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Politics & Policy

 A Board denied an appeal aiming to block a Delaware City refinery project allowing for the shipment of ethanol. (File/WHYY)
Delaware
Energy
Environment

Carney asks EPA to waive renewable fuel requirements for Delaware City refinery

Carney, crude oil refiners say a federal renewable fuels program is to blame for financial problems at refineries such as Philadelphia Energy Solutions.

8 years ago

Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati. (AP file Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Politics

State government standoff: Pennsylvania’s ‘constitutional crisis’ over court’s redistricting decision

Friday is the court-imposed deadline for the Pennsylvania legislature to agree on a new ...

8 years ago

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., blocked a budget deal Thursday as the government ran out of funding at midnight. Paul sought a vote on an amendment to restore budget caps in the funding bill.
NPR

Congress approves two-year spending pact

8 years ago

Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa.
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. legislature will miss redistricting deadline, but negotiations may continue

Republican leaders in Pennsylvania’s House and Senate said Thursday evening it is impossible for them to pass a new congressional map before the state Supreme Court’s Friday.

8 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wants towns to be able to establish charitable funds that pay for local services. Homeowners would get credits on their property tax bills for any amount they donate. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
New Jersey

N.J. considers easing tax burden by allowing residents to help pay for town services

Gov. Phil Murphy wants towns to be able to establish charitable funds to pay for local services. Homeowners would get credits on their property tax bills for contributions.

8 years ago

White House staff secretary Rob Porter, foreground, walks with White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, to board Marine One on the South Lawn as they leave the White House on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.
National Interest

Scandal du jour: Team Trump shelters and defends wife-beater

Seriously now. Is it even conceivably possible that we can go a whole day without the Trump crew oozing fresh sleaze?

8 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2017. Russian-backed efforts seen attempting to interfere in U.S. politics appear to be evolving.
NPR

Tracking Shows Russian Meddling Efforts Evolving Ahead Of 2018 Midterms

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sounded an alarm this week: The Russians are already meddling in the 2018 midterm elections.

8 years ago

White House chief of staff John Kelly and staff secretary Rob Porter leave the White House Friday. Porter resigned following domestic abuse allegations.
NPR

White House senior staffer resigns after domestic abuse allegations

Rob Porter, a White House staffer largely responsible for controlling the flow of information to President Trump, is resigning following allegations of domestic abuse.

8 years ago

A TV in the Capitol shows House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., giving a speech on the House floor Wednesday. Pelosi has been speaking for more than seven hours as a protest because negotiations over the future of the expiring Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program have stalled.
NPR

Pelosi protests stalled immigration talks with marathon House speech

Pelosi's marathon Senate-filibuster-style speech is a protest against the fact that negotiations over the future of the expiring DACA program have stalled.

8 years ago

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., (left), chats with Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, (right), at a congressional event in October 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Economy
National

Senators reach two-year budget deal

Senate leaders have reached a bipartisan budget agreement to increase military and domestic spending levels for two-years.

8 years ago

Soldiers march across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade on Saturday, April 15, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country's late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un.
National Interest

Salute the Leader! Rules and regs for the MAGA military parade

We've exclusively obtained the official list of parade tips for the multitudes who are very strongly encouraged to turn out for what is already by far the biggest most beautif

8 years ago

Radio Times
Explainers
History
International
Military
Politics

Korean Peninsula primer / Dow Jones update

Guests: Mark Zandi, Frank Plantan  All eyes will be on the Korean Peninsula beginning Friday, a ...

Air Date: February 7, 2018

Listen 49:29
Tanks parade past President Trump, first lady Melania Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron, during a Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, on July 14.
NPR
Military

Trump reportedly wants Pentagon to stage military parade down Pennsylvania Ave.

The U.S. has long shied away from such displays of military prowess for fear of being compared to our Cold War enemies. But Trump seems to embrace this symbol of state power.

8 years ago

Radio Times
History
International
Military

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula: a primer

Guests: Frank Plantan  All eyes will be on the Korean Peninsula beginning Friday, as the Olympi ...

8 years ago

Listen 35:30
Gov. Tom Wolf gives his budget address at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Pennsylvania

Wolf unveils moderate budget proposal; GOP says it’s a mixed bag

Instead of the roughly $1.5 billion deficit they had to contend with in the last budget, they're on track for a small surplus.

8 years ago

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