Politics & Policy
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.
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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
Listen 49:00Trump 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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Biden: ‘Democracy survived’ Capitol riot because of police
The president spoke at the 40th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service to remember the 491 law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in 2019 and 2020.
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‘He was Southend’: Tributes paid to slain British lawmaker
Leaders from across Britain's political spectrum have come together to pay tribute to David Amess who was stabbed to death in what police have described as a terrorist attack.
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Procrastinator’s Guide to the 2021 November election in Philadelphia
A cheat sheet for being informed when you vote.
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