Politics & Policy

Philadelphia D.A. Larry Krasner says only very few juvenile offenders need to be taken out of their homes. He says they lose time in school and ties to family.

A report says Phil Murphy's transition team could have looked into sexual assault allegations more before hiring a top state official, according to a legal investigation.

Deep into Trump's State of Union speech, when it appeared he would go longer than Putin and Castro, he bellowed anew about a big beautiful border barrier.

Marty and her panel of guests will evaluate Trump's second State of the Union Address, delivered Tuesday night.

The president used the State of the Union speech, which typically focuses on unity, to warn political adversaries that investigations are tantamount to war.

A new report from the Government Accountability Office says four such trips early on in Trump's presidency cost taxpayers $13.6 million.

Trump’s State of the Union mostly drew partisan reaction. Some Philadelphia-area lawmakers are latching on to a few lines that show promise for finding common ground.

Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller pointed to a $15 million allocation that would increase help for people with intellectual disabilities and autism.

Trump has said his outreach to Kim and their first meeting last June in Singapore opened a path to peace. But there is not yet a concrete plan.

Speaking from a union hall in Atlanta, Abrams combined her party's vision of a more unified society with her personal story as a black daughter of the Deep South.

The women of the House wore white. The men wore dark suits. And the contrast laid bare the growing gender gap between Democrats and Republicans.

The bitter partisanship of the past two years was on full display Tuesday just hours before President Trump was to call for optimism and unity in his State of the Union.

New Jersey lawmakers confront the question of who in the Murphy administration hired the man accused of raping campaign worker Katie Brennan.

The Democrat's new $34.1 billion proposal avoids the sweeping tax hike attempts that caused so much animosity with Republican lawmakers in his earlier years.

The tradition of the speech traces back to the Constitution, which calls for the president to "from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union."