Politics & Policy

U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan on Saturday denounced China's efforts to steal technology from other nations and militarize man-made outposts in the South China Sea.

A South Korean newspaper reported Friday that North Korea executed a senior envoy involved in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. as well as four other high-level officials.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission failed to make sure that energy companies paid what they owed in royalties from oil and gas production on state hunting lands.

The so-called revolving door of Washington has been spinning for years.

After failing to approve recreational marijuana sales, New Jersey will now greatly expand its medical marijuana program.

Democrats hoping to overturn a century of GOP rule in suburban Delaware County pushed an ethics reform plan at a County Council meeting, angering Republicans.

Philadelphia voters have OKed a ballot measure to move toward gender-neutral language for our lawmakers in City Hall.

After months of Governor Tom Wolf promoting a sweeping infrastructure plan funded by a tax on natural gas drillers, some Senate Republicans have come up with an alternative.

It was nice to finally hear Robert Mueller's voice, even though he lards his speech with circumlocutious double negatives.

Uber has unveiled a new policy that enables the company to kick riders with low ratings to the curb.

Kevin Roster, a 36-year-old with terminal cancer, wants the ‘freedom to choose’ how he dies. He says he can’t wait for N.J.’s ‘Aid in Dying’ law to take effect in August.

After 27 years, West Philly Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell suffered a surprising defeat last week. Does her defeat speak more to her own record or to her changing district?

Key lawmakers say what does or doesn’t happen in New York and New Jersey doesn’t affect their thinking on what should happen here.

Gloucester County in New Jersey is the latest in the state to adopt voting machines that provide a paper trail.

The new qualification standards will require candidates to double their poll numbers and grassroots fundraising support from what's required for the debates through the summer