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In this Friday, July 17, 2015 photo, unfiltered Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, and Camel cigarettes, Reynolds American brands, are on display at a Smoker Friendly shop in Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar / The Associated Press)

PA Post

Tracking the tax increases and decreases in Gov. Tom Wolf’s first term

Taxes went up on cigarettes, digital downloads, Pennsylvania Lottery winnings and other assorted items.

7 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Hamburg. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Border ‘crisis’ distracts us from the true national emergency

Are we capable of connecting two dots? The fake border crisis distracts us from the true national emergency: A suspected Russian asset sits in the White House.

7 years ago

Iran's Simorgh rocket pictured before an attempted satellite launch in 2017. Experts say the rocket's second stage is too small to be used as a missile. (AP)

NPR

International

Iran is preparing a launch. But is it for a space rocket or a missile?

Iran has said publicly that its motives are peaceful.

7 years ago

Philadelphia scrambles to get new voting machines

Philadelphia officials are scrambling to get a new voting system with a verifiable paper trail installed by the November election.

7 years ago

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (center) visited Bahrain on Friday.
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AP)

NPR

Pompeo says the U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria is just a ‘tactical change’

President Trump's unexpected announcement last month that troops would leave the country has fueled fears that a power vacuum could strengthen ISIS.

7 years ago

Then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich gestures toward President Bill Clinton, as then-Senate GOP leader Bob Dole sits to the right. They met to try to work through the government shutdown in late 1995 to early 1996. (Greg Gibson/AP)

NPR

History

The longest government shutdown in history, no longer — how 1995 changed everything

It took three full weeks for President Bill Clinton and the Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to settle an impasse that partially shut down the government.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump leads a roundtable discussion on border security with local leaders, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)

National

GOP rejected Obama’s executive reach, but accepts Trump’s

President Barack Obama stunned Republicans when he bypassed Congress. Now, with President Donald Trump many Republicans are uneasily cheering him on.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 11, 2019, photo, Vice President Mike Pence speaks to U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees at their headquarters in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)

National

Pence’s pickle: How to bargain when no one speaks for Trump

Pence has been one of the administration's most visible emissaries during the shutdown fight, but he's been repeatedly undermined and contradicted by his boss.

7 years ago

In this file photo Gov. Tom Wolf gives his budget address at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (Chris Knight/AP Photo)

Keystone Crossroads

Government Accountability

Pennsylvania

Pa. readies for the start of Wolf’s second term

In his inaugural speech, Wolf is expected to renew calls for a higher minimum wage and natural gas severance tax.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump listens as he leads a roundtable discussion on border security with local leaders, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)

National

Report: FBI probed whether Trump secretly worked for Russia

The FBI became so concerned by Trump after he fired Comey that they investigated if he had been working for Russia against U.S. interests, The New York Times reported.

7 years ago

Union members and other federal employees protest in front of the White House on Thursday. Many are out of work as the partial government shutdown has dragged on longer than any in history. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

NPR

Government Accountability

History

National

It’s official: The partial government shutdown is the longest in U.S. history

The previous record was 21 days, set in the winter of 1995-'96 when President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich were at odds over budget cuts.

7 years ago

President Trump addresses the media as he leaves the White House on Thursday en route for a trip to the border in Texas. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

NPR

Immigration

National

Once a fence, later slats, almost always a wall: Trump’s border wall contradictions

The president is now in a battle with congressional Democrats to approve $5.7 billion in funding for a physical barrier.

7 years ago

Dock Street Brewery Vice President Marilyn Candeloro (left) and brewer Mark Russell crack a beer. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Food & Drink

Politics

Seasonal beer distribution ailing in Philly region due to federal shutdown

The government shutdown limits the seasonal beers brewers can bring to market in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware

7 years ago

The westernmost edge of the U.S. border wall separates Tijuana from San Diego. Most undocumented immigrants in this country did not enter the U.S. at the Southern border. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

NPR

Immigration

Where does illegal immigration mostly occur? Here’s what the data tell us

Most undocumented immigrants didn't enter this country through Tijuana, where news cameras have captured images of thousands of immigrants seeking refuge during recent months.

7 years ago