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Politics & Policy

Special counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election at the Justice Department on May 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. Photo by Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)
Radio Times
Law
Politics

Mueller’s testimony: a preview

Ahead of Wednesday’s testimony, we'll get up to speed on what Congress has been doing since the release of the report and what line of questioning Democrats plan to pursue.

Air Date: July 23, 2019 10:00 am

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Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

New oversight in place after Pa. GOP chair’s resignation

The new chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party is kicking off his tenure with at least one major change.

7 years ago

Congressional leaders have reached a agreement with the White House on a two-year budget deal. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
National

Trump, Congress reach agreement on 2-year budget deal

The deal would raise the debt ceiling past the 2020 elections and set $1.3 trillion for defense and domestic spending over the next two years.

7 years ago

Protesters gather attention outside the building that formerly housed offices of the Pa. Democratic Party. (Naomi Brauner/WHYY)
Environment

10 arrested during Philly climate change sit-in to pressure Democrats

Dozens of protesters with the Sunrise Movement crowded offices in a building where the Democratic Part once held offices. Ten people were arrested.

7 years ago

Listen 1:11
Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Bob Casey tours a migrant facility at the U.S-Mexico border. (Photo courtesy: Senator Casey's office)
Immigration

Casey calls for immigration reform after tour of border facilities

Pennsylvania's senior U.S. Senator is calling for immigration reform measures after a recent trip to the country's southern border.

7 years ago

Robert Mueller
National Interest
National
National Interest

Mueller’s testimony: Impeachment accelerant or anticlimax?

It's quite possible that Robert Mueller's long-awaited open testimony, slated for Wednesday in front of the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees, will be a yawner.

7 years ago

Demonstrators bang on pots, from the balcony of their apartment as they protest against governor Ricardo Rossello, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, July 19, 2019. (Dennis M. Rivera Pichardoi/AP Photo)
National

Puerto Rico gov will not seek reelection, but won’t resign

Protesters said they were not satisfied by Rosselló's concessions, and pledged to continue demonstrations that have filled the streets of Old San Juan for more than a week.

7 years ago

Opponents running to Joe Biden's left say his health plan for America merely
NPR
Health Care

Radical or incremental? What’s really in Joe Biden’s health plan

The Biden plan released this week is an update of the Affordable Care Act with controversial differences. Among them: a "public option" that covers abortion.

7 years ago

New citizens take the oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in Oakland Park, Fla., earlier this year. The Trump administration has announced there will be changes to the U.S. citizenship test. (Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)
NPR
Immigration

Trump administration revising U.S. citizenship test

After a series of pilots, the administration says it will roll out the updated version by December 2020 or early 2021.

7 years ago

Congresswomen Mary Gay Scanlon and Madeleine Dean said conditions were adequate, but
Immigration

Two Pa. Democrats make surprise visit to Berks immigrant detention facility

The Berks facility isn't much like the ones on the southern border. The onetime nursing home is smaller, with just 96 beds. Dean described it as a "school you can't leave."

7 years ago

Center City Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Taxes
PlanPhilly

Philly vows to fight commercial property owners over $48 million reassessment ruling

Philadelphia is pushing back against a court ruling that would require the city and the School District to pay $48 million to commercial property owners.

7 years ago

A small fleet of GoPuff delivery vehicles, parked outside their Philadelphia headquarters. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Business
New Jersey

New Jersey asks delivery service goPuff for more information on tax break application

New Jersey wants answers from three companies approved for tax incentives.

7 years ago

Rep. Ilhan Omar, shown here at the Capitol on Thursday, has been a target of racist rhetoric from President Trump . (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
National
Race & Ethnicity

Rep. Ilhan Omar receives hero’s welcome home amid Trump attacks

Cheering crowds at the airport in the Twin Cities held banners with slogans such as "Stop Racism Now" and chanted "Welcome Home Ilhan" as Omar emerged from her from her flight

7 years ago

Berks County Residential Center. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Immigration

Warning of danger to children, psychologists urge Wolf to close Berks detention center

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association have both strenuously opposed detention of children.  

7 years ago

Rally for a $15 minimum wage a rally at McDonald's in the 1500 block of W. Stewart Avenue in Flint, Michigan. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
Economy
Income Inequality

House passes bill raising federal minimum wage to $15

South Jersey U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross is one of the early sponsors of the minimum wage bill.

7 years ago

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