Politics & Policy

Wednesday's violent insurrection at the Capitol led to the death of five people. Some lawmakers and others worry that it was just the beginning of what's to come.

The December call preceded Trump’s Jan. 2 call to Georgia Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger where he asked election officials to “find” enough votes to overturn Biden's win.

A resolution calling on Pence to do so was blocked Monday by Republicans. But more votes are expected Tuesday, with an impeachment vote Wednesday.

The pending sale of the county wastewater system to Aqua Pennsylvania is at the center of a long-running, will-they-won’t-they political feud.

Even though both parties ran unified campaigns, nearly 20,000 Georgians appear to have split their votes in the two races, between Raphael Warnock and David Perdue.

“We must take action,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Friday on a private conference call with Democrats.

Twitter banned President Donald Trump's account Friday, citing “the risk of further incitement of violence.”

President-elect Joe Biden said Friday that President Donald Trump isn't “fit for the job,” but he repeatedly refused to endorse growing Democratic calls to impeach him.

The county government’s network was accessed through a phishing email received in September, and ransomware was activated, a December memo says.

Mike White led the Presidential Protective Division until June 2017. He blames abysmal preparation for this week’s violence but says that won’t happen on Jan. 20.

The most dangerous situation in recent history was a 1990 pipe bomb in the basement.

In a Friday tweet Trump said, “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.”

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.