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Controversial Nunes memo released following formal approval from Trump

Read the memo below.

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Pennsylvania's 1st, 2nd and 13th Congressional Districts.
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Philadelphia

Will Bob Brady’s congressional district disappear?

Candidates thinking they'll run for Bob Brady's open congressional seat may find redistricting wipes it away, forcing them to run against one of two Philly incumbents.

8 years ago

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U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics

At Penn, Democrat Rep. Schiff excoriates GOP, Trump over release of intelligence memo

President says he will allow publication of he memo, with some redactions, over the objections of top FBI and Department of Justice officials.

8 years ago

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New Jersey

Murphy says N.J. joins neighbors in opposing fracking

Murphy, a Democrat, announced the decision on the banks of the Delaware River in Phillipsburg Thursday.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. (WITF)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Wealthy Pa. gubernatorial candidates take significant fundraising lead

Four Republicans are contending for the chance to unseat Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf in November.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania  Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati is refusing to turn over congressional district data to the state Supreme Court. (AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

GOP leaders vow to ignore court order in Pa. gerrymandering case

The court says if lawmakers don’t redraw the maps and submit them to Gov. Tom Wolf, the justices will redraw them.

8 years ago

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Energy
New Jersey

New Jersey ordered to rev up recruitment of offshore wind providers

At the site of an onshore wind farm in Atlantic City, Murphy signed an executive order to move ahead with the program.

8 years ago

FILE - In this March 10, 2006 file photo, Ohio coal miners head into the mine for a shift inside the Hopedale Mine near Cadiz, Ohio.
National Interest
Energy
Politics
Public Health

Trump’s oxymoronic ode to ‘beautiful clean coal’

What best explains Trump's bizarre love affair with coal?

8 years ago

New citizens wait to take the oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Speak Easy
Immigration
Race & Ethnicity

Trump should expand understanding of ‘merit’ if he wants to replace diversity visa

Unlike the president, I believe that hard work and a hunger for a better life should be part of assessing 'merit.'

8 years ago

A political storm is brewing in Washington over the release of a much-discussed secret memo alleging abuses by the FBI and Justice Department. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
National

What you need to know about the GOP snooping memo controversy

The latest political sandstorm in the Russia saga is over four pages of paper that have never seen the light of day.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Books

Max Boot’s “The Road Not Taken”

MAX BOOT, military historian and author, writes the story of Edward Lansdale —a bri ...

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Republican Senator John Eichelberger, of Blair County  (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. Senate rules no conflict of interest for congressional hopefuls voting on new district shapes

The State Senate decided that members of the chamber who are candidates are allowed to vote on legislation related to the first step of the map-making process.

8 years ago

The Senate Appropriations Committee passes a shell bill designed as an eventual vehicle for language to redraw Pennsylvania's congressional maps. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Unknowns abound as Pa. begins to redraw congressional maps

A week into the three-week period the state Supreme Court allotted lawmakers to redraw Pennsylvania's congressional maps, not much concrete progress has been made.

8 years ago

A pipeline construction site in Jackson Township, Butler County, Pa. A recent ruling over a disputed valve station in Chester County has created more construction delays for the Mariner East 2 natural gas liquids pipeline. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Speak Easy
Economic Development
Energy
Infrastructure

Pipelines remain critical infrastructure that deserve support

The state Department of Environmental Protection recently halted work on Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline. That’s too bad. The project is critically important infrastructure.

8 years ago

FBI Director Christopher Wray. The bureau warns it has
NPR

FBI warns of ‘grave concerns’ about ‘accuracy’ of GOP snooping memo

8 years ago

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