Politics & Policy

Labor Day typically marks the unofficial start to the fall campaign season. But Monday’s events are playing out this year against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.

The conspiracy theory is centered on the baseless belief that President Trump is waging a secret campaign against enemies in the “deep state” and a child sex trafficking ring.

Supporters of President Trump took to the water in hundreds of boats on Saturday. The traffic created choppy waters that inundated several boats.

As the Senate returns to session, some lawmakers are urging action on proposals that could provide hundreds of billions of additional dollars to states and local governments.

Pennsylvania officials have announced that, starting this month, child care providers will only be paid for current attendance, not pre-pandemic levels.

Author Erik Larson on Winston Churchill's leadership through the Blitz, the nine months of German nighttime bombing raids that killed tens of thousands of British people.

The pandemic has sharpened conversations around workplace safety and workers’ rights, while also casting thousands of Pennsylvanians into financial trouble.

Half a dozen Republicans, who hope to unseat Democratic Gov. John Carney, are vying for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in the upcoming primary election on Sept. 15.

The summer stretch has both galvanized broad public support for the racial justice movement and exposed the obstacles to turning that support into concrete political change.

The director of the Office of Management and Budget told agency heads on Friday that such trainings were "divisive" and "anti-American."

States are turning to stadiums, drive-thrus and even movie theaters as safe options for in-person polling places amid the pandemic and fears about mail-in ballot concerns.

The tensions coursing through the United States over racism and policing are likely targets for adversaries seeking to influence the election, lawmakers and experts warn.

The Military Times this week said a poll of service members in late July and early August showed support slipping for Trump.

Environmental advocates said the move could open up the possibility that coal plants could seek to release higher levels of pollutants into the state’s rivers and streams.

From lawsuits to last-minute legislative changes, nobody really knows how Pa.’s election will work. Campaigns are figuring it out on the fly.