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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Politics & Policy

A spokesman for Special Counsel Robert Mueller says BuzzFeed's description
Law
National

Mueller disputes report that Trump directed lawyer to lie

Mueller's office on Friday night said, "BuzzFeed's description of specific statements ... regarding Michael Cohen's congressional testimony are not accurate."

7 years ago

President Donald Trump  (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Immigration

Trump to address shutdown, Mexican border Saturday

President plans 'major announcement' from White House at 3 p.m. Saturday.

7 years ago

In December 2018, Katie Brennan, the chief of staff at the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, raises her hand as she is sworn in to testify before the Select Oversight Committee at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
New Jersey

Murphy chief counsel says he followed rules in keeping rape allegation from governor

Matt Platkin told N.J. lawmakers he didn't inform Gov. Phil Murphy about the assault claim because he thought Equal Employment Opportunity rules required confidentiality.

7 years ago

President Trump called for a beefing up of existing defenses, such as the Aegis ashore system pictured. In addition, he called for research into new advanced concepts.
(Mark Wright/Missile Defense Agency)
NPR
Military
Space

Trump unveils ambitious missile defense plans

Critics were quick to point out that meeting this goal would cost many billions of dollars.

7 years ago

In this Dec. 7, 2018 file photo, Michael Cohen, former lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building in New York. (Richard Drew/AP Photo, File)
Law
National

Congress to probe report Trump told lawyer Cohen to lie

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said in a statement Friday that "any suggestion — from any source — that the President counseled Michael Cohen to lie is categorically false."

7 years ago

Former Philadelphia City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Blondell Reynolds Brown to step down from City Council

Reynolds Brown will not seek re-election in the Democratic primary in May.

7 years ago

A security force member walks outside a shuttered restaurant Thursday in Manbij, Syria, the site of a suicide attack that killed more than a dozen people, including four Americans, a day earlier. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. (Delil Souleiman /AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International
Military

How strong is the Islamic State in Syria?

The extremist group is still believed to have thousands of fighters who have gone underground.

7 years ago

Workers prepare steel for shipment at Camden Yards Steel Company. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Business
New Jersey
Taxes

Camden officials bristle at Murphy’s critique of N.J. tax incentives

After governor slams lax oversight of the tax break program, saying the money could have been better spent elsewhere, Camden officials point to how it's improved the city.

7 years ago

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Income Inequality
New Jersey

New Jersey governor, lawmakers reach deal on $15 minimum wage

New Jersey lawmakers have reached a deal to raise the current rate from $8.85 to $10 by July 1, then increasing it by $1 a year until reaching $15 in 2024.

7 years ago

Finance Director Rob Dubow maintained the property tax assessment issue is not as big as City Council or the controller have said it is. (WHYY file)
Business
Philadelphia
Taxes

Philly controller questions tax assessments; finance director points to improvement

In a new report, Philadelphia's controller criticizes method for calculating property tax assessments. But the finance chief defends the system and notes improvements.

7 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney delivers his third State of the State Address to a joint session of the Delaware legislature Thursday. Jan. 17, 2019, at Legislative Hall in Dover.
Delaware

Carney calls for boosting education funding, early voting in State of the State

Delaware Gov. John Carney called for increased education spending and improved access for voters in his second State of the State address.

7 years ago

A Philadelphia judge purchased this row home at 1514 N. Hollywood Street and the two adjacent vacant lots from the city. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Government Accountability
Housing
PlanPhilly

Philly judge makes $135,000 gaming city land sales

A judge played the city’s land sale process to flip a publicly owned lot for a windfall, again calling into question city’s process for appraising and selling its land.

7 years ago

In this June 30, 2018, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, (left), discusses his state budget deal with Democratic legislative leaders, as state Senate President Stephen Sweeney, (right), listens during a news conference in Trenton, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, File)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Murphy calls for returning right to vote to felons on probation or parole

In State of State address, governor comes out publicly for controversial reform and seeks other ways to expand right to vote.

7 years ago

In this Sept. 23, 2011 file photo, Rep. Thomas Marino, R-Pa., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Pennsylvania
Politics

Congressman who worked on Trump’s Pa. campaign is resigning

Tom Marino, a five-term Republican congressman who helped steer Donald Trump's successful presidential campaign in Pennsylvania, said Thursday that he is resigning.

7 years ago

With less than six months to Census Day, federal officials have finished their preparatory work in the state. (Michelle R. Smith/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Elections
Immigration

Court blocks Trump administration’s effort to add citizenship question to the census

Guest: Ari Berman “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” That’s the ...

7 years ago

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