Politics & Policy
The Mongols are coming! The Mongols are coming!
Donald Trump’s wall is sure to become a geo-political trivia question, which will likely be phrased, “What humongous ego tha ...
9 years ago
UPDATE: Assali family reunited with Syrian relatives at JFK after Trump’s order deported them
UPDATE: It’s been a long and confusing journey for the Assalis following 13 years of waiting and being denied entry into the c ...
9 years ago
VP Pence tells Philly crowd that Gorsuch will get a vote ‘one way or another’
Vice President Mike Pence told an audience in Philadelphia on Saturday that the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court is fulfil ...
9 years ago
Executive orders are business as usual; Trump’s White House no exception
In the two weeks since Donald Trump was sworn into office, executive orders have been his bread and butter, like many presidents before h ...
9 years ago
Pa. Senators look to end Philly’s paid sick leave law
A group of Pennsylvania state senators want to end a Philadelphia law that requires employers to offer paid sick time. The city la ...
9 years ago
Philadelphia council president at odds with the mayor over sanctuary city status
Despite threats from President Trump to cut off federal funds to so-called “sanctuary cities,” Mayor Jim Kenney said Philadel ...
9 years ago
Philadelphia jury says state Sen. Larry Farnese not guilty on fraud charges
A federal jury on Wednesday acquitted state Sen. Larry Farnese of all charges after a five-day trial on mail and wire fraud charges.  ...
9 years ago
Sessions nomination advances to full Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general after an ...
9 years ago
Steamfitters urge Pennsylvania’s energy development
Even in this hyper-political environment, there is one issue where both parties are in total agreement: Great nations build and ...
9 years ago
Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch to U.S. Supreme Court
President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch, a fast-rising conservative judge with a writer’s flair, to the Supreme Court on Tues ...
9 years ago
Hundreds will be allowed in despite executive order; Iraq says it won’t retaliate
A senior U.S. official says 872 refugees will be allowed into the United States this week despite the Trump administration executive orde ...
9 years ago
Jury set to deliberate in Sen. Farnese federal fraud trial
Federal jurors were set to begin deliberating fraud charges against Philadelphia state Sen. Larry Farnese. ...
9 years ago
A view of Trump’s wall from our neighbors to the south
During a recent vacation week in Playa del Carmen, a tourist town 30 miles south of the Cancun airport, I chatted with dozens of locals, ...
9 years ago
A common cause; from Standing Rock to Sweet Water, New Jersey’s Pilgrim Pipeline
Teepees dot the plain beside the river, totem poles mark a circular prayer site, and men in moccasins and fur caps tend the ceremonial campfire.
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