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Politics & Policy

A dealer counts chips during a game of roulette at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Economy
New Jersey

Still under state control, Atlantic City sees tourism growth

Researchers at Stockton University found that more people were parking at Atlantic City casinos and booking hotel rooms there in June than during the same time last year.

7 years ago

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NPR

Trump Says Kavanaugh Allegations Are ‘Big Fat Con’ But Also Signals He Could Withdraw

7 years ago

Republican candidates U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus (left) and Marty Nothstein  are campaigning now without help from a key Republican Super PAC. (rothfus.house.gov and Matt Rourke/AP)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Pennsylvania

The Republicans are reassessing their chances in Pa. midterms

National republican groups have declined to fund two candidates in competitive Pennsylvania districts.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at U.N. Headquarters. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
International

Trump backs 2-state solution for Mideast, raises peace hopes

President Donald Trump waded into thorny Middle East politics while at the United Nations on Wednesday, endorsing the two-state solution.

7 years ago

On the first day of the Meuse-Argonne Allied offensive in France, a U.S .Army 37-mm gun crew man their position. (AP file photo)
History
International
Military

World War I battle devastated U.S. forces, broke hearts at home

On Sept. 26, 1918, the soldiers of the 28th Division, many of them from Philadelphia, nervously glanced at their watches as dawn approach ...

7 years ago

Carolyn Fortney, center, hugs her son Elias, 11, during a press conference in the state Capitol Building on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in support of legislation that would change the statute of limitations for child sex crimes. Carolyn is one of five sisters in the Fortney family to suffer from abuse by a priest. Others in the photograph are Judy Deaven, left, whose son Joey Behe was abused by a priest and died of an overdose in 2015; Carolyn's sister Patty Fortney-Julius, i stripped shirt, who was also abused, and the sisters' father, Edward Fortney, right. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Religion

Leaders in Pa. Senate want changes to child sex abuse bill as passed by House

On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill that would make it easier for victims of child se ...

7 years ago

President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (Richard Drew/AP Photo, File)
International

At UN this year, it’s Trump versus the world

A gaping ideological divide cuts through this year's gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Judge Brett Kavanaugh his Supreme Court nominee, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate committee vote on Kavanaugh scheduled for Friday

The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote Friday on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The committ ...

7 years ago

Voting machines at the Office of the City Commissioner's warehouse (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Technology

Panel urges funding for new voting machines in Pennsylvania

Wolf said earlier this year that counties buying new electronic voting systems must insure they leave a paper trail.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
International

Trump address to UN overshadowed by messy domestic politics

White House aides had cast Trump's visit to New York in triumphal terms: an opportunity to assert American sovereignty before the multinational body.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Law
Politics

The looming showdowns

Guests: Howard Fineman, Victoria Bassetti For several hours on Monday we didn’t know if Deputy AG Rod Rosenstei ...

Air Date: September 25, 2018 10:00 am

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In this July 29, 2018, photo, rookie Democratic candidate Lauren Underwood greets supporters at the opening of her campaign office in St. Charles, Ill., 100 days before the midterm election. (Teresa Crawford/AP)
NPR
Gender

Is the record number of women candidates a 2018 blip — or a lasting trend?

"What we do know is that women don't think about running for office as often as men do without getting recruited without having someone else suggest it."

7 years ago

V journalist Neha Mahajan could lose her work permit if the Trump administration ends a special program for the spouses of H-1B guest workers.
Gunjesh Desai/Courtesy of Neha Mahajan
NPR
Immigration
National

High-skilled immigrants call out the Trump administration’s ‘hypocrisy’

The Trump administration says it wants to move to a "merit-based" immigration system — one that gives priority to immigrants who speak English and are highly educated.

7 years ago

Protesters march from the Supreme Court to Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. A second allegation of sexual misconduct has emerged against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a development that has further imperiled his nomination to the Supreme Court, forced the White House and Senate Republicans onto the defensive and fueled calls from Democrats to postpone further action on his confirmation. President Donald Trump is so far standing by his nominee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
National Interest

Republicans seem determined to alienate as many women as possible

Why are Republicans so determined to stick with Brett Kavanagh, soiling themselves in the process and alienating as many women voters as possible?

7 years ago

A woman shouts slogans during the Women's March in New York City, January 20, 2018, as protestors took to the streets en masse across the United States. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Gender

The women’s wave: Backlash to Trump persists, reshaping politics in 2018

"What you're seeing is just this harmonic convergence where women are running, women are volunteering in campaigns, women are making record numbers of contributions."

7 years ago

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