Skip to content
The latest news and information from the world's most respected news source. BBC World Service delivers up-to-the-minute news, expert analysis, commentary, features and interviews.

BBC World Service

Listen Live

Listen Live

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.
Next

Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Stream
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • WHYY TV Schedule
    • WHYY Watch App
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Youth Media
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

President-elect Joe Biden speaks Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, at The Queen theater
Election 2020
Pennsylvania casts 20 electoral college votes for Biden
Pennsylvania casts 20 electoral college votes for Biden
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Philadelphia City Commissioners Al Schmidt, right, and Lisa Deeley speak to the media as election workers process ballots for the general election, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

How ‘GOP rebel’ Al Schmidt became the voice of the 2020 Philly election — and Trump’s nemesis

Obed Arango is originally from Mexico and has lived in Montgomery County for 15 years. He is the founder and executive director of the Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educación, which serves the large and growing Spanish-speaking community in Norristown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Tracing Montco’s decades-long shift from GOP stronghold to boon for Biden

Latest News

  • Light the Baraat-Signal: How the Batmobile got on Market Street for a wedding

    13 hours ago

  • Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now

    14 hours ago

  • Michigan governor campaigns for Josh Shapiro at South Philly diner

    14 hours ago

    Listen 1:07
Voting booths
Courts & Law

Court sides with state over Pennsylvania county’s handling of voting machines after 2020 election

Fulton County officials allowed outside inspection as part of an effort to find election fraud that then-President Trump falsely claimed existed after his 2020 loss.

2 years ago

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia
NPR
Courts & Law

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 ‘fake electors’ from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona

Arizona is now the fourth state where charges have been brought against individuals involved in so-called "fake elector" schemes that sought to undermine Joe Biden's victory o

2 years ago

Rep. Scott Perry speaks from a microphone
Politics & Policy
WITF

Texts show details of Pa. Rep. Scott Perry’s role in plan to overturn 2020 election

“From an Intel friend: DNI needs to task NSA to immediately seize and begin looking for international comms related to Dominion,” Perry wrote to Meadows.

4 years ago

Sen. Cris Dush speaks during a hearing while holding a gavel
Politics & Policy
WITF

Pa. Senate election ‘audit’ contract doesn’t say if the public will see the results

Pa. Senate Republicans are paying over a quarter-million dollars in taxpayer money to Envoy Sage LLC to investigate the 2020 election despite zero evidence of widespread fraud

5 years ago

In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020 file photo, Chester County workers transport mail-in and absentee ballots to be processed at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Politics & Policy

Election security experts: Pa. GOP trying to play ‘Russian roulette’ with voters’ personal info

Republican lawmakers are requesting social security digits and driver’s license numbers, which aren’t public, of every Pennsylvania voter.

5 years ago

State Sen. Doug Mastriano
Politics & Policy

Tioga County asks senator to stop seeking vote audit

The three Tioga County commissioners all urged state Sen. Doug Mastriano to reverse his demand that Tioga and two other counties turn over election records and equipment.

5 years ago

Chester Country election workers check ballots
Politics & Policy

Sen. Mastriano hopes to issue election ‘audit’ subpoenas within 2 weeks

Mastriano has been a leading proponent in Pennsylvania of former President Donald Trump's attempt to reverse his election loss.

5 years ago

Workers with the Philadelphia City Commissioners office sort election materials
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania decertifies county’s voting system after ‘audit’

The action by Acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid almost certainly means that Fulton County will have to buy new voting machines or lease new ones.

5 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on at a Zoom meeting
NPR
Politics & Policy

Intelligence report: Russia tried to help Trump in 2020 election

The report says Russian leader Vladimir Putin authorized a campaign to help former President Donald Trump and undermine Joe Biden.

6 years ago

Kathy Boockvar gestures while holding a piece of paper
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. audit confirms Biden got more votes than Trump, but can’t tell us much else

While the audit's results indicate a high degree of confidence in the outcome, they cannot answer some of the finer questions about how the election was run.

6 years ago

In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
Politics & Policy

‘If not for Donald Trump’: Montco’s Dean links riot to ‘actions of a desperate president’

But the bulk of Dean’s remarks had to do with the “pressure” she said Trump exerted over state and local election officials in Michigan, Georgia, and Pennsylvania.

6 years ago

Georgia's Secretary Of State addresses the media
NPR
Politics & Policy

Georgia district attorney is investigating Trump’s call to overturn election

Prosecutors are investigating whether Trump's phone call to pressure Georgia's secretary of state to overturn the state's election results in Trump's favor broke state law.

6 years ago

Former President Donald Trump waves to the members of the media
Politics & Policy

Watchdog probes if DOJ officials tried to overturn election

The investigation comes after the NYT reported that a former assistant attorney general had been discussing a plan with then-President Trump to oust the acting AG.

6 years ago

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., speaks as the House debates the objection to confirm the Electoral College vote from Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy
WITF

NYT report says Pa. Rep. Perry, Trump collaborated on plan to overturn election results. Perry now faces calls to resign

The NYT reports Perry linked Trump with a DOJ wyer who was willing to push an election-fraud investigation in Georgia — despite no evidence to support such claims.

6 years ago

Philadelphia police say they are investigating an alleged plot to attack the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia connected to a Hummer parked nearby. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly judge raises, but doesn’t revoke, bail for men accused of election interference

Joshua Macias and Antonio LaMotta will remain in custody until they can pay 10% of the difference. The judge again decided not to revoke bail.

6 years ago

Page 1 of 6612345...»Last »

Latest News

  • Light the Baraat-Signal: How the Batmobile got on Market Street for a wedding

    13 hours ago

  • Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now

    14 hours ago

  • Michigan governor campaigns for Josh Shapiro at South Philly diner

    14 hours ago

    Listen 1:07
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Ask Governor Meyer
  • Billy Penn at WHYY
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • The Declaration’s Journey
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Neighbor Club
  • Good Souls
  • Hittin’ Season
  • Jukebox Journey
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • The Source
  • Sports In America
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Mobile Apps
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • Bridging Blocks
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© 2026 WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org