Politics & Policy

The president's budget is expected to propose drastic cuts to government programs. But it will also call for increased spending on child care.

President Donald Trump will seek $8.6 billion in his new budget to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall, two administration officials said Sunday.

Misleading claims, particularly about voter fraud, have intensified ongoing debates about voting rights and election security.

The widespread endorsement for national marijuana reform among Democrats tracks the nation's evolving views.

A bill scheduled for a vote this week would give the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission the power to demand the return of records with historical value.

Even if they did, the political dynamics that enabled bipartisan deficit-cutting deals decades ago has disappeared, replaced by bitter partisanship and chronic dysfunction.

Tensions were only compounded further by a new power shutdown that came just hours after an earlier blackout in the country appeared to be easing.

A state utility regulator sent a 33-page memo analyzing policy options to legislators who are drafting a bill to rescue two of the state’s five plants.

Questions remain about how much the former Delaware senator could appeal to a changing Democratic Party.

While Sweeney is praising Murphy for incorporating several savings initiatives into his 2020 spending plan, he said he will be pushing for more cuts.

Commercial satellite imagery of a facility near Pyongyang suggests that North Korea is preparing to launch a missile or space rocket in the near future.

Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments about U.S.-Israel relations have drawn accusations of antisemitism. Today we discuss her comments and reactions to them, in government and beyond.

Montgomery County Republicans will decide in the party primary whether to back county Commissioner Joe Gale, who beat party leaders four years ago.

Mayor Jim Kenney wants to invest more in education and career development with no tax increases during the last budget address of his first term.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday the House will vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, white supremacy and other forms of hate.