
Politics & Policy
DOJ still looking to add census citizenship question, official tells court
Amid tweets by Trump that he still wants the 2020 census to ask about citizenship, an official says the Justice Department has been told to find a way to make it happen.
6 years ago
Wilmington City Council must fill another vacancy after Williams resigns
Wilmington City Council meetings were fraught with acrimony and a law was changed before a vacancy was filled in March. Now another member has resigned.
6 years ago
U.S. Rep. Dean recounts ‘chilling’ and ‘inhumane’ conditions at Texas, Fla. detention centers
WHYY Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn interviews U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean about her visit to America’s only privately-run detention facility for child migrants.
6 years ago
Listen 8:50Fouling the Fourth: Tanks but no tanks, Trump
It takes a craven kind of genius to desecrate the Fourth of July, to turn a traditionally nonpartisan festival into a militarist MAGA rally with pseudo-Moscow trappings.
6 years ago
Pa. GOP: Fetterman’s presiding powers in the Senate can be revoked
Republicans sent a letter to Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman Tuesday saying if he violates the chamber's rules again, they plan to try to remove him from presiding.
6 years ago
We discuss Vice President Joe Biden's record on busing and desegregation in schools and whether the policy has achieved racial integration in schools across the country.
Air Date: July 3, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 48:58Booker unveils immigration plan relying on executive orders
Cory Booker has rolled out an immigration agenda composed of changes he could make without relying on Congress.
6 years ago
With every step Trump takes it takes us further from who America is
President Trump should be trying to end the horrible conditions in the migrant detention cams here instead of cozying up to dictators.
6 years ago
Pa. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is running for Congress, and here’s why
“I don’t think our country’s working right. And the challenge of trying to fix that is something I think I’m more up to now."
6 years ago
Murphy lets ‘flawed’ N.J. tax break programs expire, vows to veto extension bill
New Jersey has let expire two tax incentive programs that have helped attract companies to Camden and several other struggling towns.
6 years ago
Election security: The dire issue the Democrats barely mentioned
How did 20 Democrats vying to appear on the 2020 ballot debate last week without ever assailing the Republicans' refusal to protect that ballot from Russian interference?
6 years ago
Delaware Legislature ends session, and for once, it’s not in the wee hours
Last year Delaware lawmakers bickered until 8 a.m. before passing the final budget bill. This year they promised an earlier finish, and did it.
6 years ago
Under siege and largely secret: Businesses that serve immigration detention
As more businesses face public scrutiny for making money off of the Trump administration's detention of migrants, many activists say the firms involved try to remain secret.
6 years ago
State auditor general Eugene DePasquale confirms that he’ll run for U.S. House
DePasquale made the announcement on social media Sunday. The Associated Press reported last week DePasquale had told Democratic Party figures that he planned to run.
6 years ago
Murphy signs N.J. budget, averting shutdown, but prolonging fight with Democrats
Murphy line-item vetoed some legislative spending that will likely raise the hackles of the lawmakers who resisted his push for a “millionaire’s tax.”
6 years ago