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In this March 26, 2019 photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., presides at a meeting directing the attorney general to transmit documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, on Capitol Hill in Washington.  The House Judiciary Committee will ready subpoenas this week for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia report. This, as the Justice Department appears likely to miss an April 2 deadline set by Democrats for the report’s release. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Elections
National

Democrats to prepare subpoenas for full Mueller report

The chairmen of several House committees asked for the full, unredacted report last week after Attorney General William Barr released a four-page summary.

7 years ago

Area lawmakers, religious leaders and students gather Monday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia to stress the importance of an accurate census count. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Philly leaders, Pa. officials vow to help ensure accurate census count

The census count will determine how much the Philadelphia area reaps in federal funding — and whether the region's number of congressional delegates will change.

7 years ago

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) appeared on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, March 31, 2019. (NBC/YouTube)
National Interest
Health Care
National Interest

Health care stupidity is a Republican preexisting condition

Donald Trump is celebrating his fake "complete exoneration" by pledging anew to throw 20 million people off their Obamacare coverage. Is this guy politically stupid, or what?

7 years ago

Residents of Reading, Pennsylvania wait in line at the St. James Chapel Church food bank. Four in ten households in Reading receive SNAP benefits. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Income Inequality

USDA begins wading through public reaction to proposed change to SNAP program

Nearly 800,000 people could lose their food stamp benefits if the USDA adopts a new rule aimed at single adult participants.

7 years ago

Worshippers exiting a mosque in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., are handed fliers encouraging participation in the 2010 census. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
NPR
National

For the first time, U.S. census to collect responses in Arabic among 13 languages

These new additions join English, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese in a total of 13 languages — more than doubling the number of options that were available.

7 years ago

Like most American ski areas, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area operates on U.S. Forest Service land thanks to a federal lease. Shrinking federal budgets to maintain recreational access to public lands mean locals have to be creative to keep trails open and safe. (Kirk Siegler/NPR)
NPR
Outdoors
Public Spaces

On public lands, visitors surge while federal management funds decline

A recent analysis shows that visitation to U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land has risen by about 15 percent over the last decade, while its budget falls.

7 years ago

In this Aug. 1, 2018 photo 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. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Company reveals amount of toxic PFAS substitute it sent to plant in South Jersey

The company’s newly released report, which it sent to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, raises fresh concerns over the possible contamination of local drinking water.

7 years ago

Protesters run to cover from teargas fired by Israeli troops near fence of Gaza Strip border with Israel on Saturday. The day marked the first anniversary of the Gaza border protests. (Adel Hana/AP Photo)
NPR
International

4 Palestinians killed along Gaza border in ‘Great March of Return’ protest

Expecting the violence to continue escalating on Saturday, Israel had beefed up its forces at the border in preparation for the demonstration.

7 years ago

Protesters are seen with placards and Union Jack flags in front of Victoria Tower during the demonstration. Leave campaigners protest against the delay to Brexit, on the day that UK was due to leave the European Union. British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal was defeated for a third time by a margin of 58 votes. (Photo by Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images)
International

Brexit creates power vacuum at heart of Britain’s government

A power vacuum has paralyzed the heart of Britain's government, dismaying both the European Union and the British public.

7 years ago

In this March 12, 2019, file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the International Association of Firefighters at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington. Biden says he does not recall kissing a Nevada political candidate on the back of her head in 2014. The allegation was made in a New York Magazine article written by Lucy Flores, a former Nevada state representative and the 2014 Democratic nominee for Nevada lieutenant governor. Flores says Biden’s behavior “made me feel uneasy, gross, and confused.” (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Elections

Biden faces new scrutiny from Dems over behavior with women

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday he doesn't believe he ever acted inappropriately toward women but will "listen respectfully" to suggestions he did.

7 years ago

Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Religion

Pa. House positions overhauled statute of limitations bills for another run

Revived Pa. effort to extend statute of limitations in future cases of sex abuse follows a bitter dispute over whether to allow retroactive lawsuits in certain cases.

7 years ago

David Reddecliff, clerk of the state House of Representatives, stands in the room in Pennsylvania's Capitol once known as the
Pennsylvania

Vestige of the past, Pa. House’s ‘lobbyist room’ vanishes

It happened without any warning: The "lobbyist room" at the back of Pennsylvania's House of Representatives chamber was closed and is now off limits to lobbyists.

7 years ago

A person crosses the street at a U.S Mexico border crossing in El Paso, Texas, Friday, March 29, 2019. (Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)
Immigration
National

Number of asylum seekers sent back over border to grow

Border officials are aiming to more than quadruple the number of asylum seekers sent back over the southern border each day.

7 years ago

In this March 28, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. Trump’s surprise decision to stop defending the Affordable Care Act in court has opened a new debate among Republicans about how to approach health care heading into the 2020 elections, with some fearing the issue remains a vulnerability for the party. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
Health Care
National

GOP scrambles to deal with Trump’s decision on health care

President Donald Trump's decision to revive the fight over the Affordable Care Act has stirred a political and policy debate among Republicans.

7 years ago

In this file photo taken Aug. 19, 2008, the Chevron Genesis Oil Rig Platform is seen in the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, La. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Energy
Environment
New Jersey

Shore congressman introduces legislation to ban offshore oil, gas projects

A freshman Shore congressman has introduced a bill to ban offshore drilling and seismic testing off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. 

7 years ago

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