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Politics & Policy

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks to members of the media outside the White House in August. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
NPR
National

Ryan Zinke is leaving the Interior Department, Trump tweets

Zinke will be leaving the Trump administration at the end of the year; his successor is expected to be announced next week.

7 years ago

Mick Mulvaney (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
Government Accountability
National

Trump names Mick Mulvaney acting chief of staff

After several others publicly turned down the job, the budget director will step in to replace outgoing John Kelly.

7 years ago

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts (center), was just one of several potential 2020 presidential candidates who came out in support of Sanders' Medicare for All proposal in 2017. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
National

Here are the ‘outside the box’ progressive ideas 2020 Democrats are pitching

A clear trend emerging among Democrats' top 2020 contenders: They've been putting forward a steady stream of uber-progressive economic policies.

7 years ago

In this file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
National

Christie off list of White House chief of staff candidates

Christie cited family reasons, saying he was asking Trump to remove him from consideration. He had met with Trump on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the meeting.

7 years ago

Natural gas wells in Springville Township, Pa.
(Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP unveils proposal to reduce emissions from existing oil, gas wells

Pennsylvania environmental officials have come out with a plan to reduce leaks from thousands of the state’s oil and gas wells.

7 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photograph at the beginning of a one-on-one meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Elections
Law
Technology

Russia’s interference in the 2016 election

Guest: Kathleen Hall Jamieson The U.S. Intelligence agencies have concluded that, without question, the Russians ...

Air Date: December 14, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:23
Certfa researchers Nariman Gharib, (left), and Amin Sabeti look at a computer at a cafe in London on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. The Associated Press drew on data gathered by the London-based cybersecurity group Certfa to track how a hacking group often nicknamed Charming Kitten spent the past month trying to break into the private emails of more than a dozen U.S. Treasury officials. Also on the hackers’ hit list: high-profile defenders, detractors and enforcers of the nuclear deal struck between Washington and Tehran, as well as Arab atomic scientists, Iranian civil society figures and D.C. think tank employees. (Raphael Satter/AP Photo)
International
Technology

Iran hackers hunt nuke workers, U.S. officials

The AP drew on data gathered to track how a hacking group spent the past month trying to break into the private emails of more than a dozen U.S. Treasury officials.

7 years ago

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is shown speaking on  speaks on Capitol Hill in January 2015. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo, file)
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Democrats moving into House breathe new life into Toomey’s gun bill

The Toomey-Manchin gun control bill that fell just a few votes shy of passage after the Sandy Hook shooting may get a fresh chance in 2019.

7 years ago

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Protesters picket outside the N.J. State House in Trenton minutes before legislators hold public hearings on a controversial redistricting plan. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
New Jersey

Democratic plan to overhaul N.J. redistricting process met with landslide of opposition

Opponents of the proposal picket outside the State House in Trenton ahead of two public hearings on the plan.

7 years ago

Sheet Metal Workers protest in City Council on Dec.4, 2018.  (Jake Blumgart/PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Business
Philadelphia
Public Safety
PlanPhilly

Labor leaders, city officials spar outside Council chambers

Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 attempted to push through a contested bill requiring costly new annual inspections of the fire protection devices mandated for most high-rise buil

7 years ago

top left: Michael Cohen AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) top right: John Kelly (AP Photo/Michael Reynolds), Bottom: Nancy Pelosi, Mike Pence, Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Radio Times
Criminal Justice
Immigration

The week’s biggest stories

Guests: Tamara Keith, Trevor Potter, Dana Milbank We’re going to be covering some of the top stories of the wee ...

Air Date: December 13, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May won a vote on her leadership Wednesday, as debate rages over how the U.K. should exit the European Union. She spoke to the media before the vote outside No. 10 Downing St. in London. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
NPR
International

Theresa May survives no-confidence vote amid battle over Brexit

With the win, May will retain leadership of the Tories — but face the same struggle to cobble together support for the trade deal she negotiated with the European Union.

7 years ago

Members of Philadelphia City Council listen to testimony at hearing of the Health and Human Services Committee. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Environment
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

City Council hears concerns over impact of pollutants in at-risk neighborhoods

Philadelphia City Council held a hearing Wednesday on how environmental issues can disproportionately impact minority communities in at-risk neighborhoods in the city.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meet with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
National Interest

Trump gets smocked on his own reality show

The White House reality show - starring Individual-1 and The Marvelous Mrs. Pelosi - was a master class in presidential weakness.

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

Retiring Shore congressman co-leads charge against airgun ocean blasting

A bipartisan group of federal legislators is opposing the Trump administration's recent decision to permit seismic airgun surveying off the Eastern seaboard. 

7 years ago

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