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Politics & Policy

Air Force One after landing in Bagotville, Canada, in June. At the G-7 meeting there, President Trump threw traditional U.S. allies into disarray over his trade and security policies. (Lars Hagberg/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

Stung by Trump at G-7, allies look for better outcome at NATO summit

"They are still licking their wounds from what happened at the G-7."

8 years ago

Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, leaves the Foreign Office on his way to Downing Street for a cabinet meeting, in London, Tuesday June 26, 2018.  Johnson visited Afghanistan for talks on Monday, missing a crucial parliamentary vote on expanding London's Heathrow Airport. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
International

Boris Johnson quits UK government in mounting Brexit crisis

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigned Monday, adding to divisions over Brexit that threaten to tear apart Prime Minister Theresa May's government.

8 years ago

President Trump arrives at a rally in Great Falls, Mont., on Thursday.
NPR

‘It’s insane’: Trump Supreme Court pick still in the air

The final hours of President Trump's decision-making on his second Supreme Court nominee are being described as hectic and unpredictable

8 years ago

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, who favors a reversal of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, plans to make that a campaign issue in his quest to unseat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. (loubarletta.com)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pence to raise cash for U.S. Senate hopeful Barletta in Philadelphia

Republican Senate candidate Lou Barletta will get some financial help when Vice President Mike Pence visits Philadelphia's Union League for a July 23 fundraiser

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Judge Thomas Hardiman was the runner-up to Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court vacancy last year, and is on Trump's short list again to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy. (Matt Slocum/AP)
National

Trump still pondering Supreme Court pick as big reveal nears

Trump has spent the weekend discussing his options with allies and will announce his pick at 9 p.m. Monday from the White House.

8 years ago

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following two days of meetings with a North Korean senior ruling party official, before departing Pyongyang, North Korea, on Saturday. Pompeo did not meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
NPR
International

North Korea slams U.S. talks as ‘regrettable’ after Pompeo called them ‘productive’

Defense Department officials will meet with North Korean officials on July 12 to discuss the repatriation of remains.

8 years ago

Andrew Wheeler, the Environmental Protection Agency's deputy and soon-to-be acting administrator, poses for a photograph released Thursday. (Courtesy Eric Vance/USEPA/Reuters)
NPR
Environment

Get to know Andrew Wheeler, ex-coal lobbyist with inside track to lead EPA

In the very same pair of tweets announcing Pruitt's departure, President Trump named the man who would be taking his place — for now, at least: Andrew Wheeler.

8 years ago

Immigration policy protesters have moved from the ICE headquarters at Eighth and Cherry streets to City Hall and are asking Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney to end an agreement with ICE. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Immigration
Philadelphia
Social Justice

Mayor Kenney agrees with ICE protesters, but doesn’t want a repeat of Occupy Philly

Protest moves from ICE office to City Hall, pressuring Philadelphia mayor to end agreement allowing immigration officials to view a real-time arrest database

8 years ago

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Pennsylvania court to hear objections to church abuse report

Pennsylvania’s highest court on Friday decided against immediately releasing an investigative grand jury’s report into allega ...

8 years ago

The North End Pavilion in Spring Lake, New Jersey. (Evelyn Tu/for WHYY)

Spring Lake bans weddings from its beach

A New Jersey shore community is banning all weddings and celebrations from its boardwalk and beach. The Spring Lake Borough Counci ...

8 years ago

Members of a U.S. congressional delegation meet with members of the Russian Federation Council in Moscow on Tuesday. Republican senators met with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on a rare visit to Moscow ahead of a summit between the countries' presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. (Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

GOP lawmakers hope Russia visit sets stage for ‘new day’ ahead of Trump-Putin summit

In April, Trump tweeted that relations between the U.S. and Russia were at their worst ever. What has changed since then is unclear.

8 years ago

A shipping container is offloaded from the Hong Kong-based ship in Oakland, Calif., last month.
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Economy
International

China says U.S. has begun ‘largest trade war’ in history, retaliates with tariffs

The tariffs threatened against billions of dollars in Chinese goods took effect at midnight ET while many Americans were sleeping — but Beijing was ready with a wake-up call.

8 years ago

Scott Wagner hosted a town hall on Thursday night in Cumberland County. (Marc Levy/AP Photo, file)
Elections

Wagner embarks on town hall tour, Wolf deploys defense

GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner spent much of his first town hall Thursday night hammering Gov. Tom Wolf on his refusal, so far, to commit to debating him.

8 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Noah K. Murray/AP Photo)
Government Accountability
LGBTQ
New Jersey

Transgender people in N.J. can now alter birth certificates without doctor signing off

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law this week permitting transgender people to change the gender listed on the document by simply filling out a form.

8 years ago

Protesters camped outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices at 8th and Cherry streets are demanding that Mayor Jim Kenney end the city's data sharing contract with ICE.
Immigration
Social Justice

Protesters demand end of Philly’s contract with ICE

The city's contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement grants the agency access to the Preliminary Arraignment Reporting System, a real-time arrest database.

8 years ago

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