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Politics & Policy

Ivanka Trump, who works at the White House as an adviser to her father, President Trump, said she has seen a shift in Republican attitudes on paid parental leave (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Home & Family
National
Personal Finance

Paid parental leave: How Republicans learned to love a Democratic priority

Many Republican lawmakers oppose the parental leave provision. But since it is part of the must-pass defense bill, there's not much they can do about it.

7 years ago

Members of the committee arrive before a House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Radio Times
Elections
Law

Impeachment: what’s next

The House Judiciary voted on the impeachment of President Trump on Thursday. We'll talk about the hearings, the arguments, the vote and look ahead at what happens next.

Air Date: December 13, 2019 10:00 am

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The Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Panel vote sends Trump impeachment charges to full House

The House Judiciary Committee is expected to approve articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Friday morning.

7 years ago

 City of Wilmington (Brian Drouin/WHYY)
Delaware

Contract dispute between Wilmington firefighters union and the city goes into arbitration

After three years of contract negotiations without an agreement, the matter has moved into binding arbitration.

7 years ago

Left to right, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-PA., Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., confer during a House Judiciary Committee markup of Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump, Thursday Dec. 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Alex Edelman/Pool via AP)
National

House panel presses toward historic Trump impeachment vote

Though split sharply along party lines, the panel is expected to send the charges to the full House for it to take pre-Christmas action next week.

7 years ago

(Photo via Shutterstock)
PlanPhilly
Environment
Sustainability

Philly residents are betting city’s new plastic bag ban will bring cleaner streets

Philly’s move comes amid a regional movement against the ubiquitous sacs. A state ban on plastic bags will expire a day before the bill goes into effect.

7 years ago

Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Netroots Nation candidate forum.
(Natalie Piserchio for NPR)
Elections
National

Warren gets campaign effort going in Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Warren's campaign is moving to become the first in the Democratic presidential primary to hire field staff and open field offices in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Deb Beck (Courtesy Gene DiGirolamo)
Keystone Crossroads
Addiction
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

She’s the force behind Pa.’s efforts to treat drug addiction. Critics say ‘there is more to the story.’

Deb Beck is a formidable power player in Harrisburg, influencing the state’s response to a drug addiction epidemic. But critics say 'there is more to the story.’

7 years ago

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - A U.S. soldier shouts at a cameraman at the scene of a suicide attack in Maimanah, the capital of Faryab province north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. A suicide bomber blew himself up killing at least 10 people, including three NATO service members, officials said, the latest in a string of attacks as spring fighting season gets under way. A senior U.S. defense official has confirmed that two U.S. soldiers were among three NATO forces killed in a suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Gul Buddin Elham)
Radio Times
History
Military

The Afghanistan Papers

Craig Whitlock of The Washington Post has dug deep into the lack of planning, mismanaged money, and cynical politics of the Afghan War, now in it's 18th year.

Air Date: December 12, 2019 10:00 am

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President Trump at a rally in Hershey on Dec. 11; DA Krasner in Philadelphia on Nov. 21 (Patrick Semansky and Matt Rourke/AP Photos)
Criminal Justice
National
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Trump slams Philly DA Krasner as ‘worst district attorney’

It’s not the first time the feds have come out against the city prosecutor.

7 years ago

From left, Megan Coyne and Pearl Gabel, who run the @NJGov Twitter account, with Edwin Torres. The trio work on Gov. Phil Murphy's digital team. (Courtesy of Governor's Office)
Media
New Jersey

Mom jokes, butt puns, Baby Yoda memes: N.J. gov’t goes full ‘Jersey Girl’ online

New Jersey’s official Twitter account has gotten noticeably sassier of late. It’s a way to make state government ‘digestible,’ its creators say.

7 years ago

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The Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Judiciary panel takes first steps toward impeachment vote

The articles charge the president with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress and argue that he is a “threat to national security and the Constitution.”

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, right, speaks with Scott LaMar, host of WITF's Smart Talk, during a live broadcast at the Governor's Residence in Harrisburg on Dec. 11, 2019. (Joanne Cassaro/WITF)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Gov. Tom Wolf says ‘absolute no’ to speculation about 2020 Democratic VP pick

He said it’s “an absolute no,” joking that it would essentially ruin his nearly 45-year marriage to his wife, Frances Wolf.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania counties must have voting machines featuring voter-verifiable, individually audit-able paper ballots in place no later than the presidential primary April 28, 2020, as per the settlement to a lawsuit over the state's election system filed after the 2016 election. (Map by Tom Downing/WITF, database by Emily Previti/PA Post)
Elections
PA Post

How Pa.’s election security settlement led to a challenge of the state’s top touchscreen voting machine

Experts say the agreement doesn't give plaintiffs or the public much chance to participate in its enforcement.

7 years ago

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at Cardiff Airport while on the General Election campaign trail in Wales, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (Ben Stansall/Pool Photo via AP)
Radio Times

UK elections

The British election is just two days away. With Brexit on the line, it’s said to be the most important election since WWII. Whichever ...

7 years ago

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