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Politics & Policy

U.S. Supreme Court (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

DOJ appeals judge’s travel ban ruling to Supreme Court

The Trump administration is seeking to close a legal window opened for tens of thousands of refugees to enter the United States. T ...

8 years ago

 Irina Gitman, who immigrated from the Ukraine, launched a Russian language weekly newspaper from her Northeast Philadelphia home in 1994. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Philly’s Russian-speaking community on Trump-Russia scandal: Let’s not talk about it

Turn on the TV or radio, and odds are, you’ll hear someone rambling on about ...

8 years ago

 U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur, a South Jersey Republican, says Obama-era appointees may be deliberately slowing down the approval process for Trump nominees. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Dems, GOP trade blame for ‘clogged nominee pipeline’ in D.C.

The Trump White House is blaming Congress for “slow walking” the president’s nominees to fill out his Cabinet. B ...

8 years ago

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 Iraqis celebrate in Tahrir square as they wait for the final announcement of the defeat of the Islamic state militants, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 9, 2017. Backed by the U.S.-led coalition, Iraq launched the operation to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants in October. (Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)

On ‘Radio Times’: Iraqi attitudes

This week, Iraqi forces recaptured Mosul from ISIS, but in the process, thousands of civilians were killed, almost a million people were ...

8 years ago

 Larry Krasner speaks to the media on May 17, 2017, the day after he won the Democratic nomination for Philadelphia district attorney. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)

After career for defense, likely Philly DA winner moves to preclude conflicts of interest

Larry Krasner has represented criminal defendants and people suing the police for 24 years. Krasner, who won the Democratic nomina ...

8 years ago

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Paulsboro residents (from left) Erica Scott, Christa Cooper and Sheryl Haas discuss the issues faced by their town and state in light of the race for governor. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Over dinner, Paulsboro residents dish on N.J. politics and politicians [photos]

A few weeks ago, we asked five Paulsboro, New Jersey, residents to discuss politics over ravioli, roast pork and cannoli at Nino Gervasi& ...

8 years ago

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 Protesters gather outside the U.S. Custom House where U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania has his Philadelphia office. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Weekly Toomey protests could give Democrats a boost in 2018

Almost every week, Terry Baraldi uses her Medicare card to get a discounted $1 train ride from her home in Landsdowne, Delaware County, t ...

8 years ago

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Radio Times host Marty Moss-Coane interviews Brooke Gladstone with a live audience at WHYY. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Brooke Gladstone on ‘Radio Times’: Democracy cannot happen when the president assaults journalism

Monday’s “Radio Times” broadcast featured Marty Moss-Coane’s ...

8 years ago

 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)

Attorney General Sessions visits Guantanamo Bay prison

Attorney General Jeff Sessions visited Guantanamo Bay on Friday in a show of support for the prison he has called a “perfectly acce ...

8 years ago

Philadelphia voting machines are stored at the Office of the City Commissioners warehouse. (Brad Larrison for WHYY News, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
National

How campaign strategists use voter information

Earlier this week, New Jersey joined Pennsylvania, Delaware and numerous other states in refusing to provide the Trump administration’ ...

8 years ago

 President Donald Trump (right) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Hamburg. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

On ‘Radio Times’: Trump’s first meeting with Putin

This week, President Donald Trump is in Germany for his first G20 summit. He met with world leaders to discuss world crises such as clima ...

8 years ago

 Associated Press video journalist Bill Gorman is prevented by a security guard from filming a protest inside the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (Charles Dharapak/AP Photo, file)

Federal appeals court: ‘No doubt’ citizens have right to film on-duty Philly cops

A federal appeals court Friday affirmed that citizens have a First Amendment right to record on-duty police officers, rejecting a lower c ...

8 years ago

 A 'NO I.C.E.' (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) sign seen on a pedestrian overpass crossing a freeway in Los Angeles, California. (Mike Blake/Reuters)

DOJ questions whether some sanctuary cities are complying with immigration law

The Justice Department on Thursday questioned whether some so-called sanctuary cities responded honestly when asked whether they follow t ...

8 years ago

 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to the audience at the Lincoln Day Dinner, Friday, June 30, 2017, in Elizabethtown, Ky. (Timothy D. Easley/AP Photo)

GOP leader says he’ll rework health bill, but offers Plan B

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he plans to produce a fresh bill in about a week scuttling and replacing much of President Ba ...

8 years ago

Trump and Merkel
Radio Times
International

Trump’s first G20 summit; Voter fraud commission

This week, President Donald Trump is in Germany for his first G20 summit. Trump faces challenging foreign policy tests in Europe and Asia ...

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