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Politics & Policy

Attorney Donald McGahn leaves the Four Seasons hotel in New York, Thursday, June 9, 2016, after a GOP fundraiser. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
National

McGahn defies subpoena for testimony, faces contempt vote

McGahn's lawyer, William Burck, said in a letter to Nadler that McGahn is "conscious of the duties he, as an attorney, owes to his former client" and would decline to appear.

7 years ago

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., (center), is joined by, (from left), Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., as he hosts a news conference with a bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers who are demanding the U.S. government should be required to seek warrants if it wants to search for information about Americans and insist on reforms to the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 to protect Americans' rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
National Interest
National Interest

Meet the conservative Republican who’s putting country over party

Justin Amash, a rare Republican congressman who refuses to genuflect at Donald Trump's feet, has been taking heat lately for daring to speak his mind.

7 years ago

Immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Wolf wants Pa. to chip in $12.8 million to boost census responses

A group tasked with getting Pennsylvanians counted in the 2020 census is asking for state funds to make it happen.

7 years ago

Philadelphians come out for early morning voting in the 2019 primary election in Fishtown (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Elections

Philly primary voters head to polls for key City Council seats, Dem. candidate for mayor

Polls for the 2019 primary election open at 7 a.m. in the Philadelphia region as residents gear up to vote on a number of key offices and ballot amendments.

7 years ago

In this file photo, people at a community meeting in Abington, Pa. on April 15, 2019 got an update of where the state will test drinking water for levels of the toxic family of chemicals known as PFAS. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP accused of ‘foot-dragging’ on 2-year-old request to regulate PFAS chemical

An environmental group asked a Pa. appeals court to order the Department of Environmental Protection to complete its review of a petition to set a health limit for PFAS.

7 years ago

In this Friday, March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant is visible at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Criminal Justice
Health Care

N.J. marijuana bills would expand medical program, decriminalize small amounts

The measures are moving ahead despite lawmakers’ failure to pass a bill legalizing marijuana for adult recreational use.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey has reintroduced the Thin Blue Line Act. Some say it will bring justice for slain cops. Others think it’s an empty political gesture. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Policing

Backing the blue or empty gesture? Toomey boosts bill to punish cop killers

Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey has reintroduced the Thin Blue Line Act. Some say it will bring justice for slain cops. Others think it’s an empty political gesture.

7 years ago

Ward leaders line up for their checks at Democratic City Committee headquarters. (Dave Davies/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections

Philly Democratic machine, progressives battle in primary Tuesday

Philadelphia progressive organizations are mounting a field effort they expect to compete with the Democratic ward organization in Tuesday’s primary election.

7 years ago

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An F-35B fighter jet lands at Luke Air Force Base in this Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013 file photo, in Goodyear, Ariz. Luke Air Force Base's roster of F-35s has grown and that means the pilot-training installation on the west side of metro Phoenix will produce more flights and more noise. Luke now has 85 F-35s, well en route to its planned full complement of 144, and the base in January reached a milestone of more than 1,000 flights from the base in one month. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Radio Times
International
Military

America’s military price tag / Iran tensions

We'll examine the amount of dollars the government spends on national defense. Then, we'll discuss the heightening tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

Air Date: May 20, 2019

Listen 49:00
Voters sign polling book in Philadelphia. (AP file photo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment

More reason to vote in the Philly election

As I speak to young black voters about Tuesday’s primary elections, I am struck both by their cynicism and their hope.

7 years ago

Tim Tanksley, one of the few local people still fighting after years of trying to convince Oklahoma lawmakers to crack down on the coal ash dumping, stands outside a dump site Monday, April 8, 2019, in Bokoshe, Okla.(Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo)
Environment
National

Trump’s EPA shifts more environmental enforcement to states

Around the country, the EPA under Trump is delegating a range of environmental enforcement to states, saying local officials know best how to deal with local problems.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Architecture & Design
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Regional Roundup – 05/20/19

This week: N.J.'s new statute of limitations on sex abuse victims, Democratic candidate for Philadelphia Mayor Anthony Williams, Reading Terminal's pedestrian-friendly plan.

Air Date: May 20, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
(Billy Penn)
Elections
Billy Penn

2019 primary election watch parties in Philly

Where to have political fun on the evening of May 21.

7 years ago

Montgomery County voters will using a new voting system this year. Paper ballots will be filled out and then fed into a scanning machine where they will be read and stored. (Courtesy of Montgomery County administrative office)
Elections

Get ready for Montco’s new modern voting system: Paper ballots

Paper ballots are replacing push-button machines as a part of a nation-wide push to update voting technology and make it more secure.

7 years ago

Members of Reclaim Philadelphia march through Center City prior to the Democratic National Convention in 2016 to demand that the DNC reveal its sources of funding.
The Why
Elections
Philadelphia

Why the primary matters more than the general election in Philly

With Democrats making up the majority registered voters in Philadelphia, most winners are chosen during the primaries. Now a new faction of the party is rising.

Air Date: May 20, 2019

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