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 President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on Air Force One at Corpus Christi International Airport in Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, for briefings on Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

Trump’s turn to face tricky politics of natural disasters

George W. Bush never recovered from his flyover of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation. Barack Obama got a bipartisan boost late in his ...

9 years ago

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, who favors a reversal of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, plans to make that a campaign issue in his quest to unseat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. (loubarletta.com)

Pennsylvania Rep. Barletta set for Senate run against Casey

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, a former small-city mayor in Pennsylvania who shot to national prominence by trying to combat illegal immigration ...

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International
Military

South Korea says North fires ballistic missile over Japan

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its capital Pyongyang toward the sea between the Korean Peni ...

9 years ago

  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

On ‘Radio Times’: Menendez trial has national implications

The corruption trial of New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is underway, the results of which could have huge implications for national polit ...

9 years ago

Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn has issued a broad subpoena seeking Catholic Diocese of Wilmington records on possible sexual abuse by priest in recent decades. (WHYY, file)
Delaware

Delaware AG Matt Denn not running for re-election

After 14 years in elective office, Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn will return to the private sector when his term is over next year. ...

9 years ago

 Scene from an earlier video ad opposing the Philadelphia soda tax. (Ax the Tax YouTube video)
Philadelphia

Opponents of Philly drink tax launch ad challenging Bloomberg commercial

Another round of commercials is circulating in the battle over Philadelphia’s sweetened beverage tax. “The tax is crea ...

9 years ago

A supporter of LGBT rights holds up an 'equality flag' on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, during an event held by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass. in response to President Donald Trump's declaration that he wants transgender people barred from serving in the U.S. military 'in any capacity,' citing 'tremendous medical costs and disruption.' (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Military
National
Social Justice

ACLU sues Trump over transgender military ban

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender individuals joining ...

9 years ago

 In this Jan. 26, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is joined by Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio at a campaign event in Marshalltown, Iowa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
National Interest
Law
National

Trump’s craven Joe Apraio pardon, translated

On Friday night Trump pardoned Joe Apraio, the racist Arizona sheriff whose “pervasive culture of disriminatory bias against Latino ...

9 years ago

Protesters gather at City Hall in support of undocumented immigrants. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Immigration
Kids
Law

Trump expected to decide soon on fate of young immigrants

After months of delays, President Donald Trump is expected to decide soon on the fate of young immigrants who were brought into the count ...

9 years ago

Bob Menendez
Radio Times
New Jersey

N.J. politics roundup

Guests: Joe Hernandez, Ryan Hutchins, Brigid Harrison The corruption trial of New Jersey’s Democratic Senator, ...

Air Date: August 28, 2017

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(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Economy
Law
Pennsylvania

What will the House do? It’s Pennsylvania’s $2B question

The question of what Pennsylvania’s House Republican majority will do about a $2.2 billion hole in the state budget is sending ripp ...

9 years ago

 President Donald Trump speaks during the National Rifle Association-ILA Leadership Forum, Friday, April 28, 2017, in Atlanta. The NRA is holding its 146th annual meetings and exhibits forum at the Georgia World Congress Center. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Public Safety

NRA’s video message to ‘elites’: ‘We’re coming for you’

The election of President Donald Trump and Republican control of Congress meant the National Rifle Association could probably rest easy t ...

9 years ago

First
Law
National

First Person: U.S. Senator Chris Coons

From the President’s new plan on Afghanistan to his latest address to the nation, Coons shares his thoughts on the President and hi ...

9 years ago

 (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

Those who knew — and battled — Frank Rizzo weigh in on statue’s future

As the debate continues over whether the statue of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo should be moved from the plaza of the city’ ...

9 years ago

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Sustainability

Trump’s proposed cuts to EPA could cost Philadelphia millions, report finds

9 years ago

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