Politics & Policy

The president is promising to make a statement to the nation Wednesday morning about the increasingly precarious situation with Iran.

A seven-term state lawmaker from central Pennsylvania said Monday that he will seek the Democratic nomination to run for the open state auditor general's office this year.

Iran struck back at the United States for the killing of a top Iranian general, firing a series of surface-to-surface missiles at two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.

24 hours after taking the oath for a second term, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney visited WHYY’s Radio Times for a spicy interview with Marty Moss-Coane.

The trial could start as soon as this week if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi releases the articles of impeachment.

New Jersey lawmakers advanced bills this week that aim to register more people to vote and change how the state draws legislative district maps.

This hour, Mayor Kenney sits down with Marty to reflect on his last term and to discuss his plans for his second.

Iran's cultural heritage is suddenly a topic of urgent global interest

The freshmen congressional members join a growing number of Pennsylvania politicians throwing support behind the former vice president.

Proposal offers rebates for electric vehicle purchases in hopes of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Lorener Wooten worked as a social media manager for City Council. Her lawsuit says the white councilman rubbed her behind and called her a ‘beautiful black woman’.

As part of a ‘blue wave’ in the Philadelphia suburbs, Democrats also won control in Bucks and Chester Counties during the last election cycle.

Philadelphia City Council has passed more than 12,000 bills in the last two decades, without much objection. But as new faces are sworn in, that all could change.

Kenney opened his second term with an emotional call to solve deep challenges and a promise to improve city services, including bringing back citywide street sweeping.

Mike Fitzpatrick is being remembered as a politician with deep local roots who flourished in his Bucks County swing district.