Politics & Policy

There is a concept in the American system called "checks and balances."

The price of a first-class forever stamp went up a nickel Sunday, from 50 cents to 55 cents.

We hear about the removal of iconic 30th St. station flipboard sign. Then, Marty talks with Pa.'s Agriculture Secretary about hemp. Last, reaction to the end of the shutdown.

Roger Waters, a member of Pink Floyd, brought his celebrity power to help overcome many of the obstacles involved in securing the release of an ISIS fighter's children.

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees across the country are returning to work after being furloughed for more than a month

In less than a month, Juan Guaidó has risen from obscure, junior lawmaker to self-proclaimed interim president of Venezuela.

"You can only be so happy because you just have to know that it could happen again."

Councilwoman Cindy Bass proposes distributing the funds as loans to bridge the gap until the federal workers are receiving paychecks again.

In Venezuela, where media is controlled by the government, figuring out what is truth, rumor or propaganda has always been difficult.

Like some geo-political case of measles, Pennsylvania is pockmarked this year with special elections, all caused by mid-term departures of sitting elected officials.

Hundreds of wealthy donors gathered Charles Koch are meeting this weekend after his political network said it won't support Trump's 2020 re-election campaign.

The United States urged all nations Saturday to support Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido.

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is finally over. And there are no two ways about it — Trump caved.

The longest government shutdown in history ended after President Trump signed a bipartisan three-week stopgap funding measure late Friday.

If the U.S. decisively took sides in Venezuela's escalating political crisis this week, Russia wasn't sitting idly by.