Politics & Policy

Sessions called anew Tuesday on Congress to strengthen immigration laws and said President Donald Trump's administration was taking steps to more strictly enforce law.

This is the last scheduled session week for state lawmakers this year, and they’re working long days to try and push through several bills.

Lynyrd Skynyrd famously sang, "Sweet home Alabama/Lord, I'm coming home to you." But what will home look like tomorrow?

City Councilman Alan Domb suggested better marketing to dispel the impression that Philadelphia has a bad business climate.

Testimony in a fast-tracked lawsuit alleging gerrymandering ...

Lawmakers are expected to vote soon on bill that would ban abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy. Current law allows the procedure up until 24 weeks.

We talk about the political strategy known as “whataboutism.” The President uses this strategy as do many politicians and pundits. We ...

We talk with WITF’s KATIE MEYER ...

The New York Times reporters' detailed portrait of an infant in action was based on "interviews with 60 advisers, associates, friends, and members of Congress."

Current law mandates a pension be forfeited if a Pennsylvania state employee commits one of a list of specific crimes related to his or her job.

The group End Citizens United says it will raise and spend $35 million to target 20 Republican candidates next year, including three from the Philadelphia region.

Years in the making, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's administration is rolling out a new Medicaid feature that's designed to reduce the future number of enrollees in nursing homes.

The group created to reform how the Democratic National Committee selects its presidential nominee announced plans to slash the number of superdelegates by more than half.

Republican Leonard Lance and Democrat Josh Gottheimer are floating a plan to strike a $10,000 cap on property tax deductions in both House and Senate tax bills.