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Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, arrives on Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Washington, as she is scheduled to testify before congressional lawmakers on Friday as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
International
National

Former U.S. envoy says she was warned she was being targeted

The former envoy, who was recalled from her post by Trump, testified that a senior Ukrainian official told her that "I really need to watch my back."

7 years ago

In this Oct. 23, 2019 photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
National
Technology

From toast of town to toxic: Facebook CEO on outs with Dems

Mark Zuckerberg's social network in Washington is shrinking.

7 years ago

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Billy Penn

How Philly is making all voting locations accessible for the first time ever

7 years ago

Democratic mayoral candidate Eddie Moran is looking to become the first Latinx mayor of Reading, which has a majority latinx population. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Elections
Race & Ethnicity

‘History in the making’: Reading expected to elect first Latinx mayor

It’s a milestone in the decades-long transformation from industrial, white working-class roots to a majority Latinx city trying to redefine itself.

7 years ago

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Pennsylvania Senate President Joe Scarnati led the state in lavish campaign spending, according to an investigation by The Caucus and Spotlight PA. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
The Why
Pennsylvania

A dog urine detector? How Pa. lawmakers spent millions in campaign cash

A country club membership, California wines, a dog urine detector — all paid for with campaign cash. Why are Pennsylvania candidates allowed to spend donors' money this way?

Air Date: November 4, 2019

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President Trump and Republican allies have decried the impeachment inquiry process, but Democrats say they are following precedent. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
National

Fact check: Is the Trump impeachment process different from Nixon and Clinton?

For the third time in almost 46 years, the House of Representatives has voted to begin a formal impeachment inquiry into the actions of the sitting president.

7 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a Pennsylvania Democratic Party fundraiser in Philadelphia, Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Elections
Philadelphia

Pelosi comes to Philly as Democrats try to fix 2016 errors

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke at a Pennsylvania Democratic Party fundraiser Friday night, three years after Donald Trump's victory in the state stunned Democrats.

7 years ago

Erik Furness meets with Antoinette Kraus with the Pennsylvania Health Access Network to begin the process of signing up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, Monday, March 31, 2014, at Project HOME's St. Elizabeth's Community and Wellness Center in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health Care
PA Post

Affordable Care Act health insurance open enrollment begins for 2020

Rates have increased an average of 5%, but people who don't qualify for subsidies still face potentially high premiums.

7 years ago

Beto O'Rourke listens at an event discussing gun violence in Newtown, Conn.
SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
NPR
Elections

Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke ends presidential bid

O'Rourke struggled to translate the energy from his 2018 Senate bid into a successful White House campaign.

7 years ago

A new law paves the way for a hotel tax that would go to the DETurf sports facility south of Dover. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Delaware
Economic Development
Government Accountability

Law to give taxpayer money to Delaware sports facility would benefit sponsor’s brother

State Sen. John Paradee’s bill would direct tax money to a youth sports complex, possibly benefiting his brother’s planned hotel/shopping project.

7 years ago

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Community College of Philadelphia student Hanna Archibald, 20, learns how to use a new voting machine from Matthew McKeon of the City Commissioners Office. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Philadelphia

Voting machines 2019: What to expect when you go to the polls Tuesday

Philadelphia, Chester and Montgomery Counties will have new voting machines on Election Day, while some other counties will be using older technology.

7 years ago

Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Law
Pennsylvania

High-stakes judicial seats decided with little information, dearth of voter engagement

Voters will decide local races for Municipal Court and Court of Common Pleas, as well as help fill two statewide spots on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Demonstrators rally in Washington, D.C., in April to protest the Trump administration's efforts to add to 2020 census forms a citizenship question, which has since been blocked by the courts. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Immigration
National

Blocked citizenship question not likely to lower census response, test finds

After courts blocked the question from appearing on 2020 census forms, the Census Bureau released early findings from a national experiment testing public reaction.

7 years ago

State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz delivers an invocation on March 25, 2019, in the state House. (Screenshot from video)
Pennsylvania
Religion
PA Post

Pa. House spends $1.1 million to win court battle to preserve opening prayer tradition

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives went to federal court to maintain an opening prayer that invokes a higher power and it came at a high cost to taxpayers.

7 years ago

FILE- In this June 5, 2018 file photo, then New Jersey State Senator Jeff Van Drew, D-1st, arrives at the Ocean View Fire Hall in Dennis Township, N.J., to cast his vote in the mid-term primary election. (Dale Gerhard/The Press of Atlantic City via AP, File)
Government Accountability
New Jersey

N.J.’s Van Drew one of two Democratic ‘no’ votes on impeachment resolution

“Without bipartisan support I believe this inquiry will further divide the country tearing it apart at the seams and will ultimately fail in the Senate,” Van Drew said.

7 years ago

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