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Politics & Policy

Spaceboy Clothing offers and assortment of eclectic Biden-based shirts including a yellow shirt highlighting his
Business
Delaware

Biden candles, beer, and ‘hardcore’ T-shirts are part of inaugural spirit in Delaware

There’s also an Amtrak-themed Biden beer. Wilmington shoppers have lots to choose from to get their presidential fix.

6 years ago

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Immigration activists outside the N.J. Statehouse (Joe Hernandez / WHYY)
Immigration
New Jersey
Social Justice

N.J. commission approves rules for driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants

The move means those who are not legally present in the United States may be able to apply for driver’s licenses as early as May.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Washington. The president was returning from Texas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Government Accountability

Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden’s inauguration

President Donald Trump will leave Washington next Wednesday morning, just before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, to begin his post-presidential life in Florida.

6 years ago

(Tim Tai/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Redistricting will be the definitive political fight of 2021 in Pennsylvania. Here’s how it’ll work.

Pa. is set to lose a congressional seat. The representation of millions of people is on the line. And the GOP will have to do what seems impossible — get along with Democrats.

6 years ago

In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Trump supporters gather on the Washington Monument grounds in advance of a rally in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
National
Race & Ethnicity

Philly civil rights attorney: White supremacy attacked democracy after the 2020 election

Temple University professor and Philly civil rights attorney Timothy Welbeck spoke with WHYY's Annette John-Hall about white supremacy and the deadly U.S. Capitol siege.

6 years ago

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, David Xol-Cholom, of Guatemala, hugs his son Byron at Los Angeles International Airport as they reunite after being separated during the Trump administration's wide-scale separation of immigrant families, in Los Angeles. A court-appointed committee has yet to find the parents of 628 children separated at the border early in the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
Government Accountability
Immigration
Social Justice

Watchdog: DOJ bungled ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy

The policy resulted in over 3,000 family separations during “zero tolerance” and caused lasting emotional damage to children who were taken from their parents at the border.

6 years ago

Jessica Symes, a senior at Kutztown University, works on a pizza order at Mamma's Delight Pizza Restaurant in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Business
K-12
Pennsylvania

Gov. Wolf pushing GOP to move money to help Pa. small businesses

Gov. Tom Wolf is trying to convince GOP leaders to support his scheme to reallocate state funds for business assistance. So far, they’re unmoved.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2020, file photo then-Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jaime Harrison speaks at a campaign rally in North Charleston, S.C. Harrison, the failed South Carolina Senate candidate and longtime Democratic Party official, is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to lead the national party, according to multiple party officials. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)
Government Accountability
National

Biden taps Jaime Harrison to serve as Democratic chairman

The 44-year-old comes to the job with strong support from state party chairs around the country and from House Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn.

6 years ago

Jennifer Lopez
NPR
Elections
Music

Lady Gaga, J-Lo to headline Biden inauguration

President-elect Biden may not have big crowds at his coronavirus-limited inauguration, but he won't be lacking for star power.

6 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists clash with police and security forces as they push barricades to storm the U.S. Capitol
NPR
National
Public Safety

Why didn’t the FBI and DHS produce a threat report ahead of the Capitol insurrection?

The FBI and the DHS wrote detailed threat assessments before Black Lives Matter demonstrations last summer, but offered only general warnings before the events on Jan. 6.

6 years ago

The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol is visible in Harrisburg.
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Barriers, police added for Pennsylvania Capitol security

State capitols around the United States have heightened security after the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week.

6 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks in the House Chamber after they reconvened for arguments over the objection of certifying Arizona’s Electoral College votes in November’s election, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)
Radio Times
Law
Politics

Trump’s second impeachment

The U.S. House of Representatives debated and voted for a second impeachment of President Trump, this time for his role in inciting the violent attack on the Capitol building.

Air Date: January 14, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:01
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
National
Politics

McConnell open to convicting Trump in impeachment trial

McConnell's openness was a stark contrast to the support, or at times silence, he’s shown during much of Trump’s presidency.

6 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., displays the signed article of impeachment against President Donald Trump
NPR
National
Politics

4 ways Trump’s 2nd impeachment will change Washington

Trump made history, the Capitol siege exposed splits in the GOP party that are likely to remain, Biden's agenda will now compete with a Senate trial and D.C. is a fortress.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Alejandro A. Alvarez/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Pa. GOP lawmakers want voters to give them the power to end governor’s emergency orders

The proposed constitutional amendment is the result of long-festering resentment against Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf over his actions to control the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

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