Politics & Policy

Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Will that be a winning ticket for battleground states like Pennsylvania? We'll discuss.

Harris is hoping Walz will strengthen the Democratic ticket in Midwestern states and among working-class voters.

Here are some things to know about Vice President Kamala Harris' pick for her running mate.

After Tuesday's day trip to Pa., Harris and her running mate will spend the next five days flying thousands of miles around the country, touring critical battleground states.

More Democrats say they are satisfied with her candidacy compared with that of Biden, energizing a party that had been resigned to the 81-year-old Biden being its nominee.

Five secretaries of state, including Pennsylvania's Al Schmidt, said the platform's AI chatbot produced false information about state ballot deadlines.

Some Democrats hope that Harris’ choice for VP will help her win Pennsylvania and the election. Can Shapiro bring home the commonwealth’s 19 electoral votes?

The one-hour special aired Monday, Aug. 5 at 8 p.m. on 90.9 FM and via livestream on WHYY.org.

Some Democrats are protesting Shapiro's rightward moves, while some in the GOP call him an unreliable partner.

Female legislators and victim advocates say the governor responded poorly.

In a video, Kennedy told Roseanne Barr how the dead bear ended up in his van upstate and, ultimately, on top of a bicycle beneath a bush in New York City’s largest urban park.

The Shapiro administration and legislative Republicans are on opposite sides of court cases involving the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

The Harris campaign called Trump’s claims an “attempt to distract from his own plans to enrich oil and gas executives at the expense of the middle class.”

Harris interviewed at least three running mate contenders on Sunday in Washington. They were Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Approximately 7.7% of Pennsylvanians are foreign-born — close to 1 million residents. More than half are naturalized citizens eligible to vote.