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Canon-McMillan High School in Washington County. (Courtesy of Marcellus Air)
Environment
Public Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Families and advocates criticize Pa.’s fracking health studies

Gov. Wolf announced the studies last year after pressure from families of cancer patients in Washington County.

6 years ago

State Sen. Doug Mastriano
Elections
Public Health
Spotlight PA

GOP leadership silent after Pa. senator tests positive for COVID-19 following maskless election event

Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are surging, making mitigation efforts like wearing masks and not gathering in small spaces more important than ever.

6 years ago

Ballots are counted at the Allegheny County Election Division warehouse on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Elections
Pennsylvania

US Supreme Court asked to block Biden win in Pennsylvania

They maintain that Pennsylvania’s expansive vote-by-mail law is unconstitutional because it required a constitutional amendment to authorize its provisions.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion on Operation Legend in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Elections
National

Barr: No evidence of fraud that’d change election outcome

His comments come despite President Donald Trump's repeated claims that the election was stolen, and his refusal to concede his loss to President-Elect Joe Biden.

6 years ago

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., helped craft the bipartisan proposal. (Toni Sandys/Pool/The Washington Post via AP)
NPR
Economy
Public Health

Bipartisan group of lawmakers offer $908 billion coronavirus aid compromise

House and Senate lawmakers said they have informed their party leaders of their framework, but it has not been endorsed by leadership or the White House.

6 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris listens at left, during an event to introduce their nominees and appointees to economic policy posts at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Economy

Biden unveils economic team declaring, ‘Help is on the way’

Biden has assembled a team of liberal advisers who have long focused on the nation’s workers and government efforts to address economic inequality.

6 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden addresses a Planned Parenthood Action Fund candidate forum in June 2019 in Columbia, S.C. (Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Gender
Public Health
Social Justice

What Joe Biden’s election means for abortion rights

Given the uncertainty around abortion rights in the courts, Biden campaigned on a proposal to codify Roe in federal law.

6 years ago

Photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, military personnel stand near the coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a nuclear scientist who was killed on Friday, in a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
Radio Times
Elections
International
Law

Ending Trump’s Pa. legal challenges; restarting US-Iran relations

We discuss the end of Trump's election challenges in Pa. Then, we look at the future of U.S.-Iran relations after the assassination of their top nuclear scientist.

Air Date: December 1, 2020 10:00 am

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Christopher Krebs, recently ousted as director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, is sworn in to testify last year on Capitol Hill. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
NPR
Elections
Government Accountability

Fired official says correcting Trump’s fraud claims the ‘right thing to do’

Christopher Krebs, who led the federal government's efforts to secure the 2020 election, was fired by Trump for saying the election went smoothly and with no signs of cheating

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Commissioners Al Schmidt, right, and Lisa Deeley speak to the media as election workers process ballots for the general election, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

How ‘GOP rebel’ Al Schmidt became the voice of the 2020 Philly election — and Trump’s nemesis

A month after polls closed, the city commissioner and his staff are still being targeted with death threats.

6 years ago

Philadelphia police create a buffer between dueling rallies outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Despite barrage of losses in court, Trump camp plans more long-shot election appeals

Nearly a month after Election Day, President Donald Trump’s campaign is still engaged in bitter litigation over several lawsuits contesting Pennsylvania’s results.

6 years ago

Joe Biden stands at a podium wearing a face mask
Government Accountability

Top secret: Biden gets access to President’s Daily Brief

Joe Biden on Monday got his first look as president-elect at the President's Daily Brief, a top secret summary of U.S. intelligence and world events.

6 years ago

The Department of Labor’s headquarters in Washington
Government Accountability
Income Inequality

GAO says weekly unemployment benefits report flawed

The GAO said the problems in data collection and reporting were making it hard for policymakers to get a reliable picture.

6 years ago

FILE - Election workers, right, verify ballots as recount observers, left, watch during a Milwaukee hand recount of presidential votes at the Wisconsin Center, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Milwaukee. Wisconsin finished a partial recount of its presidential results on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 confirming Democrat Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump in the key battleground state. Trump vowed to challenge the outcome in court. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Elections

Wisconsin confirms Joe Biden as winner following recount

Biden’s victory in battleground Wisconsin was confirmed Monday following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over Trump.

6 years ago

Joe Biden meets with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Munich in 2015. Relations will no doubt be far more cordial under Biden, but Europe and the U.S. have differences that transcend the Trump administration. (Matthias Schrader/AP)
NPR
Government Accountability
International

Biden is good news for Europe, but China challenges await

Biden has chosen a national security team that backs traditional U.S. alliances, which has been met with relief in much of Europe after nearly four years of Trump's hostility.

6 years ago

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