Politics & Policy

Former Navy vice admiral Joe Sestak tells a punchy story on the campaign trail about Pat Toomey, the incumbent he wants to beat in Pennsy ...

Hillary Clinton made a swing through Philadelphia, meeting with a group of black ministers and attending a fundraiser where rocker Jon Bo ...

For months, wags have wondered what Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter would do when he left office this month. We now have part of the an ...

A Mt. Airy lawyer will officially launch his campaign Wednesday night against indicted Philadelphia U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah. Dan Mu ...

Here are the latest developments from the first day of Pennsylvania’s petition circulating period to qualify for the April 26 prima ...

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is taking early steps toward launching a independent campaign for president, seeing a potential p ...

U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah’s attorney has given up on the cash-strapped congressman for treating the representation basicially like a p ...

City Councilman Jim Kenney pushed for the complete elimination of DROP, the city’s controversial Deferred Retirement Option Plan. ...

Republicans were still on their winter vacation when President Obama announced he was unilaterally tightening the nation’s backgrou ...

The end of Western sanctions against Iran loomed Saturday as Iran’s foreign minister suggested the U.N. atomic agency is close to c ...

Former Philadelphia Mayor John Street has kept a low profile since leaving office in 2008, but, in a rare appearance, this week he gave a ...

Lobbyist and former Deputy Philadelphia Mayor Herbert Vederman says the only way he could have a fair shot at defending himself against f ...

An appeals court is troubled over a White House official’s private email account. A federal appeals panel seems likely to ru ...

Politics in Philadelphia tends to be a family affair — former Mayors Frank Rizzo, Bill Gree ...