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In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright of Lyons, Ga., late Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Wright, 29, of Lyons, Ga., was one of four U.S. troops and four Niger forces killed in an ambush by dozens of Islamic extremists on a joint patrol of American and Niger Force.
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International
Military

The Niger ambush: Imagine if Hillary behaved like Trump

Imagine if Hillary Clinton were president, and she'd gone two weeks without saying a single word about the deadliest combat mission of her young tenure.

9 years ago

Radio Times
Law
Pennsylvania

Challenging gerrymandering

Guests: Carol Kuniholm, Sam Wang Pennsylvania routinely tops the list as the one of the country’s most gerryman ...

Air Date: October 19, 2017

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Republican nominee Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, right, answers a question during a gubernatorial debate against Democratic nominee Phil Murphy at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, pool)
New Jersey

New Jersey gubernatorial candidates clash over property taxes

New Jersey’s property taxes — the country’s highest — are taking center stage in the second and final debate gubernatoria ...

9 years ago

 A crew works on a drilling rig at a well site for shale-based natural gas in Zelienople, Pennsylvania,  in 2012. A plan for a severance tax on drillers had advanced in the state House.. (AP file photo)
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Energy
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. natural gas tax passes House committee, may hit a wall before full vote

Advancing the plan is a big step for Democrats and moderate Republicans, who have pushed for years to levy the severance tax.

9 years ago

Centre County's Jake Corman, the Pennsylvania Senate majority leader. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Business
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. House budget plan disliked in the Senate, but being considered as end to impasse

The budget’s completion still could hinge on whether the state House and Senate can agree on a gambling expansion.

9 years ago

Two candidates, both seated at table, with microphone; Guadagno in blue suit (left) Murphy in black (right)
New Jersey

Murphy and Guadagno meet in 2nd and final debate

Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno will square off in their second and final debate ...

9 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Delaware
Law

U.S. Senator Coons questions AG Sessions about Wilmington crime

Amid questions about Russian influence in the election and ending the DACA program, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions also faced questions about violence in Wilmington.

9 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee (YouTube screenshot)
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Watch: Attorney General Jeff Sessions testify before Senate Judiciary Committee

All nine Democrats on the committee recently sent Sessions a letter essentially informing him that they expected him not to broadly assert executive privilege.

9 years ago

The state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., is shown in December 2016. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

House passes familiar budget plan — minus new revenue

House lawmakers narrowly passed part of a proposal Tuesday night to finish Pennsylvania's overdue state budget.

9 years ago

The Federal Reserve Building; white columns, black fencing against a blue sky
Keystone Crossroads
Business
Economy
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. lawmakers angle for tens of billions in federal restitution

Some Pennsylvania lawmakers are trying to get restitution for what they see as bad U.S. Federal Reserve policies during the recovery of the housing market.

9 years ago

In this Sept. 23, 2011 file photo, Rep. Thomas Marino, R-Pa., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
National Interest
National
Pennsylvania
Public Health

The free press exposes Trump swamp creature Tom Marino

Let's briefly pause to celebrate the speedy downfall of a Trump apparatchik. Because it speaks to the resilience of our democratic institutions.

9 years ago

Radio Times
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National

Bob Schieffer’s “Overload”

BOB SCHIEFFER has been a journalist for CBS News for nearly 50 y ...

Air Date: October 18, 2017

Listen 48:58
Former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich shake hands after participating in a discussion on bridging political and partisan divides at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Delaware

Biden, Kasich tout compromise and consensus at Delaware forum

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, expressed their concerns about polarizing political parties during an event at the University of Delaware.

9 years ago

<p><p>Protesters angered by President Donald Trump’s executive order that prevented refugees, visa and green card holders from entering the US chant pro-immigration slogans at Philadelphia International Airport. (Branden Eastwood for NewsWorks)</p></p>
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Immigration
International
National

Federal judge in Hawaii blocks Trump’s third attempt at travel ban

A federal judge in Hawaii has partially blocked President Trump's third attempt to restrict entry into the U.S. for citizens of certain countries.

9 years ago

A man in a tan jacket and blue tie, the American flag off to the left
Energy
Pennsylvania
Taxes

Democrats, moderate Republicans finding new path for Pa. shale tax

Natural gas severance tax proponents say going through new committee could be breakthrough in Pennsylvania legislature.

9 years ago

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