Politics & Policy

Designating the schools as certified academic clinical research centers will help bulk up the meager federal research on medical marijuana, governor says.

Three women will lead local Democrats into a potentially game-changing general election

North Korea canceled a high-level meeting Wednesday with South Korea and threatened also to call off a historic summit planned next month with the United States.

On Monday, the White House blamed the death toll on the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

Emails show that the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Control is planning to publish recommendations that EPA officials warned would fuel public alarm.

Pennsylvania voters are heading to the polls Tuesday for the first election under a new congressional map that’s expected to yield ...

Much time and effort is being devoted to "understanding" the typical Trump voter

Billionaire George Soros' pro-democracy Open Society Foundations will pull out of Hungary following growing pressure from the right-wing government there.

Immigration officials say they have launched more than 3,500 worksite investigations, already doubling the number of cases compared to the previous fiscal year.

In 2017, 96 people suffered fatal injuries in traffic crashes. The toll included 40 pedestrians and three cyclists.

In preparation for Tuesday's primary election, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office is mobilizing a special task force to keep an eye on the polls.

As the U.S. opened its embassy in Jerusalem, Philadelphia officials raised Israel's flag at City Hall Monday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the nation.

The White House said Monday that Melania Trump was hospitalized after undergoing a procedure to treat a benign kidney condition.

When the news leaked on Thursday that a Trump aide had despicably dissed John McCain (he "doesn't matter, he's dying anyway"), it triggered a firestorm that's still burning.

Being a committee person is the easiest way to be part of the political system and to initiate some sort of change — in your division, your ward, or even more widely.