Politics & Policy

House Democrats are introducing a package of bills Monday that would re-open the federal government without approving money for President Donald Trump's border wall.

The one-trick phony lied an average of 15 times a day, all-Republican rule crashed and burned with a government shutdown, and Brett Kavanaugh really likes beer.

In an email to supporters, Elizabeth Warren said she'd more formally announce a presidential campaign plan early in 2019.

U.S. combat troops have been in Afghanistan for nearly double the time they were in Vietnam. And the war has touched generations of Afghans.

President Donald Trump long ago backed away from his campaign pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, his outgoing chief of staff said.

Long seen as a bastion of support for Republicans, the face of the U.S. military and its veterans is changing — and perhaps too is their political bent.

The shutdown is forcing hundreds of thousands of federal workers and contractors to stay home or work without pay.

The National Mining Association welcomed the move, calling the mercury limits "punitive" and "massively unbalanced."

Fourteen states and the District of Columbia have already enacted laws prohibiting licensed therapists from trying to change a minor's sexual orientation.

Pennsylvania state Sen.-elect Lindsey Williams says she's grateful to chamber leaders who say they won't stand in the way of her swearing-in.

President Donald Trump and Democrats are trading blame for the partial government shutdown but doing little substantive talking with each other.

Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams, dogged by sexual harassment allegations, will face challenges from at least two candidates — both women — in the spring primary.

Philadelphia-based federal workers and agencies are trying to handle the uncertainty — and financial hardship — amid the partial government shutdown.

Council rejected the outgoing member's twin brother. Then members called special meeting to pick someone else. Now another member wants to change the law.

Nineteen municipalities in New Jersey banned plastic bags in 2018. In 2019, Philadelphia is looking to regulate them as well.