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Politics & Policy

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin testifies before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on Sept. 27, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
NPR
Government Accountability
Military

Fired VA Secretary says White House muzzled him

Fired Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin tells NPR that political forces in the Trump administration want to privatize the VA — and he was standing in the way.

7 years ago

Delaware legislators spoke in support of the Equal Rights Amendment during a rally in Dover. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Delaware
Gender
Politics

Delawareans rally to support Equal Rights Amendment

Delaware legislators joined a crowd of women, men and children in support of legislation that would amend the state constitution to ban sex discrimination.

7 years ago

Delawareans protested gun control legislation outside Legislative Hall Wednesday. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Delaware
Politics

Delaware gun rights supporters rally against firearm-control measures

The House has passed legislation raising the legal age to buy a firearm or ammunition from 18 to 21, with some exceptions. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill Thursday.

7 years ago

From right to left: Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, Gina Hapsel (credit: AP)
Radio Times
International
Military

Trump taps new foreign policy team

Guests: Matthew Kroenig, Mitchell Plitnick President Trump has been shaking up his cabinet in recent weeks, and t ...

Air Date: March 29, 2018 10:00 am

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U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez said 3D plastic guns could be detrimental to safety at Amtrak stations and airports. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Elections
New Jersey

Menendez announces re-election bid months after mistrial in corruption case

New Jersey's senior U.S. senator is seeking a third term.

7 years ago

Listen 2:25
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., arrives for a news conference on sexual harassment in the workplace in December on Capitol Hill. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
Law
National

All 22 women senators call for Senate to address sexual harassment

All 22 women in the Senate are calling for their fellow lawmakers to do something about sexual harassment.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania's new ongressional map as drawn by the Pa. Supreme Court after it found the previous version an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Law
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. legislature has long history of inaction on redistricting reform bills

Now that legal challenges to Pennsylvania’s new court-drawn congressional map have been rejected, state lawmakers have turned their att ...

7 years ago

The New Jersey Assembly Budget Committee holds the first of several legislative hearings on Gov. Phil Murphy's budget plan Wednesday. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Economy
New Jersey
Taxes

N.J. lawmakers wary of $1.6 billion tax boost in Murphy budget plan

As hearings begin on Governor Murphy's budget proposal, a $1.6 billion tax increase has some Democrats fretting.

7 years ago

People watch a news program on TV reporting about the meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. North Korea's leader Kim and his Chinese counterpart Xi sought to portray strong ties between the neighbors and long-time allies despite a recent chill, as both countries on Wednesday confirmed Kim's secret trip to Beijing this week. (Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)
International

Kim, Xi portray strong ties after North Korea leader’s China trip

With smiles and firm handshakes, North Korea and China used a surprise summit this week to show that despite recent tensions, Pyongyang still has a powerful backer.

7 years ago

Protesters outside the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, DC. The agency has announced plans to limit public comments on pipeline projects if the comments are submitted outside the deadline. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

FERC’s critics, and two commissioners, say new comment policy will hurt landowners

FERC says it will limit public interventions in its pipeline review process if they are submitted outside the prescribed time.

7 years ago

U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello, R-Pa.
National Interest

Ryan Costello and ‘the modified limited hangout route’

Between now and November, a lot of bailing Republicans (in this election cycle, a record number of retirements) will likely try to replicate Costello's tortured balancing act.

7 years ago

NCCo Exec. Matt Meyer delivers his budget address to members of New Castle County Council Tuesday night. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Delaware Business Now
Delaware

New Castle County Executive proposes 15 percent property tax hike

New Castle County Executive Matthew Meyer proposed a Fiscal Year 2019 budget that includes a proposed 12 percent increase in sewer bills and a 15 percent property tax hike.

7 years ago

Gurbir Grewal, the former Bergen County prosecutor, has been confirmed as New Jersey's attorney general. He is the first Sikh in the nation to serve as a state attorney general.
Immigration
New Jersey

N.J. joins coalition of states challenging census citizenship question

Asking people if they’re U.S. citizens will discourage immigrants from participating in the count, says New Jersey's attorney general.

7 years ago

Protesters hold up signs in a march and rally for slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., on March 31, 2012. (Julie Fletcher/AP)
NPR
National
Policing
Social Justice

Trump budget would eliminate DOJ peacemaking office

Justice Department official Lee Loftus told reporters in February the CRS is a "small entity in Justice today."

7 years ago

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James toured the Port of Wilmington Tuesday afternoon. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Delaware
Economic Development

Focusing on expansion possibilities, federal officials tour Wilmington port

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James toured the Port of Wilmington, as well as the former Chemours Edgemoor site.

7 years ago

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