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Politics & Policy
Trump order undermines rebuilding better for future floods
Two weeks before Harvey’s flood waters engulfed much of Houston, President Donald Trump quietly rolled back an order by his predece ...
7 years ago
More N.J. resources bound for Texas to aid in recovery
New Jersey is providing more manpower and supplies to help with the emergency response to flooding in Texas caused by Tropical Storm Harv ...
7 years ago
Calls for Pa. jobless program funding, but few specifics at hearing
More than eight months after a fight over funding for Pennsylvania’s jobless program, the Wolf administration says the program is still ...
7 years ago
Tension rises between Pa. House GOP and Wolf; state’s general fund teeters near zero
The main fund Pennsylvania uses to pay its bills would have hit zero this week, if not for a $700 million transfer from the state’s Mot ...
7 years ago
GOP credo: Big Guvmint is bad until red states need help
It’s an old story, freshened anew by Hurricane Harvey: Republicans profess to hate Big Guvmint as a matter of principle — until c ...
7 years ago
Ted Cruz who opposed aid for Sandy victims now thinks Texas deserves it
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is calling Ted Cruz and other Texas lawmakers “hypocrites” for their votes against ...
7 years ago
Trump’s turn to face tricky politics of natural disasters
George W. Bush never recovered from his flyover of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation. Barack Obama got a bipartisan boost late in his ...
7 years ago
Pennsylvania Rep. Barletta set for Senate run against Casey
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, a former small-city mayor in Pennsylvania who shot to national prominence by trying to combat illegal immigration ...
7 years ago
South Korea says North fires ballistic missile over Japan
South Korea’s military says North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its capital Pyongyang toward the sea between the Korean Peni ...
7 years ago
On ‘Radio Times’: Menendez trial has national implications
The corruption trial of New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is underway, the results of which could have huge implications for national polit ...
7 years ago
Delaware AG Matt Denn not running for re-election
After 14 years in elective office, Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn will return to the private sector when his term is over next year. ...
7 years ago
Opponents of Philly drink tax launch ad challenging Bloomberg commercial
Another round of commercials is circulating in the battle over Philadelphia’s sweetened beverage tax. “The tax is crea ...
7 years ago
ACLU sues Trump over transgender military ban
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender individuals joining ...
7 years ago
Trump’s craven Joe Apraio pardon, translated
On Friday night Trump pardoned Joe Apraio, the racist Arizona sheriff whose “pervasive culture of disriminatory bias against Latino ...
7 years ago
Trump expected to decide soon on fate of young immigrants
After months of delays, President Donald Trump is expected to decide soon on the fate of young immigrants who were brought into the count ...
7 years ago