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Politics & Policy

In this June 2, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo, file)
Environment
Media
National

EPA blocks some media from water contamination summit, then reverses course

The EPA reversed course Tuesday and allowed a reporter for The Associated Press to cover a meeting on water contaminants after she was earlier barred.

8 years ago

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree changes are warranted when it comes to gun laws and school safety. However, they often disagree about the right course of action. (Lisa Marie Pane/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

As session resumes, Pa. state lawmakers inch toward gun reforms

With the state House and Senate both back in Harrisburg, lawmakers are turning their attention to a number of gun control and school safety bills.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson County (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. GOP Senator pushes for redistricting, open primaries

Scarnati is throwing his weight behind a few measures that have been more commonly championed by Democrats.

8 years ago

In this Jan. 12, 1966, photo provided by the White House, President Lyndon B. Johnson prepares for his State of the Union address with, (from left), Richard Goodwin, former presidential assistant called back from Wesleyan University to help on the speech, Jack Valenti and (not pictured) Joseph A. Califano, Jr. at the White House in Washington. Goodwin, an aide, speechwriter and liberal force for the Kennedys and Lyndon Johnson died Sunday, May 20, 2018, at his home in Concord, Mass. His wife, the historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, said he died after a brief bout with cancer. (The White House/AP Photo)
National Interest

Goodbye to Richard Goodwin, whose prose sang the promise of America

You’ve probably never heard of Richard Goodwin, who died Sunday at 86. But there once was a time when his unparalleled eloquence le ...

8 years ago

 Members of the Joint Finance Committee meet in Dover in this file photo. (File/WHYY)
Delaware

State panel updates Delaware revenue forecast

A state panel has added more than $80 million to Delaware's government revenue estimate as lawmakers prepare to begin drafting a new budget.

8 years ago

(Big Stock photo)

New Jersey considering a ban on styrofoam containers in schools

New Jersey lawmakers are considering legislation that would prohibit public schools and universities from selling food and beverages in S ...

8 years ago

In July 2017 New Jersey state parks were closed during the government shutdown.  Island Beach State Park was one of them. (Justin Auciello/for WHYY)
New Jersey
Outdoors
Politics

New Jersey may keep state parks open during government shutdowns

A bill advancing in the N.J. Senate would require state parks and recreation areas to say open for seven days during government shutdowns.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump shows a chart highlighting arms sales to Saudi Arabia during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Washington.
Government Accountability
International

The princes, the president and the fortune seekers

Elliott Broidy, a top fundraiser for President Trump, spent a year cultivating two princes from the Arabian Peninsula, hoping to nail down over $1 billion in business.

8 years ago

The Harrisburg Incinerator on South 19th Street, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. suing firms, professionals involved in Harrisburg incinerator fiasco

Nearly a dozen capital-region firms and professionals are being sued over their involvement in financial ...

8 years ago

a sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market
Immigration
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly officials: DHS proposal would penalize legal immigrants for kids’ public assistance

The latest immigration battle between the federal government and cities like Philadelphia: public assistance programs, such as food stamps and Medicaid.

8 years ago

The U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Immigration
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Pa., N.J. Republicans fueling petition to bring DACA to House vote

A group of GOP lawmakers might force Congressional leadership's hand and bring a DACA bill to the floor.

8 years ago

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein vowed the Justice Department would look into whether there was any wrongdoing in its Russia investigation.
NPR

Justice, FBI, intelligence bosses meet at White House amid snooping standoff

Top intelligence and law enforcement leaders were set to meet Monday at the White House amidst an escalation of pressure by President Trump on the FBI's Russia investigation.

8 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People
PBS NewsHour

Trump pulls back from brink of trade war with China, but no guarantee tensions are over

8 years ago

The Capitol in Washington, D.C. is shown in an aerial view. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
National Interest

Four reasons why Democrats could lose the congressional midterms

Election day is nearly six months away, and conventional wisdom decrees that Democrats will surf a blue wave and seize the House of Representatives. But I'm not so sure.

8 years ago

In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before a House oversight panel on April 11 as Congress and U.S. regulators consider how to deal with the social media giant amid a privacy scandal. (Richard Drew/AP Photo, File)
PBS NewsHour

EU to install sweeping changes to online privacy rules

8 years ago

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