Voters wait in line to casts their ballot in the Pennsylvania primary
Elections
Pennsylvania

What you need to know ahead of the 2021 Pa. general election

Pennsylvania’s general election is being held Tuesday, Nov. 2. Here’s what you need to know beforehand, from election deadlines to who’s on the ballot.

4 years ago

Rachel Levine, nominated to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021
NPR
Government
National
Public Health

Dr. Rachel Levine sworn in as the nation’s first transgender four-star officer

Levine leads the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

4 years ago

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 20: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits the Manhattan Federal Court on August 20, 2020 in the Manhattan borough of New York City
NPR
Government Accountability
National
Politics

House panel on Jan. 6 votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt for defying subpoena

The unanimous vote sends the measure to the full House. If the chamber approves it, the referral would be sent on to federal law enforcement for potential charges.

4 years ago

Jessica Rosenworce gestures during a hearing
NPR
National
Technology

Complaints about spam texts were up 146% last year. Now, the FCC wants to take action

Even as the federal government has cracked down on robocalls, more than 47 billion spam texts have been sent so far in 2021, one company found, costing Americans millions.

4 years ago

Haitian migrants use a dam to cross into and from the U.S. from Mexico, Saturday, September 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Radio Times
Immigration
International

Haiti in crisis

We discuss the kidnappings, violence and instability plaguing Haiti and the crisis facing Haitians migrants at the U.S. border.

Air Date: October 19, 2021 10:00 am

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Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally
NPR
Law

Trump sues to try to stop the release of documents related to the Capitol riot

The former president is suing the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, and the National Archives, to prevent the turnover of documents related to the event.

4 years ago

File photo of Pa. Lieutenant Gov. John Fetterman speaking to the press. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Pennsylvania

Fetterman continues to dominate fundraising for U.S. Senate race

The major candidates have already filed several rounds of campaign finance reports, and clear differences in their fundraising powers have emerged.

4 years ago

Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis., testifies during hearings in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 1954. McCarthy stands before a map that charts alleged communist activity in the United States. (Getty Images)
NPR
Elections
Government
Government Accountability

Decades before Trump’s election lies, McCarthy’s anti-communist fever gripped the GOP

The Republican Party has tackled countless controversies since its birth in the 1850s, but it is hard to find a precedent for the posture it finds itself in today.

4 years ago

Samantha Del Angel receives a COVID-19 vaccine
Delaware
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

Federal funds to help New Castle County implement ‘equity agenda’

New Castle County will spend millions of American Rescue Plan funds to create a more equitable playing field for residents living in underserved communities.

4 years ago

Rep. Mike Doyle
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Doyle, Pennsylvania congressional delegation dean, to retire

The 68-year-old Doyle was first elected in 1994. His district includes all of Pittsburgh and some of its increasingly leftward-leaning suburbs.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden talks as he tours a neighborhood impacted by Hurricane Ida, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in LaPlace, La.
Environment
Pennsylvania

Biden takes social services, climate pitch to Pennsylvania

President Joe Biden’s visit to his birthplace in Scranton comes just a week after first lady Jill Biden visited nearby Allentown

4 years ago

Students walk to and from classes on the Indiana University campus, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, in Bloomington, Ind. College communities such as Bloomington are exploring their options for contesting the results of the 2020 census, which they say do not accurately reflect how many people live there. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Changing Communities
Higher Education
National
Pennsylvania

State College plans to challenge results of 2020 census

Some college towns claim they were shortchanged in the 2020 census because the pandemic forced students to leave campuses. Among them is State College, Pennsylvania.

4 years ago

Gen. Colin Powell is seen in military uniform
Public Health

Colin Powell has died of COVID-19 complications, family says

Powell was the first African American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state.

4 years ago

A man smiles while holding a sign that says,
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Monday is the last day to register to vote in the 2021 Pennsylvania general election

Pennsylvania’s general election is Nov. 2. Voters will elect judges who will play pivotal roles in shaping policy for at least the next decade.

4 years ago

OTANGE CA OCTOBER 17, 2021 - Former President Bill Clinton, standing with his wife, Hillary, and doctors, was discharged from UC Irvine Medical Center Sunday morning, six days after he was admitted and treated for a urological and blood infection. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
NPR
Government
National

Former President Bill Clinton released from the hospital

Clinton, 75, had been hospitalized at the UC Irvine Medical Center since Tuesday for a "non-COVID-related infection."

4 years ago

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