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Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in January. Coats often operated behind the scenes, but when he spoke publicly, his assessments were often at odds with President Trump. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)

NPR

Dan Coats, who challenged President Trump, is ousted from top intelligence job

The departure of the director of national intelligence means that almost every senior member of President Trump's original national security team is gone from his or her job.

6 years ago

A Border Patrol officer guards the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Nogales, Ariz., in February. The Supreme Court on Friday said the Trump administration could continue with its plan to use military funds to build a wall along sections of the southern border. (Ariana Drehsler/AFP/Getty Images)

NPR

Immigration

Supreme Court lets Trump border wall move forward, but legal fight still looms

The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to use military funds to build sections of the president's desired border wall while litigation is ongoing.

6 years ago

Smyrna School District Superintendent Patrick Williams (third from left)talks about legislation allowing police to inform school leaders when a student experiences a traumatic event. (From left) Gov. John Carney, Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, and Smryna Police Chief Torrie James stand alongside Williams in Carney’s Dover office. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)

Behavioral Health

Delaware

Kids

Del. police to notify schools when a student experiences trauma at home

Delaware Gov. Carney has signed legislation requiring police to notify schools if a student has experienced or witnessed a traumatic event.

6 years ago

Senate intelligence committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., praised the work of state and local election officials in the past few years, but said,

NPR

Elections

Senate Intel Committee unveils election security report in wake of Mueller hearings

The report appeared as the 2020 presidential race gets underway after the former special counsel said to expect continued Russian interference.

6 years ago

Centre County introduced new ES&S voting machines in the primary on May 21, 2019. (Min Xian/WPSU)

Elections

Government Accountability

Election upgrades could come with hidden costs for Pa. taxpayers

Already facing $100M+ in upfront costs for machines, counties are struggling to pin vendors down on pricing for software updates.

6 years ago

In this Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, photo, pedestrians in Newburgh, an upstate New York city already struggling with poverty and violent crime were told to have their blood tested for a toxic chemical because its water supply was found to have high levels of the cancer-linked chemical PFOS that was used for firefighting at the nearby military base. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Environmental racism / Mueller testimony

We talk about why environmental health hazards disproportionately affect communities of color and we get analysis of Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress.

Air Date: July 25, 2019 10:00 am

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Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced late Wednesday that he is resigning from office amid a scandal over hundreds of pages of text messages he exchanged with his inner circle that included sexist, homophobic and other insulting material. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

NPR

Government Accountability

International

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigns in wake of text message scandal

His resignation comes after nearly two weeks of street protests. On Monday, hundreds of thousands of people shut down a large highway.

6 years ago

The Why

Aging

Public Health

Why so many bodies go unclaimed in the Philly suburbs

Hundreds of unclaimed dead are lying in morgues and unmarked graves in the Philly suburbs. Who are they and why is no one claiming their remains?

Air Date: July 25, 2019

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Former special counsel Robert Mueller, checks pages in the report as he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)

National

Pa. representatives stick to party line in Mueller hearing

Three Pennsylvania members of Congress had a chance to question former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Wednesday.

6 years ago

Former special counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in to testify to the House Judiciary Committee about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

National Interest

Elections

National

National Interest

Robert Mueller performs in congressional Kabuki theater

His tendentious terminology, coupled with his stoic reticence, will not move the ball forward.

6 years ago

Government Accountability

Philadelphia

Billy Penn

Philly wrote $100 million in tickets in the last decade. Half of them went unpaid.

It’s unclear if the city breaks even on the cost of code enforcement.

6 years ago

Elections

New Jersey

Murphy signs law to make N.J. polling place information easier to find

N.J. will stop publishing a comprehensive list of polling places in newspapers. Here’s how it’ll work instead.

6 years ago

Former special counsel Robert Mueller, is sworn in before he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Government Accountability

National

Mueller dismisses Trump’s claims of Russia probe exoneration

Former special counsel Robert Mueller is testifying before House lawmakers Wednesday about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.

6 years ago

A Confederate monument has cost the Georgetown Historical Society its taxpayer-funded grant. (WHYY, file)

Delaware

History

Public Spaces

Delaware museum group loses taxpayer funding over Confederate monument

The Georgetown Historical Society has been getting a state grant for years. But a Confederate monument at its museum led lawmakers to kill the funding.

6 years ago

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