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 Attorney General Jeff Sessions (AP, file)
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Watch live: Attorney General Sessions to testify on Russia before House committee

8 years ago

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Military

The Syrian civil war continues

Guests: Kareem Shaheen, Wendy Pearlman While no longer on the front pages of American newspapers, Syrian civil wa ...

Air Date: November 14, 2017

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Philadelphia Inspector General Amy Kurland
Philadelphia

Philadelphia bolsters effort to protect city government whistleblowers from retaliation

City Inspector General Amy Kurland says city employees or contractors now have more leverage in the situation.

8 years ago

White House adviser Ivanka Trump and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speak in Bayville, N.J., Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, about tax overhaul, where they promised legislation moving through Congress would simplify the tax code and ease burdens on taxpayers.
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Taxes

Ivanka, Mnuchin pitch tax plan to friendly crowd

Ivanka Trump and Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin pitched the GOP tax plan in Ocean County, N.J.

8 years ago

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
National Interest

Putin’s useful idiot soils Veterans Day

Did you ever imagine that a president would blaspheme the holiday by sliming the U.S. intelligence community, siding with a hostile adversary, and declaring Kremlin First?

8 years ago

Pennsylvania state Sen. Scott Wagner, who is running for the GOP gubernatorial nomination next year, has been urging fellow Republicans not to support a natural gas severance tax — in part because he thinks it would help Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf politically. (AP file photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Pennsylvania

Wagner: Too Trumpish for Pennsylvania?

After last week's Democratic wins, some Republicans worry state Sen. Scott Wagner is too Trumpish to win next year's Pennsylvania governor's race.

8 years ago

Advocates try to convince lawmakers to act on gerrymandering. (Katie Meyer, WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Politics

Why Pennsylvania is home to some of the nation's worst gerrymanders

This story is the first in our "Over the Line" series on gerrymandering, a Keystone Crossroads collaboration with PennLive, WITF and other Pennsylvania public media stations.

8 years ago

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Sen. Pat Toomey appearing on NBC's
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Toomey: Roy Moore should step aside over sex allegations

Republican Sen. Pat Toomey urged Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore on Sunday to drop out of the race.

8 years ago

In this Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 file photo, Christian actors play the parts of Joseph and Mary during a re-enactment of a Nativity scene of the birth of Jesus Christ as part of Christmas festivities at the Nazareth Village in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth. (Ariel Schalit/AP Photo, file)
Religion

Drawing Mary and Joseph into Moore controversy raises ire

Theologians and pastors, among others, expressed revulsion that Mary and Joseph would be used to counter allegations of sexual misbehavior with a minor.

8 years ago

Ashley Bennett won a seat as Atlantic County Freeholder in the most recent election (Bennett for Freeholder)
Elections
Gender
New Jersey

South Jersey woman spurred into politics by Facebook post wins Freeholder seat

A Facebook post has ended up costing an Atlantic County Freeholder his job as a woman who objected to what he shared online defeated him in Tuesday's election.

8 years ago

U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore
National Interest
Gender
Law

Roy Moore pedophilia accusations test GOP’s cracked moral compass

The GOP, which once prided itself as the party of high moral character, keeps sinking lower.

8 years ago

New Jersey Sen. Tom Kean says the state's employers will not be able to sustain a $15 minimum wage. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Economy
New Jersey
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N.J. GOP leader offers 2 cents’ worth on Dems’ plan to hike minimum wage

Gov.-elect Phil Murphy, a Democrat, supports gradually increasing the minimum wage — now $8.44 an hour — to $15.

8 years ago

Man in an olive suit at podium
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Law
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Following damaging reports, Pa. Congressman Marino defends his opioid law

“It’s a typical hatchet job,” Marino said of the reports.

8 years ago

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Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski walks from the federal building in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 27, 2017.
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Law
Pennsylvania

 Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, facing 54-count indictment, wins a fourth term

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski won a fourth term in Tuesday’s election despite a 54-count federal indictment hanging over his head.

8 years ago

Typically, candidates for Pennsylvania governor don't announce a running mate, because the two run separately in the primary. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Scott Wagner names running-mate for gubernatorial bid

The conservative York County Republican has named a running mate — real estate developer and political outsider Jeff Bartos.

8 years ago

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