Elections 2024
The Kamala Harris coconut tree meme, explained as best we can
How did the coconut tree emerge as the emblem of the vice president's most devoted, or at least most-online followers? It's a story more than a year in the making.
5 months ago
Photos: Pa. Republican delegation finds reasons to party at RNC
Pennsylvania Republicans gathered in Milwaukee for the party’s national convention, where Donald Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination.
5 months ago
Who will replace Joe Biden? Kamala Harris leads field of Democratic contenders
Govs. Andy Beshear, J.B. Pritzker, Josh Shapiro, Gretchen Whitmer, Gavin Newsom and Roy Cooper, and U.S. Mark Kelly are all considered contenders.
5 months ago
Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro is a top contender for vice president. What would he bring to the ticket?
Shapiro’s key asset could be his potential to help deliver the crucial electoral votes that come from Pennsylvania.
5 months ago
6 political takeaways from Biden’s decision to step aside
President Biden is passing the torch to Vice President Harris, which changes the narrative of the race against former President Donald Trump.
5 months ago
Philly-area officials react to Biden dropping out of presidential race
Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro is speculated as a possible vice presidential candidate to Kamala Harris.
5 months ago
Listen 6:56Delaware reacts to Biden ending reelection bid: ‘Putting our nation before himself’
Congressional and Delaware officials react to President Biden stepping aside to endorse Kamala Harris.
5 months ago
Harris could become first woman, second Black person to be president
Kamala Harris could soon become the first Black woman to head a major party's presidential ticket after President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid and endorsed her.
5 months ago
What happens next: Joe Biden wants to pass the baton to Kamala Harris. Here’s how that might work
Democrats, who are set to hold their convention in Chicago in August, now must navigate a shift that is unprecedented this late in an election year.
5 months ago
Biden drops out of the 2024 presidential election, endorses Harris
"I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down," Pres. Joe Biden wrote in a letter posted on social media.
5 months ago
Doylestown Republicans rally for Trump in the wake of assassination attempt
Dozens of Trump supporters rallied for the former president in Doylestown Saturday, July 20, 2024.
5 months ago
Biden’s ability to win back skeptical Democrats is tested at a perilous moment for his campaign
Rep. Mark Takano has added his name to the list of nearly three dozen Democrats in Congress who say it’s time for Biden to leave the presidential race.
5 months ago
Due Diligence: Can J.D. Vance’s “made in America” story help convince Pa. voters?
Republican Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance is looking to use his background growing up in a lower-income family in Ohio to court Pennsylvania voters.
5 months ago
Trump’s convention notably downplays Jan. 6 and his lies about election fraud
Trump still continues to claim that fraud cost him the 2020 election even though his own attorney general, recounts and investigations found no evidence of that.
5 months ago
“Morning Edition” host Jennifer Lynn and WHYY News politics reporter Carmen Russell-Sluchansky look back on the RNC, and where the Biden-Trump race goes from here.
5 months ago
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