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Politics & Policy

The U.N. headquarters in New York City is seen here in 2003.
NPR
Economy
International

Trump administration touts a smaller U.N. budget (and takes credit for it)

The Trump Administration said Sunday that the United Nations budget has been reduced for the coming year, and framed any cuts as the product of U.S. negotiation.

9 years ago

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra greets supporters before giving a concession speech as his wife Diane, right, stands by, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Grand Rapids, Mich.
National Interest

Meet Peter Hoekstra, epitome of the Trump regime

There's ample time this week to assess the first long year of the Trump occupation, but perhaps one December incident tells us all we need to know about the assault on truth.

9 years ago

A man from Congo is frisked by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers after illegally entering Canada, near the border with Champlain, N.Y. (Lorne Matalon)
NPR
Immigration
International

Fearing deportation from U.S., migrants walk to Canada

They are taking advantage of a footnote in a Canada-U.S. treaty that says those who cross by foot won't be turned back from Canada until their case is heard.

9 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
International

Trump is first president in almost a century to skip hosting a state visit in his first year

9 years ago

The official White House Christmas tree, center, is seen in the Blue Room during a media preview of the 2017 holiday decorations at the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
National Interest

A very contemporary Christmas poem

'Twas the night before Christmas
And through the White House
Not a creature was stirring
Except for the louse...

9 years ago

Ice sculpture from former state Sen. Vince Fumo's holiday party
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

Fumo fest has pretty raw sushi station

Former state Sen. Vince Fumo's holiday party featured sushi served on the body of a naked woman.

9 years ago

House Minority Leader Frank Dermody, D-Allegheny, says he wishes he could divulge specifics of the claims that resulted in the House Democrats paying out $500,000 in the last decade to settle staff disputes.
Pennsylvania
Politics

Calls for change mount after harassment allegations against Pa. lawmakers

In the last decade House Democrats have spent more than half a million dollars to settle staff disputes.

9 years ago

FILE - In this Monday, March 31, 2014 file photo, SEIU-UHW worker Kathy Santana, left, assists Ruben Torres, 27, during a health care enrollment event at the SEIU-UHW office in Commerce, Calif.
National Interest
Health Care
National

Trump loses again: Americans flock to ‘dead’ Obamacare

Obamacare enrollment stats are a reminder that an historically unpopular president and a manifestly unpopular party cannot simply compel Americans to behave like sheep.

9 years ago

Radio Times
Elections
Politics

The fate of the Mueller investigation; Putin’s motivation

With some observers predicting that the President will fire Special Prosecutor Mueller despite official denials from the White House, we ...

9 years ago

Listen 26:15
Radio Times
Performing Arts
Politics

Doogie Horner / Mueller’s investigation and Putin’s motivation

Guests: Doogie Horner, Julia Ioffe, David Corn Today we’ll meet comedian and Philadelphia-native ...

Air Date: December 22, 2017

Listen 49:14
As a master of old-school politics, U.S. Rep. Bob Brady is a fascinating throwback in Washington. But an array of circumstances could make it difficult for him to win another term in Congress. (AP file photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Law
Philadelphia

2018: Trouble for Congressman Brady?

For nearly 20 years, Bob Brady's been re-elected to Congress without a serious fight, but next year may be different. We look at whether he's vulnerable.

9 years ago

Listen 4:01
Catherine McCabe says she looks forward to helping Phil Murphy deal with the state’s environmental issues. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Environment
New Jersey

New Jersey’s governor-elect taps Obama EPA administrator for state DEP

Democratic Gov.-elect Phil Murphy says Catherine McCabe, a former acting EPA director, will lead New Jersey's counterpart department.

9 years ago

In this undated photo, caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. The refuge takes up an area nearly the size of South Carolina in Alaska's northeast corner. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)
NPR
Energy
Environment

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge battle ends, but drilling not a given

The Republican tax bill opens a part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development, ending an epic, nearly four-decade battle.

9 years ago

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley addresses the General Assembly prior to the body's censure vote on Jerusalem on Thursday. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

U.N. votes overwhelmingly to condemn U.S. decision on Jerusalem

Among the countries that voted in favor of the resolution are the United Kingdom and France. Israel joined the U.S. in voting against the measure.

9 years ago

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-WIs., right, applauds as President Donald Trump hugs Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as he speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, to acknowledge the final passage of tax overhaul legislation by Congress.
National Interest

Two reasons why Republicans could survive their tax bill in 2018

Last week I suggested that the GOP tax "reform" law is a "suicide pact" that will snuff them in the '18 midterm elections. But today I play devil's advocate with myself.

9 years ago

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