Politics & Policy
N.J. voters to pick Assembly nominees in Tuesday’s primary
N.J. voters will decide whether an incumbent who lost Republican Party support but who casts himself as a strong supporter of President Donald Trump can win on Tuesday.
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Biden declares LGBTQ rights his No. 1 legislative priority
Joe Biden declared Saturday that the Equality Act would be a legislative priority, an effort to enshrine LGBTQ protections into labor and civil right laws.
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D-Day’s 24 hours changed 20th century, and Europe, forever
"Some men cannot get enough of power," Shay said. "And it still continues today."
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Pro and anti-Israel protests draw hundreds in Berlin
Hundreds of people including prominent German politicians and members of the Jewish community are protesting against a larger, anti-Israel rally in Berlin.
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Defense chief calls out China on tech theft, South China Sea
U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan on Saturday denounced China's efforts to steal technology from other nations and militarize man-made outposts in the South China Sea.
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Amid report of N. Korea purge, there are reasons for caution
A South Korean newspaper reported Friday that North Korea executed a senior envoy involved in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. as well as four other high-level officials.
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Audit: Pa. Game commission didn’t track royalties from oil, gas
The Pennsylvania Game Commission failed to make sure that energy companies paid what they owed in royalties from oil and gas production on state hunting lands.
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Ted Cruz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez team up to ban lawmakers from lobbying
The so-called revolving door of Washington has been spinning for years.
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New Jersey’s medical marijuana program expansion plan advances
After failing to approve recreational marijuana sales, New Jersey will now greatly expand its medical marijuana program.
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Delco Dems push ethics plan that GOP calls a stunt
Democrats hoping to overturn a century of GOP rule in suburban Delaware County pushed an ethics reform plan at a County Council meeting, angering Republicans.
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How long will it take Philly to go from ‘councilman’ to ‘councilmember’?
Philadelphia voters have OKed a ballot measure to move toward gender-neutral language for our lawmakers in City Hall.
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Wolf rejects Pa. Senate’s infrastructure proposal funded by forest drilling
After months of Governor Tom Wolf promoting a sweeping infrastructure plan funded by a tax on natural gas drillers, some Senate Republicans have come up with an alternative.
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Mueller to Congress: If not him, who? If not now, when?
It was nice to finally hear Robert Mueller's voice, even though he lards his speech with circumlocutious double negatives.
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Uber to start banning passengers with low ratings
Uber has unveiled a new policy that enables the company to kick riders with low ratings to the curb.
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‘I want to rob cancer of its prize’: N.J. man moves to Calif. to legally end his life
Kevin Roster, a 36-year-old with terminal cancer, wants the ‘freedom to choose’ how he dies. He says he can’t wait for N.J.’s ‘Aid in Dying’ law to take effect in August.
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