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The FBI is investigating Trump-Russia ties

Guests: Robert Baer, John Dean FBI Director James Comey announced at a House hearing on Monday that they are inve ...

Air Date: March 22, 2017

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 Republican Lucinda Little and Democrat Emilio Vasquez battled in a special state house election yesterday. (Dave Davies / WHYY)

Democrats claim victory in strange special election

Democrats appear to have held on to a north Philadelphia state house seat in an unusual special election yesterday. The election f ...

9 years ago

 Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 21, 2017, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

On ‘Radio Times’: Analysts call Gorsuch ‘the new kid on the block’

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. This seat remained empty for a year after ...

9 years ago

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Council hearing examines evictions, substandard housing, and possible solutions

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 House Homeland Security Committee member Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, for a joint hearing of the Senate-House Homeland Security subcommittees on the Secret Service. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Perry town hall contentious over health care, immigration

Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry’s town hall is turning contentious in his southcentral Pennsylvania district over questions on und ...

9 years ago

U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, a Republican from Central Pennsylvania, is part of the tea party-aligned House Freedom Caucus. (AP file photo)

White House concessions to tea party on health bill could alienate some Republican moderates

President Trump hosted a group of conservatives at the White House Friday — and he’s reportedly given them what they want: big ch ...

9 years ago

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Pennsylvania's state capitol building. (AP file photo)

Pennsylvania Senate GOP readies for another assault on pension problem

 One of Harrisburg’s perennial headaches is heading back to the legislative spotlight as Senate Republican leaders work to pus ...

9 years ago

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Wilmington Mayor proposes tax increase

Mayor Mike Purzycki released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 on Thursday. On Thursday night Mayor Mike Purzycki, D-Wilmin ...

9 years ago

Iraqi refugee Mohammed Sadoun, 39, and his wife Suhad, 35, who came from Mosul, Iraq, pose for a picture with their children shortly after arriving on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos. “We had to run from Islamic State, IS, death will reach us all if we don’t. I wish to reach Germany where humanity exists, and my children will grow up with a bright future,” Mohammed Sadoun said. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Seeking Refuge

Every year, thousands of people come to the U.S. from other countries. Some come as immigrants. Others come to this country under terribl ...

Air Date: March 17, 2017

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 (AP photo/Matt Rourke)

Ex Pa. Treasurer Rob McCord continues to cooperate with Feds as he awaits sentencing

The prosecution’s star witness takes the stand this week in the federal bribery trial of Richard Ireland, a Main Line businessman.< ...

9 years ago

  In this Feb. 17, 2015, file photo, former elected Pennsylvania state treasurer Rob McCord walks from the U.S. District Court in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

McCord calls played in trial over state treasury fees

Prosecutors in the trial of a suburban Philadelphia investment adviser began playing the FBI’s secretly recorded phone calls of ex- ...

9 years ago

 Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary McCord, center, accompanied by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District Brian Stretch, left, and FBI Executive Director Paul Abbate, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. The Justice Department announced charges against four defendants, including two officers of Russian security services, for a mega data breach at Yahoo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

U.S. charges 2 Russian agents, 2 hackers in mass Yahoo breach

Two Russian intelligence agents and two hackers have been charged in a devastating breach at Yahoo that affected at least a half billion ...

9 years ago

a river in a canyon
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Environmental policy update; then, what is the ‘Deep State?’

Guests: Scott Waldman, Mike Lofgren Since President Trump has come into office, he’s been rolling back all kind ...

Air Date: March 15, 2017

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Philly’s Civic Engagement Academy expanding to meet booming demand

9 years ago

 New military recruits take an oath during half time of an NFL football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New York Giants Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Is it time to introduce military or community service for all 18-year-olds?

Should we introduce military or community service for 18-year-olds? I believe that the benefits outweigh the negatives, provided that the ...

9 years ago

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