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Politics & Policy

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy shakes the hand of a man at a press conference Monday at the Shark River Municipal Marina in Neptune Township. (Image: N.J Office of the Governor)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Politics

N.J. expands recovery programs for displaced Sandy victims

Gov. Phil Murphy announced an update to a three prong plan to assist residents that remain displaced nearly six-and-a-half years after Sandy devastated the state.

7 years ago

Food trucks line both sides of Manayunk's Main Street (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Business
Food & Drink
Public Spaces
PlanPhilly

City Council bill targets Philadelphia food trucks

If the legislation gets the needed approval votes, it would be the second district-wide ban, making food trucks illegal in most of the Northeast.

7 years ago

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen arrives to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019, before the House Homeland Security Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
National Interest
National Interest

Kirstjen Nielsen and the high cost of amoral servitude

Nielsen, whose resignation letter went public shortly after Trump tweeted a rote farewell, will forever be known as the face of the Trump regime's border brutality.

7 years ago

(Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
Business
Public Safety
Transportation

Slaying puts focus on ride-hailing safety, fake drivers

It's not just women who are at risk from fake ride-hailing drivers, he said. Men also have been robbed after getting into the wrong car.

7 years ago

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, listens to President Donald Trump, right, speaks to members of the media after Trump signed an executive order to end family separations, during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2018.
Immigration

Kirstjen Nielsen resigns from post as Secretary of Homeland Security

President Donald Trump says he's accepted the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Trump announced the resignation in a tweet on Sunday.

7 years ago

In this March 29, 2019, file photo, Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters wave flags in Parliament Square at the end of the final leg of the
International

U.K. holds out hope for Brexit compromise by Friday deadline

Cross-party talks to jumpstart plans for Brexit are expected to resume before the U.K.'s Friday deadline for leaving the European Union.

7 years ago

Good Neighbor Settlement House in Brownsville, Texas, is helping recently released migrants by offering them a meal, shower and some new clothes before journeying up north to await their day in immigration court. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
NPR
Immigration

Shelters and city governments scramble to help migrants in the Rio Grande Valley

More than 76,000 people were apprehended or surrendered on the Southern border in February and administration officials project that number would surpass 100,000 for March.

7 years ago

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
National

Chief of staff says Dems will ‘never’ see Trump tax returns

Mulvaney accused Democrats of engaging in a "political stunt" and wanting "attention" after Rep. Richard Neal, asked the IRS to provide six years of Trump's tax returns.

7 years ago

In this Tuesday, April 2, 2019 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu, center, is escorted by security guards during a visit to the Ha'tikva market in Tel Aviv. (Oded Balilt/AP Photo)
Elections
International

Netanyahu, challenger: 2 front-runners in Israel elections

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the favorite to win Israel's general election this week but he faces serious corruption charges and a stiff challenger.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, speaks at a campaign house party, last month in Salem, NH. Warren has proposed abolishing the Electoral College. (Elise Amendola/AP)
NPR
National

Voters intrigued by 2020 candidates’ pitch to scrap Electoral College

At a time of deep disenchantment with the political system, dramatic proposals to upend how politics are conducted are starting to resonate with voters.

7 years ago

Pope Francis arrives in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican for a audience with students and teachers of the San Carlo Institute of Milan, Saturday, April 6, 2019. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo)
International
Military
Religion

Pope blames Europe, U.S. for selling weapons in war zones

The pontiff said that "a country that produces and sells weapons has on its conscience the death of every child and the destruction of each family."

7 years ago

An attendee wears a yarmulke with the word
National
Religion

Trump trying to make case for Jewish voters to back 2020 bid

President Donald Trump is trying to make the case for Jewish voters to back his re-election as he takes a victory lap with Republican donors in Las Vegas.

7 years ago

Merari Calderon, of El Salvador, lines up with her father, Alexander Calderon, left, to cross into the U.S. to begin the process of applying for asylum Thursday, July 26, 2018, near the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico (Gregory Bull/AP Photo)
Immigration
National

U.S. wants 2 years to ID migrant kids separated from families

The Trump administration says the task is more laborious than previous efforts because the children are no longer in government custody.

7 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden is joined by some children onstage, as he speaks at an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers conference Friday in Washington. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
NPR
National

Biden jokes about unwanted touching, says he will change his campaign style

Biden's conduct has come under a microscope in the past week as several women have said they were made uncomfortable by the hugs, shoulder grasps and other physical contact.

7 years ago

With the Rev. Al Sharpton looking on, Democratic presidential hopeful South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at the National Action Network's annual convention Friday in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NPR
National
Race & Ethnicity

Pete Buttigieg explains his agenda for black voters

Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic presidential candidate and the mayor of a small, majority-white city, came to New York this week to appeal to black voters.

7 years ago

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