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Politics & Policy

Researchers on the study concluded one of the biggest factors in voting ease was same-day registration. Pennsylvania requires voters register at least 30 days in advance. (AP Photo, file)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Study ranks Pennsylvania 31st in ease of voting

Relative voting ease aside, Pennsylvania's registration rates appear to have risen ahead of this year's election.

8 years ago

Migrants bound for the U.S.-Mexico border wait on a bridge that stretches over the Suchiate River, connecting Guatemala and Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018.  The gated entry into Mexico via the bridge has been closed.  The U.S. president has made it clear to Mexico that he is monitoring its response. On Thursday he threatened to close the U.S. border if Mexico didn't stop the caravan. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
National Interest

Be very afraid, the caravan is coming to getcha!

Donald Trump's current con job - spreading lies about the migrants who are walking through Mexico is just his latest attempt to weaponize fear for political gain.

8 years ago

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Criminal Justice
Government Accountability
International

Evidence shows Khashoggi was ‘brutally murdered,’ Turkish president Erdogan says

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was "brutally murdered" as part of a meticulous operation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday.

8 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence delivers opening remarks during the National Space Council's first meeting, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pence, Eric Trump flying in to Northeast Pa. to help GOP House candidate

Pence's Wednesday visit to help Republican John Chrin includes a rally near the Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport.

8 years ago

Demonstrators hold signs in support of trans equality outside the White House on Monday. The Trump administration is reportedly considering defining
NPR
Gender
LGBTQ

Trans people say they #WontBeErased, as Trump administration mulls defining ‘sex’

A memo that has reportedly been circulating at the Department of Health and Human Services aims to narrow the federal government's definition of "sex" under Title IX

8 years ago

A bearded man at a podium
New Jersey

Murphy brings top lawyer under Christie into assault probe

Gov. Phil Murphy is bringing his predecessor's attorney general on board to help investigate his administration's handling of a sexual assault complaint by a state official.

8 years ago

A view of a business centre building known as the so-called

A look at interference in the 2018 U.S. midterm elections

Here is a look at what is known about foreign efforts to interfere in U.S. elections.

8 years ago

Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, right, speaks as Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis looks on during a CNN debate, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
National Interest

Trump, racism, polarization: As Florida goes, so goes the nation

Pay close attention to the Florida gubernatorial race, because it is a proxy for our nationally polarized political climate.

8 years ago

A child is carried over the border fence as thousands of Honduran migrants rush across the border towards Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. Migrants broke down the gates at the border crossing and began streaming toward a bridge into Mexico. After arriving at the tall, yellow metal fence some clambered atop it and on U.S.-donated military jeeps. Young men began violently tugging on the barrier and finally succeeded in tearing it down. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
Immigration
International

Trump says he’s reducing Central American aid over migrants

President Trump said Monday the U.S. would begin "cutting off, or substantially reducing" aid to three Central American nations over a migrant caravan heading to the U.S.

8 years ago

 Parker Preserve area in the Pinelands. (Photo courtesy of Pinelands Preservation Alliance)
Environment
New Jersey
Public Spaces

DEP turns down plan for massive development in Pinelands

‘The struggle is not over,’ cautions one opponent of project for commercial space and thousands of houses in Barnegat Bay watershed

8 years ago

Running for congress in Pennsylvania's 7th district: Republican Marty Nothstein, Democrat Susan Wild and Libertarian Tim Silfies. (AP Images and Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Lehigh Valley congressional race in play for control of the House

Three candidates, Democrat Susan Wild, Republican Marty Nothstein, and Libertarian Tim Silfies are contending for the open seat.

8 years ago

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Thousands of migrants attempted to cross the border from Guatemala into Mexico this week. Many of the migrants have reportedly returned to their home countries of Honduras and Guatemala. (Oliver de Ros/AP)
NPR
Immigration
International

As border restrictions tighten, some experts see migrant caravans growing in size

As border restrictions have tightened, the journey for migrants has become more expensive and dangerous, increasing incidences of extortion and trafficking.

8 years ago

President Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One in Elko, Nev., Saturday. He said the U.S. would withdraw from a nuclear arms treaty with Russia and accused Russia of violating it. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

U.S. to end Cold War-era nuclear arms treaty with Russia, Trump says

President Trump said the U.S. will withdraw from a decades-old treaty with Russia that eliminated a class of nuclear weapons after he accused Russia of violating the treaty.

8 years ago

Shown is the Schuylkill River and view of the Philadelphia skyline, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Philadelphia

Philadelphia wins major grant for environmental work

Christine Knapp, the city's director of sustainability, says the goal is to work over a short time frame to come up with workable ideas.

8 years ago

Bob Hugin, a Republican candidate running in the New Jersey primary election for U.S. Senate, talks to reporters after casting his vote in the New Jersey primary election, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at the Lincoln-Hubbard School in Summit, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Elections
New Jersey

Hugin’s past as pharma CEO motivates cancer survivor to form super PAC against him

So far, P4ADAction has spent $3.3 million on the NJ senate race, the second most of any super-PAC in the race.

8 years ago

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