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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about the new limit on refugees to the media Monday at the State Department in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
Immigration

U.S. to limit the number of refugees allowed entry to 30,000, down from 45,000

Setting an annual ceiling in a fiscal year does not guarantee that all of them will enter the U.S.

8 years ago

A condo project being built in Atlantic City in September 2018. (Bill Barlow for WHYY)

Developer puts $85M bet on Atlantic City comeback

'Everything around Atlantic City was really starting to blossom,' says developer of decision to build massive residential complex.

8 years ago

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., listens to Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 6. Running a tight reelection race in a conservative state, Manchin has faced pressure to support Kavanaugh.
NPR
Elections
Gender
Government Accountability

Battle for the Senate: Candidates in key races respond to Kavanaugh allegations

As the confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh neared, both parties had seen potential political benefits for them in the upcoming midterm elections.

8 years ago

New Jersey

Ask Governor Murphy: Episode 3

Gov. Phil Murphy again apologized to New Jersey commuters for the chronic delays and cancellations that plagued NJ Transit over the summe ...

8 years ago

Listen 58:58
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Toomey lauds Senate’s passage of sweeping opioid crisis legislation

The wide-ranging package known as the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 rolls up 70 bills that will be backed by about $5 billion in funding.

8 years ago

Scott Wallace, the Democratic candidate in the newly drawn 8th Congressional District (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

‘False’ accusation, labor endorsements in Bucks County congressional race

Fact-checkers flag an attack ad against Democrat Scott Wallace; his opponent, Brian Fitzpatrick, gets a valuable labor endorsement.

8 years ago

Left: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Gender
Government Accountability

Allegations against Kavanaugh bring back memories of Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill

When I heard that Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination was at risk due to accusations that he sexually assaulting a woman decades ago, I thought of Clarence Thomas

8 years ago

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh
National Interest

Kavanaugh’s accuser is a nightmare for the party of misogyny

Is it any wonder that women are fleeing the GOP en masse? That women are jonesing for a Democratic Congress by a whopping 40 percentage points (65 to 25)?

8 years ago

Philadelphia City Council has approved renaming a section of 59th Street for former Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr. who led the city from 1984 to 1992. (WHYY file photo)
History
Philadelphia

Wilson Goode Way causes stir in Philadelphia City Council

Goode allowed police to drop explosives on MOVE's fortified rowhome in 1985 during a standoff with the radical back-to-nature group. That caused a fire that consumed 60 homes.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati opposes legislation that would would open a two-year window for lawsuits in child sexual abuse cases where the statute of limitations has expired. He argues that would be unconstitutional. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Pa. Senate leader proposes bill to open primary elections

Scarnati is saying he's concerned closed primaries are making both parties more extreme.

8 years ago

A man checks his phone to confirm that the charity GiveDirectly has transferred a cash grant to his account. (Nichole Sobecki for NPR)
NPR
International

Which foreign aid programs work? The U.S. runs a test — but won’t talk about it

For years, anti-poverty advocates and researchers have complained that the U.S. government doesn't do enough to make sure its aid programs actually work.

8 years ago

Jose Antonio Vargas, pictured at a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016, has written a memoir of his life as an undocumented immigrant in Dear America. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Books

‘Dear America,’ writes a Pulitzer-winning journalist — and undocumented immigrant

8 years ago

Special representative for international negotiations, Jason Greenblatt (left) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (right) meet in Ramallah, West Bank on May 25, 2017. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
NPR
International

U.S. will no longer fund peace-building programs for Palestinians

There was no immediate comment from Israeli officials.

8 years ago

Camden students march outside Holtec International, protesting remarks made by the company's CEO Krishna Singh that residents of the city don't know how to work. The company received $260 million in tax breaks to build its manufacturing plant in Camden. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Business
New Jersey

Protesters call Holtec CEO’s comments on Camden workers ‘racist’

Kris Singh said he was having trouble retaining employees from Camden because the impoverished South Jersey city lacks a culture of work.

8 years ago

Listen 1:56
James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware (WHYY, file)
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Public Safety

Key Delaware lawmakers oppose ‘shell game’ of moving prisoners out of state

Looking to reduce $400,000 a week in corrections overtime, Gov. John Carney is mulling the mass move of up to 600 inmates.

8 years ago

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