Politics & Policy

Emboldened by their new majority, Democrats are undertaking several broad new investigations into President Donald Trump and setting the stage for a post-Robert Mueller world.

As a deadline for voting looms, it's increasingly clear that Republican senators are deeply uncomfortable with Trump's use of executive power to build the wall.

A top Senate Democrat is launching two bills he hopes will prompt his fellow lawmakers to think more carefully about poverty.

James Hart Stern wants to use his new position as director and president of the National Socialist Movement to undermine the Detroit-based group.

The Consulate General in Jerusalem is the U.S. government's de facto representative office to the Palestinian Authority.

CPAC has evolved over the years. Always a gathering place for young activists from around the country, the emphases have changed.

Pa. lawmakers remain skeptical about a provision in Governor Tom Wolf's budget plan to transfer money out of special environmental funds to fill financial gaps.

Michael Cohen was just the beginning.

Pennsylvania is already ranked second in the country in sales value of organic products. Data from the USDA shows 2016's sales exceeded $659 million.

A young civil rights activist named Bernard Sanders was arrested and dragged off to jail for protesting school segregation on the South Side of Chicago in the summer of 1963.

Study suggests a variety of ways to reduce back bay flooding: storm surge barriers, levees, floodwalls, building lifts, living shorelines, and reefs.

A member of Wilmington City Council left in November after being elected to the state Legislature. To end a stalemate, Linda Gray was picked from seven candidates.

The House put on a display of Democratic priorities this week with two bills to bolster background checks on firearms purchases.

The government says Hamza bin Laden "is emerging as a leader" of al-Qaida, posting videos on the Internet calling for attacks on the U.S. and its western allies.

A change in Pennsylvania Department of Corrections policy means donated books must be processed at a secure center outside the prisons.