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Politics & Policy

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden Courage Awards, an event related to combating campus sexual assault, on Tuesday. Activist and former candidate Lucy Flores says Biden touched her in 2014, in an encounter that
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National

Former Nevada candidate accuses Biden of unwanted touching, which he doesn’t ‘recall’

Lucy Flores writes in New York magazine about her "awkward" experience with Biden.

7 years ago

In this Feb. 5, 2019 file photo, women members of Congress cheer after President Donald Trump acknowledges more women in Congress during his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. A new survey finds acceptance of women in American politics and the workforce is at a record high. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Gender
National

Most see women equal to men in politics, new poll finds

An all-time high of 84 percent of Americans believe women are just as suited emotionally for politics as men, according to results from the General Social Survey.

7 years ago

Attorney General William Barr says he is working to prepare Robert Mueller's Russia investigation report to be released to the public, with redactions. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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National

Redacted Mueller report to Congress by mid-April, AG Barr says

Barr says the report is nearly 400 pages long and "everyone will soon be able to read it on their own."

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a visit to Lake Okeechobee and Herbert Hoover Dike at Canal Point, Fla., Friday, March 29, 2019. Trump says he will close the nation's southern border, or large sections of it, next week if Mexico does not immediately stop illegal immigration. In a tweet, Trump ramped up his repeated threat to close the border by saying he will do it next week unless Mexico takes action. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
Immigration
National

Trump threatens to close border with Mexico next week

President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to close America's southern border or large sections of it next week if Mexico does not halt illegal immigration "immediately."

7 years ago

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to lawmakers after the government's Brexit withdrawal agreement was voted down in the House of Commons, London, Friday March 29, 2019.  U.K. lawmakers on Friday rejected the government's Brexit divorce deal with the European Union for a third time. (House of Commons via AP)
International

UK faces new Brexit crisis after lawmakers reject May’s deal

British lawmakers on Friday rejected the government's Brexit deal for a third time, leaving the U.K. facing the stark prospect of a chaotic departure from the European Union.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 9, 2018 photo, Movita Johnson-Harrell, Interim Supervisor of Victim Services, looks on after getting introduced, during a press conference at the District Attorney's Office in Philadelphia. Johnson-Harrell, the first female Muslim member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, said Tuesday, March 26, 2019, she was offended by a colleague's decision to open a voting session with a prayer a day earlier that
Pennsylvania
Religion
The Philadelphia Tribune

State Rep. Boyle calls for prayers in Pa. Legislature to respect all religions

“What we saw earlier this week was a fire and brimstone Evangelical prayer that epitomizes religious intolerance,” said state Rep. Kevin Boyle (D-Philadelphia).

7 years ago

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., listens as the Democrat-controlled panel pushed ahead with their oversight of the Trump administration at a hearing to examine to examine how the Russian government works to undermine its adversaries, especially the U.S., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
National Interest
National

Adam Schiff tells Trump and his toadies to take a hike

Anyone who's tempted to be cowed into believing that the Barr minimum of the Mueller report is somehow tantamount to total exoneration should watch Schiff deliver the goods.

7 years ago

Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown is shown in City Council chambers. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY, file)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Lead-safety bill passes Philly City Council, more ambitious companion measure stalled

Philadelphia councilwoman’s push for lead inspections in private-sector rental units begins with requiring the same on city property.

7 years ago

New Jersey Tax Incentive Task Force holds its first hearing Thursday on the state’s $11 billion tax break programs. A whistleblower testified that her former employer lied to get a lucrative tax break — and kept it, despite failing to meet the requirements of its agreement. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
Business
Economy
New Jersey

Former N.J. employee says her company lied to get multimillion-dollar tax break

Hearings are underway on N.J. awards of tax incentives to keep companies in the state. Gov. Phil Murphy says the deals are excessive and poorly monitored.

7 years ago

Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Environment
Pennsylvania

Pa. House panel hosts climate change doubter, draws rebuke from scientists

Geologist Gregory Wrightstone was tapped to testify by state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, a conservative House member and chair of the Environmental Resources panel.

7 years ago

Last summer, weeds engulf a playground at housing section of the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster in Warminster, Pa. In Warminster and surrounding towns in eastern Pennsylvania, and at other sites around the United States, the foams once used routinely in firefighting training at military bases contained per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. EPA testing between 2013 and 2015 found significant amounts of PFAS in public water supplies in 33 U.S. states. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Wolf’s $8M to remove PFAS from Bucks water won’t solve the problem, activists say

Pennsylvania will pay to help remove unregulated toxic contaminants from 17 wells in the Bucks County communities of Warminster, Ivyland, Warwick and Warrington.

7 years ago

In this Oct. 4, 2017, photo, a device called a
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. gun owner among many nationwide fighting to overturn Trump-led ban on bump stocks

Federal officials are asking gun owners to immediately destroy or turn over bump stocks after a nationwide ban took effect this week.

7 years ago

A Border Patrol agent checks the names and documents of families who crossed the nearby U.S.-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas. Immigration authorities say they expect the continuing surge of Central American families crossing the border to multiply in the coming months. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
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Immigration
National

Immigration system at the ‘breaking point,’ Homeland Security official warns

A flood of migrant families arriving at the southern border is straining the U.S. immigration system. Authorities say daily apprehensions are at the highest in decades.

7 years ago

Kahlil Williams, one of 13 Democratic candidates for Philadelphia City Commissioner, draws the 7th position on the crowded ballot. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Philadelphia

Crowded field seeking to run Philly elections

Concerns about ballot security and a surge in Democratic engagement produce a large field of candidates for Philadelphia’s city commission, which runs elections.

7 years ago

Cars drive past windmills on the grounds of a sewage treatment plant in Atlantic City, N.J. on Monday Jan. 4, 2016. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Despite favorable political winds, scant progress in N.J. on climate change

Environmental advocates weigh in on why pollution-control efforts in the Garden State have lagged, and on prospects for reaching the state’s goal on carbon emissions.

7 years ago

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