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Jill Stein

Federal judge to rule on Stein recount push Monday

On Monday, a federal judge plans to issue a ruling on Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s push for a recount of Pennsylvania’s ...

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Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is shown debating against his Democratic challenger Katie McGinty in October at Temple University in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke
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In fighting sanctuary cities, Pat Toomey acts against his own history

In December 1911, Wilbur Franklin Phelps was finishing up his first year publishing ...

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Investor green card program that has greenlit Philly’s building boom faces uncertain future

9 years ago

Defense: Consider Fattah’s good deeds in sentencing

Lawyers for a former Pennsylvania congressman are asking a judge to consider his years of public service before sentencing him in a feder ...

9 years ago

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Senate gives bipartisan tribute to Joe Biden

Vice President Joe Biden was honored by his former colleagues in the United States Senate Wednesday.  The tribute from Republicans a ...

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Philadelphia voting machines are stored at the Office of the City Commissioners warehouse. (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)

Philly judge denies Stein request to examine voting machines

A Philadelphia judge has refused the request of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein to do a digital audit of a small fraction o ...

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump campaign at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
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Social Justice

Did economics or bigotry motivate Trump voters? It was both.

There seems to be some bickering happening in the post-mortem analysis of the recent election. I sense a failure among shell-shocked libe ...

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 John Solomon, 24, talks about his experiences with guns, which began when he was 11 years old and ended with a 5-year prison sentence. He spoke during a community meeting in North Philadelphia with Pennsylvania Attorney General-elect Josh Shapiro. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Soon to be AG, Shapiro gets grass-roots perspective on Philly gun violence

The first time John Solomon picked up a gun, he was 11 years old. ...

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Marybeth Kuznik

Green Party goes to Pa. Capitol to demand more election oversight

Green Party supporters were in Harrisburg Monday to back Jill Stein’s quest for a presidential vote recount in the commonwealth. ...

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Governor Christie is serving his second and final term. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
New Jersey

How the 2017 N.J. Democratic gubernatorial nomination looks right now

If it all plays out as anticipated, the campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor next year will pit good old-fashioned machine ...

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Supreme Court hears cases about use of race in redistricting

The Supreme Court is returning to the familiar intersection of race and politics, in a pair of cases examining redistricting in North Car ...

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The importance of being a savvy media consumer

The blame being placed on the mainstream media and social media platforms for the public’s information deficit is partially misplac ...

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Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein

Stein’s recount efforts hope to expose ‘hacking’ in Pa. system

This week, the campaign for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein pushed for recounts of election results in the battleground sta ...

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As push for recount continues, expert assesses integrity of voting machines

Philadelphia elections officials are granting a request to recount presidential election results in 75 precincts. But they’re rejec ...

9 years ago

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Workers prepare voting machines at the Office of the  City Commissioner's warehouse the day before the recount of votes in 75 precincts was set to begin. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)

Partial recount set for Philadelphia presidential vote

Election officials in Philadelphia will conduct a recount Friday of the presidential vote in 75 of the city’s 1,686 precincts, in r ...

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