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Politics & Policy

 In this June 21, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in Bethesda, Md. Sessions is visiting the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, which he has called a fine place to house new terrorism suspects. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo, File)
Immigration

Justice Dept ramps up pressure on so-called sanctuary cities

The Justice Department ramped up pressure Wednesday on so-called sanctuary cities seeking public safety grant money.

9 years ago

FILE - In this March 20, 2013, file photo, Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Pennsylvania

Listen to U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan explain his sexual harassment case

We post my awkward interview with Pat Meehan about his sexual harassment case.

9 years ago

Listen 9:17
Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, southwest of Pittsburgh.
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. Supreme Court decision to redraw congressional map adds possibly ‘chaotic’ twist in Western Pa. race

Pennsylvania’s upcoming congressional elections are in flux after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled this week that the state’s congressional map is unconstitutional.

9 years ago

Salem and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations (2017 Emergency Plan on the PSE&G website)
Energy
Environment
New Jersey

Emails: Utility worked with Christie staff to shield data

PSEG spokesman Paul Rosengren said the company has an obligation to keep financial information private.

9 years ago

Pennsylvania's capitol dome against the blue sky
Pennsylvania

Lawmakers push toward amendment to shrink Pa. legislature

This could be the year Pennsylvanians vote whether to amend the constitution and shrink the state House of Representatives by a quarter.

9 years ago

Tony Perkins, Stormy Daniels
National Interest

Hypocritical conservative evangelicals shelter themselves from Stormygate

Back in the '90s, conservative evangelicals insisted that a president's most important trait was moral character. Funny how they don't talk that way anymore.

9 years ago

State Rep. Stephanie Bolden talks at a press conference in Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware.
(Courtesy Jen Rini/Del. House Dems)
Delaware
Elections
Gender
Politics

Changing the perspective: Female lawmakers talk politics, disparity, sexism

Men outnumber women 49-13 in the Delaware General Assembly. Some of those women are speaking out about about why it's so important that women hold elected office.

9 years ago

Man in suit at microphone, background darkened around him
Elections
Pennsylvania

Reed joins Pa. congressional race amid redistricting chaos

State House Leader Dave Reed is officially running for congress becoming the second top Republican in the chamber to seek higher office this year.

9 years ago

Radio Times
International
Military
Politics

‘A Foreign Policy for the Left’

Guest: Michael Walzer Most of the discussions taking place among American leftists concern domestic issues, such ...

Air Date: January 24, 2018

Listen 49:28
U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan
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Pennsylvania
Politics

Meehan admits ‘deep affection’ for accuser, but denies sexual harassment

U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan of Delaware County says the former staffer who accused him of sexual harassment was a 'soul mate,' but he denies wrongdoing.

9 years ago

Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's book is published by the Unversity of Pennsylvania Press.
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Philadelphia

Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter talks about his new book, schools, taxes and flash mobs

After leaving office, two-term Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter reflects on his life in politics.

9 years ago

Listen 17:33
Candidate Paul Mango, seeking the Republican Party's nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's re-election bid next year, takes part in the Montgomery County Republican Committee gubernatorial forum in Blue Bell, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Mango holds conservative line, hits out at ‘insiders’

If anyone was wondering what Paul Mango—one of four Republicans vying to unseat Democratic Governor Tom Wolf—thinks about his namesake fruit, wonder no more.

9 years ago

Rep. Pat Meehan
National Interest

Top Pa. judges ‘clearly, plainly, palpably’ junk the rigged Republican map

Meehan was probably facing a tough re-election even with a rigged district. Could he possibly survive in a redrawn district that's fair to all voters?

9 years ago

Shelly Chauncey
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Pennsylvania

Sixth Democrat enters race to oust Republican U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan

A new Democratic candidate emerges in Pennsylvania's 7th District. Incumbent Pat Meehan faces sexual harassment allegations, and the Court has ordered districts to be redrawn.

9 years ago

A bill advancing in the New Jersey Legislature would authorize the state’s police and firefighters unions to manage their own pension funds. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
New Jersey

Democrats want New Jersey back in regional climate change pact

In 2011, then Governor Christie, a Republican, pulled New Jersey out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and ve ...

9 years ago

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