Politics & Policy

Minority Leader Jay Costa, D-Allegheny, said Sen. Doug Mastriano's words and actions since November encouraged a coup attempt and inspired the people behind it.

“Nobody is fooled by these last-second, come-to-Jesus conversions,” said Rick Wilson, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, a group of Republicans fiercely critical of Trump.

Much of the reaction among Biden and Trump supporters caused reactions that broke along existing political fault lines.

Less than two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated, fractures in Pa.’s evenly split congressional delegation have widened.

Twitter had threatened to block him from the platform over posts he made in the wake of the violence.

The Montgomery County Board of Commissioners virtual meeting turned into a heated exchange about racism after Capitol insurrection and summer protests.

Kim, a second-term Democrat from a district Trump won twice, wasn’t looking for publicity, according to one colleague who came upon him and didn’t recognize him at first.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with WHYY political reporter Katie Meyer about how Pa.’s political disarray stoked tensions in D.C. this week.

Pa. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean spoke with Morning Edition’s Jennifer Lynn the morning after the attack at the U.S. Capitol.

A mob stormed the U.S. Capitol after Trump urged supporters to march to the building to oppose the election results. Roughly 14 hours later, Congress affirmed Biden's victory.

Democrats and some Republicans want Trump removed before his term ends on Jan. 20 with Democrat Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Facebook will bar President Donald Trump from posting on its system at least until the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

Armed with pro-Trump banners, the rioters far outnumbered and swiftly overwhelmed Capitol Police as they charged up the steps, smashed windows, broke into the Senate chamber.

Columnist Solomon Jones examines the events in Washington that left four people dead. But what if the rioters who breached the U.S. Capitol were Black?

Gov. Phil Murphy called the mob attack an act of “domestic terrorism” spurred on by Trump.