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Ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., questions witnesses as chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., looks on during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing concerning Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, on Capitol Hill, on March 20, 2017.
NPR

Memo by House Intelligence Committee Democrats released as Nunes addresses CPAC

The memo was released Saturday evening just as Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the panel's chairman, addressed an annual gathering of conservatives.

7 years ago

A dozen representatives of For Our Future political action committee chant outside Sen. Pat Toomey's Philadelphia office in support DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals).
Immigration
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Pennsylvania

With ‘meaningless’ DACA deadline looming, immigrant groups in Pa. regroup

On Sept. 5, the Trump administration announced an end to DACA. He also issued an ultimatum to Congress: create a permanent law by March 5.

7 years ago

School students from Montgomery County, Md., in suburban Washington, rally in solidarity with those affected by the shooting at Parkland High School in Florida, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
National

Most in U.S. favor stronger background checks, longer waiting periods to buy guns

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

7 years ago

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US soldiers stand attention during a ceremony marking Memorial Day at the Resolute Support main headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 25, 2015. (Allauddin Khan/AP Photo)
National Interest
K-12
National
Public Safety

Trump’s reality check: A combat soldier says arming teachers is ‘asinine’

Trump is still abuzz about arming teachers. For the second straight day, he played the monkey to the NRA organ grinder. Let's rebut his blather with the help of a soldier.

7 years ago

Advocates supporting the lawsuit that eventually overturned the state's congressional map rallied outside Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman's office in Centre County in October 2017.  (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. GOP piles on lawsuits in bid to avoid new congressional map

After lawmakers didn’t meet the court’s short deadline to fix it, justices redrew the map themselves. And analysts expect it will give Democrats stronger representation.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Elections
Pennsylvania

Changes in Pa. voting: new map and new machines

Guests: Lawrence Norton, Laura Olson, Nicholas Stephanopoulos There’s a fight over gerrymandering going on in P ...

Air Date: February 23, 2018

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In this photo taken March 15, 2017, Karl Sorken, production manager for Battle Rifle Co., based in Webster, Texas, works on the rails of an AR-15style rifle. Battle Rifle is one of now more than 10,000 gunmakers in the United States. (Lisa Marie Pane/AP Photo)
Economy
New Jersey

Lawmakers move to ban N.J. pension fund investment in gun manufacturing

"I think if we're really committed to gun control, we need to have a starting point and move and continue forward," says bill sponsor.

7 years ago

Radio Times
International
Military

Syria’s continuing crisis

Guests: Liz Sly, Mona Yacoubian, Andrew Tabler Although ISIS has been largely defeated in Syria, the seven ...

Air Date: February 23, 2018

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A map of the 7th congressional district as drawn in 2011. The district incorporates most of Delaware County and portions of Chester, Montgomery, Berks and Lancaster Counties. (Dan Gleiter/pennlive.com)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

New congressional districts in Philly suburbs could help Democrats win in D.C.

Pennsylvania’s new court-ordered congressional map has thrust the commonwealth into the national spotli ...

7 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy  (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Public Safety

New Jersey joins three other states in ‘gun safety’ coalition

A task force will trace and intercept illegal guns and focus on sharing information about individuals who might pose a threat.

7 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein at an event at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 2, 2018. (Jose Luis Mag/AP)
NPR
International
Media
Technology

As Washington gears up to tackle foreign influence, how effective can it be?

Sessions announced a "Cyber-Digital Task Force" within the DOJ to combat the "malicious use of technology," which he said "poses an unprecedented threat against our nation."

7 years ago

The Trump International Hotel is seen, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, in Washington.

Book Trump? Interest groups press case at his properties

These groups can now hold an event at a property owned by the president, paying for event space, rooms and food with money that heads into the president's pockets.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump hosts a listening session with high school students, teachers, and others
National Interest
K-12
Public Safety

The very stable genius wants schools to lock and load

So Trump wants to arm the teachers, to militarize the schools. Naturally, he plucked that beaut straight from the NRA playbook.

7 years ago

Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati, R-Jefferson (middle), and Speaker of the House Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny (right), at a press conference in 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. GOP appeals to U.S. Supreme Court to halt new congressional maps

This is the third time in recent months they’ve made such an appeal in a gerrymandering case.

7 years ago

An aerial view of the site of an early morning train crash Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018 between an Amtrak train, bottom right, and a CSX freight train, top left, in Cayce, SC. The Amtrak passenger train slammed into a freight train in the early morning darkness Sunday, killing at least two Amtrak crew members and injuring more than 110 people, authorities said.  (Jeff Blake/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
National
Public Safety
Transportation

Philly area lawmakers oppose Trump plan to cut Amtrak funding

The budget plan proposes cutting in half the federal subsidy for Amtrak, including slicing grants to the Northeast Corridor by $128 million.

7 years ago

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