Politics & Policy

The president used the State of the Union speech, which typically focuses on unity, to warn political adversaries that investigations are tantamount to war.

A new report from the Government Accountability Office says four such trips early on in Trump's presidency cost taxpayers $13.6 million.

Trump’s State of the Union mostly drew partisan reaction. Some Philadelphia-area lawmakers are latching on to a few lines that show promise for finding common ground.

Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller pointed to a $15 million allocation that would increase help for people with intellectual disabilities and autism.

Trump has said his outreach to Kim and their first meeting last June in Singapore opened a path to peace. But there is not yet a concrete plan.

Speaking from a union hall in Atlanta, Abrams combined her party's vision of a more unified society with her personal story as a black daughter of the Deep South.

The women of the House wore white. The men wore dark suits. And the contrast laid bare the growing gender gap between Democrats and Republicans.

The bitter partisanship of the past two years was on full display Tuesday just hours before President Trump was to call for optimism and unity in his State of the Union.

New Jersey lawmakers confront the question of who in the Murphy administration hired the man accused of raping campaign worker Katie Brennan.

The Democrat's new $34.1 billion proposal avoids the sweeping tax hike attempts that caused so much animosity with Republican lawmakers in his earlier years.

The tradition of the speech traces back to the Constitution, which calls for the president to "from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union."

Joshua Trump, a Delaware boy who was bullied over his last name, will join first lady Melania Trump in the gallery during the State of the Union.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are taking the first steps toward introducing legislation aimed at bailing out Pennsylvania’s nuclear power industry.

The Conversation asked four economists to give us their own assessments of the state of the union, as well as the president’s performance so far. Each picked a theme.

Gov. Tom Wolf delivered his first second-term budget proposal to a joint session of the Legislature, with the Democrat promising a strong commitment to education.