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Envelopes containing ballots are shown at a voting center
Elections
National
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6 key questions going into the 2020 presidential election

Key questions linger as the final votes are cast and counted in Tuesday's contest between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump arrives at his campaign rally
National
Politics
Public Health

Trump threatens to fire Fauci as COVID-19 cases surge

Trump expressed frustration that the surging cases of a virus that has killed more than 231,000 people in the United States remains in the news.

5 years ago

Residents are lined up to voted at City Hall in Philadelphia
Elections
Philadelphia
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Kenney, Deeley pen open letter to Philly voters: ‘Stay calm’

City leaders urge residents to remain patient ahead of Election Day amid increasing focus on the Philly region and Keystone State, as well as concerns over voter intimidation

5 years ago

Health care activists rally in front of the U.S. Capitol
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Health Care
National
Public Health

Medicaid’s future hinges on who wins the White House

The Trump administration has given states ways to restrict spending on the government insurance program for low-income Americans. A Biden administration would expand Medicaid.

5 years ago

A sign points voters in the direction of a polling place
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics
Billy Penn

These are Philly’s 700+ polling places for the November 2020 election

That’s three times as many as the June primary.

5 years ago

Election workers, left, check in voters before they cast their ballots in the Pennsylvania primary in Philadelphia
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Thousands of volunteers to help Pa. voters, protect against intimidation on Election Day

The Pennsylvania Election Protection Coalition will station about 2,000 volunteers at polling sites to answer questions about election rules and to ensure every vote counts.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in rally at FDR Park
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics

Biden works to boost Black turnout in ‘critical’ battleground Pa.

Biden’s Sunday swing through Philadelphia highlights increasing Democratic focus on the Keystone State.

5 years ago

The walls of a scorched antique shop stand on Skyway after a wildfire burned through Paradise, Calif.
Elections
Environment
National

US vote to shape how world warms as climate pact exit looms

The U.S. is out of the Paris climate agreement on Nov. 4. Experts say the outcome will determine to some degree just how hot and nasty the world will get in the future.

5 years ago

Joe Biden speaks at a “Souls to the Polls” drive-in rally at Sharon Baptist Church
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics

Biden makes final pitch to voters in Philly: There’s ‘too much on the line’ to sit out election

With only two days until Election Day, Biden made his closing argument to voters in the parking lot of a Wynnefield Heights church.

5 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media
NPR
National
Politics

‘A huge attack’: Critics decry Trump order that makes firing federal workers easier

The EO strips protections for thousands of federal workers. Trump says it's needed to get rid of "poor performers." Critics call it an attack on apolitical employees.

5 years ago

Volunteers from
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics

GOTV efforts kick into high gear with bike rides and more across Philly

In 2016, Pennsylvania went to Trump by just 44,000 votes. Those doing outreach ahead of the election have one message: Every vote in the commonwealth counts.

5 years ago

Pages from the U.S. State Department's Global Engagement Center report
NPR
Elections
National
Technology

A ‘perception hack’: When public reaction exceeds the actual hack

This election season has brought a series of computer hacks and disinformation efforts. How do we distinguish between a real threat and a minor distraction?

5 years ago

Wells Fargo Bank; a Kingsessing home
Housing
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

Millions in Pa. pandemic mortgage relief may go unclaimed by Nov. 4 deadline

Republican leaders in Harrisburg refused to vote on a fix for the CARES Act program.

5 years ago

Camden County election workers, paired by party, open and inspect mail ballots at Camden County Elections and Archive Center
Elections
New Jersey

How one South Jersey county processes and tallies votes

Camden County shows how a mail-in ballot is processed once it is received. The process is similar in other New Jersey counties.

5 years ago

In this. Oct. 8, 2020 image from video provided by the 36th District Court in Detroit, Jacob Wohl, left, and Jack Burkman, shown in the center left photo, are seen during an arraignment being conducted over Zoom in Detroit. (36th District Court/Zoom via AP)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Court-ordered robocalls sent to ‘electoral terror’ victims

Another round of robocalls to try and correct an earlier campaign of voter intimidation has been ordered by the courts.

5 years ago

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