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Politics & Policy

United States Senator Tom Carper (right) greets Governor John Carney during a Primary Election gathering Thursday, Sept. 06, 2018, at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. (Saquan Stimpson/for WHYY)
Delaware
Elections

Carper easily defeats progressive challenger in Senate primary

Tom Carper retains his title as the winningest statewide elected official in state history. He secured 65 percent of the vote over progressive challenger Kerri Evelyn Harris.

8 years ago

Kerri Eveyln Harris (left) and Sen. Tom Carper talk with voters in Wilmington about two hours before the polls closed Thursday. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Elections

No upset in Delaware U.S. Senate primary

It’s a primary like Tom Carper has never seen before.

8 years ago

Scott Wallace, the Democratic candidate in the newly drawn 8th Congressional District (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Pennsylvania

Bucks congressional candidate sought ambassadorship after donating to Obama

Bucks County congressional candidate Scott Wallace sought an ambassadorship to South Africa after donating $109,000 to Obama's campaign and inaugural celebration

8 years ago

Hundreds of residents rally outside the New Jersey Statehouse in support of the legislation (Phil Gregory/WHYY)

Trenton rally calls for giving driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants

Hundreds of New Jersey residents rallied outside the Statehouse in Trenton.

8 years ago

NPR
International
Law

Democrats demand investigation of Giuliani’s foreign work. He says bring it on.

"Let them knock themselves out," the former New York mayor told NPR.

8 years ago

Dr. David S. Glosser speaks in support of the U.S. Resettlement Program. He is joined by former refugees (from left) Gin Sum, who fled religious persecution in Burma, Bdour Hussein, who fled the war in Syria, and Sozi Tulante, who came to Philadelphia as a political refugee in 1983.
Immigration
International

Local refugee groups, White House adviser’s uncle call on Trump administration to accept more refugees

Before the United States had a refugee resettlement policy, the Glosser family fled grinding poverty and ...

8 years ago

Vehicles leave the Port Isabel Detention Center, which holds detainees of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Fresnos, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, file)
Immigration
National

Trump administration moves to detain migrant families longer

The Trump administration on Thursday moved to abandon a longstanding court settlement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept locked up.

8 years ago

A row of empty booths at a polling station in the Terrace Park Community Building on Election Day in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Elections
National

Expert panel calls for sweeping election security measures

An expert panel of the National Academy of Sciences called for fundamental reforms to ensure the integrity of the U.S. election system.

8 years ago

(photo/MacKenzie Stroh)
Radio Times
Business
Changing Communities
Income Inequality

Anand Giridharadas on predatory philanthropy

Guest: Anand Giridharadas Do-gooder billionaires–people like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Michael Bloo ...

Air Date: September 6, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:58
The dome of the state Capitol in Trenton, New Jersey
Immigration
New Jersey

New Jersey updating state policy on ICE cooperation

Law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and civil rights groups are providing input on the new guidance that should be announced within the next month.

8 years ago

 (Brennan Linsley/AP Photo, file)
New Jersey
Public Health

No shortage of applicants to run New Jersey’s six new medical pot clinics

New Jersey plans to double the number of medical marijuana dispensaries to keep pace with the increased demand and there’s a lot of competition to get those licenses.

8 years ago

A still from a recent campaign ad attacking Pa. Dem. congressional candidate Scott Wallace (YouTube)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Pennsylvania

Ryan super PAC invests in Bucks County congressional race

A super PAC associated with GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan has put nearly half a million dollars into ads attacking Bucks Democratic congressional candidate Scott Wallace.

8 years ago

Listen 4:13
President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, listens to a question while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, for the second day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kavanaugh’s lips sealed on White House subpoenas, pardons

Pressured by Democrats with Donald Trump on their minds, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh rejected repeated efforts at WednesdayR ...

8 years ago

Senate Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., (left) and Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C. want answers from top leaders of Big Tech. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
International
Technology

Senate intel committee vents about hijacking of big tech for information war

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified about the work they're doing.

8 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, to begin his confirmation to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Radio Times
Law
Politics

Kavanaugh hearings off to a contentious start

Guest: Amanda Terkel The confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had a contentious start o ...

Air Date: September 5, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 13:28
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