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This drawing by Dana Verkouteren shows White House counsel Pat Cipollone delivering opening remarks in the Senate chamber during the first day of the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Government Accountability

Senate approves impeachment trial rules, rejecting witnesses

Opening arguments began Tuesday in the Republican-led Senate trial of President Donald Trump.

7 years ago

The Mercerville Fire Company in Hamilton Township, N.J. Is one of eight companies that would be consolidated into one entity that would fight blazes. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
New Jersey

Hamilton continues push to consolidate fire departments under new mayor

New Jersey’s ninth biggest township is currently served by nine fire departments. Hamilton’s new mayor wants to save money by making them one.

7 years ago

The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol
National

Trump’s lawyers urge dismissal of ‘flimsy’ impeachment case

President Donald Trump's legal team asserted Monday that he did “absolutely nothing wrong," urging the Senate to swiftly reject an impeachment case that it called “flimsy."

7 years ago

A new section of the border wall is seen in November 2019 south of Donna, Texas. Trump's 576-mile border wall is expected to cost nearly $20 million per mile, which is more expensive than any other wall under construction in the world. (Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR)
NPR
Immigration
National

$11 Billion and counting: Trump’s border wall would be the world’s most costly

The pricetag for President Trump's border wall has topped $11 billion — or nearly $20 million a mile — to become the most expensive wall of its kind anywhere in the world.

7 years ago

The Capitol and Senate are seen in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
NPR
National

White House responds to Senate impeachment trial summons

The White House's legal team has called the House impeachment process "highly partisan and reckless," in a forceful response to the summons issued by Mitch McConnell.

7 years ago

Gov. Phil Murphy delivering the State of the State address. (Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office)
Explainers
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Explainer: What happens to a bill when a legislative session ends

How process usually works and what changes once new lawmakers are sworn into office

7 years ago

(Koonsiri Boonnak/BigStock)
New Jersey
Sustainability
Transportation

Murphy jolts NJ’s electric vehicle industry with driver rebate plan

Funding for the law will come from proceeds of the “societal benefits charge,” a fee paid by New Jersey utility customers and used for the state’s clean energy program

7 years ago

House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving and Clerk of the House Cheryl Johnson deliver the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Following are impeachment managers, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Radio Times

Impeachment moves to the Senate

We look ahead at the Senate impeachment trial that starts on Tuesday and Lev Parnas' allegations implicating President Trump in the Ukraine pressure campaign.

Air Date: January 17, 2020 10:00 am

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Philadelphia’s First Immanuel Baptist Church in Sharswood hosted a Black Voices for Trump roundtable with Paris Dennard, a conservative speaker, and Kamiliah Prince, the RNC’s director of African-American engagement. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Elections
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

‘We’re not being heard’: Black Trump supporters say the president wins on jobs and economy

A Black Voices for Trump event drew upwards of 60 people of color to a North Philly church.

7 years ago

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (Jared Wickerham/AP Photo)
National

Toomey says Senate trial should be fair, mum on witnesses

Sen. Pat Toomey has not said how he will vote on the two articles of impeachment sent over by the House.

7 years ago

A person runs on a pathway surrounded by trees.
Environment
Outdoors
PA Post

Pa.’s state parks need $500M for fixes. But there’s no agreement on where to get that money

Some state legislators are expressing concerns about funding gaps for Pennsylvania’s 121 state parks.

7 years ago

New Jersey Assembly chambers. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Gender
New Jersey
Politics

How #MeToo finally came to N.J. politics

New Jersey lawmakers are promising a "culture change" after 20 women in state politics shared their stories of being groped, harassed and even raped.

Air Date: January 16, 2020

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(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Government Accountability

Watch: Senators to be sworn in for Trump impeachment trial

The Senate is expected to take the first steps in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial as soon as Thursday by swearing in all 100 U.S. senators.

7 years ago

House Speaker Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, addresses the House chamber after taking the oath of office Tuesday Jan. 1, 2019 in Harrisburg. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. Democrats say House speaker struck failed GOP votes from the record

Speaker Mike Turzai counters that he did so because of a routine parliamentary issue.

7 years ago

(Courtesy of Clean Ocean Action)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

N.J. environmentalists decry no vote on single-use plastic ban

New Jersey environmentalists are lamenting the state Assembly's failure to vote on a comprehensive ban on single-use plastic, the most stringent law of its type in the nation.

7 years ago

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