Politics & Policy

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 ...

Veterans and other armed forces personnel can now use their military identification to gain access to beaches in New Jersey. The b ...

The “Black Lives Matter” movement has thrust the nation’s racial divide into the  spotlight.  But of course, ...

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey’s campaign said it’s heading into 2016 with nearly $10 million in the bank as the Republican seeks a sec ...

A high-ranking former official in Allentown has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud as part of an FBI probe of government contra ...

Pennsylvania’s top elections official says the commonwealth is heading into a big election year with outdated voting machines. ...