Politics & Policy
2,000 attend virtual Delaware town hall amid federal layoffs and immigration enforcement fears
Delaware’s congressional leaders tackled federal layoffs, data privacy concerns and immigration enforcement in the Trump administration.
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Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings
The Department of Government Efficiency, run by Trump adviser Elon Musk, last week published an initial list of 1,125 contracts that it terminated in recent weeks.
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Pennsylvania changes policy to follow Trump order on transgender athletes in high school sports
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's board voted last week to remove a policy that had deferred to school principals to determine an athlete’s “gender."
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A new document undercuts Trump admin’s denials about $400 million Tesla deal
The State Department claimed a plan to buy thousands of armored Teslas was left over from the Biden administration. Documents obtained by NPR show the Biden plan was smaller.
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Western leaders visit Kyiv and pledge military support against Russia on the war’s 3rd anniversary
World security is at stake in talks over how the war ends, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned.
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Trump administration putting USAID staffers on leave worldwide and firing at least 1,600
The move escalates a monthlong assault on the U.S. Agency for International Development that has closed its D.C. headquarters and shut down thousands of programs worldwide.
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Trump's cost-cutting chief said Saturday that failure to respond to the demand would be taken as a resignation. Agencies like the FBI and Pentagon told workers not to comply.
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From Ukraine to DOGE: Here’s everything that happened with Trump this week
NPR rounds up what happened this week, the fourth week of President Trump's administration, and takes a look at some developments that have been overlooked.
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U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean speaks on value in federal funding for community projects
The politician representing parts of Montgomery and Berks counties spoke about the harm of a stalled budget at the Resilience Resource Center in Huntingdon Valley.
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Listen 1:01IRS plans to lay off 7,000 probationary workers beginning Thursday, AP source says
The IRS has around 90,000 employees across the U.S. It's unclear how the layoffs, which largely affect employees in compliance departments, may affect tax collection services.
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Trump appoints Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to Council of Governors
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What the DOGE cuts mean to Philly
The latest on DOGE and the Trump administration's cuts to federal jobs and aid. Budget freezes are impacting NIH funding, education programs and thousands of local workers.
Air Date: February 20, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:43White House will celebrate Black History Month as some government agencies skip after anti-DEI order
The Trump administration has issued a deadline to schools and universities to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money.
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N.J. lawmakers want to address the growing shortage of nurses and other health care workers
New Jersey lawmakers are considering a bill to let out-of-state nurses and other health care professionals work without final license approval for a year.
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Trump has signed an executive order on IVF. Here’s what you should know about the procedure
The executive order instructed the assistant to the president for domestic policy to give Trump a list of policy recommendations on protecting IVF access.
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