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Politics & Policy

President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping arrive for the state dinner with the first ladies at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Nov. 9, 2017. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP)
NPR
Economy
International

Trump hits China with tariffs on $50 billion of goods; China says it will retaliate

President Trump is enacting a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion of Chinese goods "that contain industrially significant technologies."

8 years ago

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls on reporters during the daily briefing in the Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 14, 2018. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
National Interest

To justify atrocity, Sessions and Sanders take refuge in theocracy

The Trump regime’s latest defense of its worst atrocity — forcibly separating immigrant kids from their parents — is that the B ...

8 years ago

This undated photo provided by the California State Lands Commission shows Platform Holly, an oil drilling rig in the Santa Barbara Channel offshore of the city of Goleta, Calif. The platform will be decommissioned and its operator is seeking bankruptcy protection, nearly two years after the platform was idled when an onshore pipeline ruptured and spilled a massive amount of oil into the ocean, the state and Venoco LLC said Monday, April 17, 2017. (State Lands Commission via AP)
Radio Times
Business
Economic Development
Environment
New Jersey

New Jersey’s offshore drilling ban

Guests: John Moor, Cindy Zipf New Jersey passed the one of the toughest offshore drilling bans in the nation in A ...

Air Date: June 15, 2018 10:00 am

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Senate GOP leaders speak to reporters after introducing an amendment to change how the commonwealth elects judges. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Plan to elect Pa. judges by regional district has less precedent than suggested by Senate GOP

GOP supporters of the measure say it would make courts fairer by evening out regional representation.

8 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney signs legislation banning bump stock devices Thursday. (Courtesy of Jen Rini)
Delaware
Politics

Delaware’s ban on bump stocks to take effect after buyback events

To encourage Delawareans to hand over the devices, the state will pay $100 for each bump stock weapon and $15 for each trigger crank weapon turned in.

8 years ago

A new Justice Department report faulted the decisions in 2016 made by then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and then-FBI Director James Comey.
(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
Elections
Law
National

Report condemns FBI violations in 2016 Clinton probe but finds no political bias

A DOJ watchdog criticized Comey for violating long-standing department guidelines and mishandling the Hillary Clinton email investigation in 2016.

8 years ago

A woman reads newspapers fronting the news on President Donald Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Puhung subway station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The series of photos on the front page of the ruling workers' party newspaper showed something North Koreans never would have imagined just months ago — their leader Kim Jong Un warmly shaking hands with President Donald Trump. (Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)
International

After summit, North Korea shows Trump in new light

With a time lag that suggests a great deal of care and thought went into the final product.

8 years ago

City Councilwoman Helen Gym
Business
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Philadelphia could become the next city to pass a scheduling law for retail and fast-food companies

Across the country, retail and fast-food employees have said that unpredictable work schedules, the kind churned out by computer programs, wreak havoc on their lives.

8 years ago

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rubs his forehead during a joint press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, June 14, 2018. (Andy Wong/AP Photo)
National Interest

Trump’s Secretary of State says it’s ‘insulting’ and ‘ludicrous’ for the press to ask legitimate questions

The free American press has every right to ask the Trump regime how it expects to verify that North Korea is downsizing its nuclear progr ...

8 years ago

According to a new poll, Gov. Tom Wolf (right), a Democrat, has the edge over GOP challenger Scott Wagner in the leadup to Pennsylvania's gubernatorial election. (WITF, file)
Elections
Pennsylvania

It’s still early, but poll finds Wolf has edge in Pa. gubernatorial race

Asked how they’d vote if the election were today, 48 percent of respondents picked the Democratic incumbent — a 19-point margin over GOP challenger Scott Wagner.

8 years ago

N.J. Sen. Diane Allen (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
New Jersey

Former N.J. state Senator Diane Allen starts PAC to help women get into politics

Just months after stepping aside after serving two decades as a state lawmaker, former Sen. Diane Allen is launching a political fundraising effort whose primary goal is to he

8 years ago

(VBaleha/BigStock)
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Public Health

Bill advancing in Statehouse would provide relief for Pa. ambulance providers

A Pennsylvania Senate bill advancing in the state legislature would require insurance companies to reimburse EMS for calls that don't end in a hospital trip.

8 years ago

Seth Grossman is a Republican congressional candidate in South Jersey. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
New Jersey

N.J. congressional candidate stands by ‘diversity is a bunch of crap’ comment

N.J. Republican congressional candidate Seth Grossman talks about his "diversity is a bunch of crap and un-American" comment, and more.

8 years ago

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Gov. Phil Murphy signs several gun-safety bills at the Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex Atrium in Trenton Wednesday. The half-dozen new gun-control laws tighten the state's already strict statutes. (Edwin J. Torres/New Jersey Governor's Office via AP)
New Jersey
Public Safety

Murphy expands N.J. gun control with six new laws

The measures include a background check requirement for private gun sales, a ban on armor-piercing bullets and a 10-round limit on gun magazine capacity.

8 years ago

The Senate Judiciary Committee debated Turzai's Down syndrome abortion bill on Wednesday. It ultimately passed along party lines. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

After some backroom maneuvers, abortion-restricting bill progresses in Pa.

A Pennsylvania Senate committee has kicked forward a bill that would make it illegal to abort a fetus because of a Down syndrome diagnosis.

8 years ago

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