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Radio Times
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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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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

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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

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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

In this Aug. 22, 2017 file photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the State Department in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo, File)

U.S. to limit visas from 4 nations that won’t take deportees

The Trump administration is poised to impose visa restrictions on four Asian and African nations refusing to take back their citizens who ...

9 years ago

Sen. Jeff Flake
Radio Times

Sen. Jeff Flake and the rally in Arizona

Guests: Jeff Flake, Carrie Jung, Jim Newell President Trump held a campaign-style rally in Arizona last night fol ...

Air Date: August 23, 2017

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 U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Bucks County takes individual questions after a town-hall style meeting Tuesday night in Bensalem (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)

U.S. Rep. Fitzpatrick emphasizes civil discourse at Bucks County town hall meeting

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick held his first in-person town hall in Bucks County Tuesday evening, urging more civil public discourse. About ...

9 years ago

 A report from the Commonwealth Foundation sought to identify where all the so-called 'earmarks' in the Senate's budget proposal would go. (AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Watchdogs raise concerns over Pa. budget ‘earmarks’

It’s been nearly a month since Pennsylvania’s Senate voted through a revenue plan to fund the state budget — if the House a ...

9 years ago

 Protesters chant outside Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai's office door. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Pennsylvania

Demonstrators call on Pa. House members to complete budget work

Pennsylvania has had an unbalanced budget for nearly a month, and activist groups around the commonwealth say Gov. Tom Wolf may soon have ...

9 years ago

 Afghan national army (ANA) Soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. President Donald Trump will use a nationally televised address to outline for a war-weary nation the strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan after 16 years of combat and lives lost. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
National Interest
Military

From dove to hawk: Trump’s Afghanistan flip flop

When Donald Trump was a tweeting private citizen, he cooed like a dove: “It is time to get out of Afghanistan” and “Afg ...

9 years ago

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Radio Times
International
Military

Trump makes moves in Afghanistan

Guests: Dan De Luce, Michael Kugelman, Marla Keenan The war in Afghanistan is currently being overseen by its thi ...

Air Date: August 22, 2017

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On ‘Radio Times’: How will Trump change after Bannon?

President Trump’s Chief Strategist Steve Bannon left the administration on Friday, the latest in a string of high-profile departure ...

9 years ago

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 New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a political ally of President Donald Trump, says the president's statements blaming
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Christie raps Trump for blaming Charlottesville violence on ‘both sides’

President Donald Trump’s comments that both sides were equally responsible for the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, were a mi ...

9 years ago

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