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Protesters stand arm-in-arm as they block an entrance to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Francisco, Calif., on May 1. San Francisco sued the Trump administration over its threats to cut grant money to cities that don't fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Judge blocks Trump administration from punishing ‘sanctuary cities’

The Trump administration cannot withhold federal money to punish local governments for their noncompliance with immigration authorities.

8 years ago

Natural gas drillers (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
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Pennsylvania

Pa. House begins debating natural gas drilling tax

It's a major priority for Democrats, who have been trying unsuccessfully to pass one for a decade.

8 years ago

Sen. Al Franken
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Should Al Franken immediately resign? Whoa, take a breath.

I'm warning against haste simply because the allegation-and-punishment process threatens to veer out of control before we've established a fair and balanced system of justice.

8 years ago

 Pennsylvania State House in Harrisburg, Pa (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Lawmakers edge closer to agreement on Pa. jobless system funding

A new plan passed through the House Labor and Industry Committee on Monday would give the unemployment compensation program $115.2 million, which would be gradually phased out

8 years ago

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware opposes the GOP tax plan and its impact on the Affordable Care Act. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
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Democrats, health officials, oppose Republican tax plan

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, is voicing opposition to the latest tax plan which aims to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
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Philadelphia
Taxes

Pa. auditor general completes review of DNC staff bonuses

Pennsylvania's auditor general finds that $1 million in bonuses to DNC host committee staffers didn't violate state grant agreement, but the IRS should review two of them.

8 years ago

White House legislative director Marc Short talks on the phone as he walks towards the Senate subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017.
National Interest

The accused predator club: Moore puts the squeeze on Trump

Imagine working for Donald Trump, a credibly accused sexual predator, and being tasked with going on national TV to talk about Roy Moore, a credibly accused sexual predator.

8 years ago

from top left to bottom right, Sen. Al Franken, Julian Assange, Rep. Paul Ryan, Roy Moore (Associated Press)
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Political roundtable with Sabrina Siddiqui and Dick Polman

Guests: Sabrina Siddiqui, Dick Polman We have a lot of politics to discuss today. The GOP tax plan just passed th ...

Air Date: November 20, 2017

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Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf (AP, file)
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Pennsylvania

Wolf starting to look like ‘two-term Tom’ as 2018 approaches

Gov. Tom Wolf now heads into the 2018 election year with political winds at his back.

8 years ago

(WHYY, file)
Environment
International

Trump delays new policy on importing elephant trophies

Trump tweeted Friday that the policy had been "under study for years." He said he would put the decision "on hold" and review it with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

8 years ago

President trump
Speak Easy

Not all men in power are tumbling after sexual misconduct allegations

The entertainment and media worlds are finally waking up: Men in power can’t grab, grope, kiss, demean, threaten or proposition women or men and expect to keep their jobs.

8 years ago

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un receives a military briefing
Speak Easy
International
Military

We should dismantle our nuclear stash, not expand it

Across the U.S., ICBM silos are just sitting there. They would be the first targets if Russia launched an attack to try to limit our retaliatory capabilities.

8 years ago

(AP, file)
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Pennsylvania
Taxes

Next year’s Pa. budget projected to have $1 billion hole

Pennsylvania is already on track to have a significant budget gap to fill next year.

8 years ago

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Home security? Some opposed to Domb’s bill to securitize liens on tax deadbeats

8 years ago

Former Vice President Beau Biden and novelist Lea Carpenter promoted Biden's book Thursday. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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Delaware
Higher Education

Biden brings book tour, tales of Beau, to University of Delaware

About 500 students, longtime friends and political allies packed the student center for Joe Biden's talk with Lea Carpenter, a Wilmington native who grew up with Beau Biden.

8 years ago

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