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A member of the Army 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, pauses to honor a fallen soldier while places flags a the gravesite of the nation's fallen military heroes during its annual Flags In ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Thursday, May 24, 2018, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Trump: ‘We are respected again.’ Reality: The opposite.

Last Friday morning, before taking refuge in golf and Twitter, Donald Trump predictably soiled the Memorial Day weekend by lying to the '18 graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy

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Republican candidate for Pa-6 Congressional District Greg McCauley. (Provided)

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Pennsylvania

Chester County GOP candidate, 61, named ‘young gun’ for Congress

Sixty-one-year-old Greg McCauley, GOP candidate for Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District, is named a national Republican 'young gun' hopeful for the midterm election.

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People watch a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 26, 2018. South Korea on Saturday expressed cautious relief about the revived talks for a summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un following a whirlwind 24 hours that saw Trump canceling the highly-anticipated meeting before saying it's potentially back on. (Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)

International

U.S. still preparing for Trump-Kim summit should it take place

A White House team is heading to Singapore this weekend as previously planned to prepare for a possible summit.

7 years ago

In this photo released by the Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, left, shakes hands with Republican Senator Bob Corker during a meeting at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday May 25, 2018. The Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro two days after the embattled socialist leader kicked out the top U.S. diplomat in the country. There was no immediate comment from Republican Senator Bob Corker's office about the nature of the surprise visit. (Miraflores Presidential Press Office via AP)

International

Family grateful for Utah man’s ‘miracle’ Venezuela release

It's not clear if Holt's release portends a thawing of relations between the two normally hostile governments.

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Gas is pumped into vehicles at a BP gas station in Hoboken, N.J. in 2016.The Obama administration moved to nearly double fuel-economy standards by 2025, but the EPA now is moving to weaken them.

FactCheck

Who’s to blame for higher gas prices?

With gas prices rising, Sen. Chuck Schumer placed the blame on President Trump, and specifically his decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal. But experts say otherwise.

7 years ago

National

Politics

Trump makes it easier to fire federal workers for misconduct

President Donald Trump is taking steps to make it easier to fire federal workers for misconduct.

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Elections

New Jersey

Republican challenger gains on Menendez in U.S. Senate race

A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll of registered voters shows incumbent Democrat Bob Menendez with only a 4-point lead over Republican challenger Bob Hugin.

7 years ago

NJ Spotlight

Republican candidates in the seventh, a microcosm of today’s GOP

Lance, the incumbent, has the money and the experience, but is he vulnerable to a challenge from the left or the right wing of his party?

7 years ago

In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, accompanied by her husband, George, speaks with members of the media as they arrive for a dinner at Union Station in Washington, the day before Trump's inauguration. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

National Interest

Kellyanne Conway’s hubby refuses to get with the program

You don’t need Netflix or Showtime to track the best reality series in Washington. “The Conways” features a serial liar ...

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Congressional districts in Southeastern Pennsylvania as they were adopted in 2011 and then ruled unconstitutional by the Pa. Supreme Court in January 2018. (Google Maps)

Keystone Crossroads

Elections

Government Accountability

Ohio advocates find Pa. ‘instructive’ in quest to overturn congressional map

Advocates for changing congressional maps are looking to Pennsylvania’s recent redistricting case as an examp ...

7 years ago

New Jersey 7th Congressional District candidates Tom Malinowski, Peter Jacob, and Goutam Jois (WHYY/Dave Davies).

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Elections

New Jersey

3 Democrats gunning to unseat N.J. Congressman Leonard Lance

A look at the three Democrats in the primary for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District seat.

7 years ago

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Governor Phil Murphy swears in Mayor Chuck Chiarello and delivers remarks at the New Jersey Conference of Mayors where he encouraged Mayors to preserve property tax deduction at the Masonic Temple in Trenton in New Jersey on Thursday, February 8th, 2018. Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office.

UPDATE: ‘Ask Governor Murphy’ show canceled

An announcement from WHYY, WBGO, and WNYC concerning the “Ask Governor Murphy” program: Thursday night’s edition o ...

7 years ago

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, who favors a reversal of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, plans to make that a campaign issue in his quest to unseat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. (loubarletta.com)

Pennsylvania

Politics

Koch brothers turn on Pa. conservative running for U.S. Senate

Vote to keep government running angered Republican powerbrokers who now are financing six-figure ad campaign against Lou Barletta in his race against U.S. Sen. Bob Casey.

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