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Registration for Pa. primary closes Monday, voters already on the rise

Pennsylvania’s primary is May 21 and includes voting for candidates for positions such as mayor, district attorney, and city and county councils.

6 years ago

Sen. Bob Casey D-Pa., speaks at a campaign rally for Pennsylvania candidates in Philadelphia, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey hopes expectations for a heavily redacted Mueller report are ‘too pessimistic’

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., said he doesn’t have high hopes for what will be made available either to the public or to Congress but is keeping his fingers crossed he is wrong.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a rally in Warren, Mich., Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Bernie Sanders releases 10 years of long-awaited tax returns

His 2018 return reveals that he and his wife, Jane, earned more than $550,000, including $133,000 in income from his Senate salary and $391,000 in sales of his book.

6 years ago

Special counsel Robert Mueller leaves following a meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2017. (AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Robert Mueller’s Russia report is coming Thursday. Here’s what you need to know

One topic it might explore is what Trump and his top lieutenants in 2016 knew and when.

6 years ago

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduces the Medicare for All Act of 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Leftward Democratic drift could get Trump re-elected

What Democrats badly need is substantive moderate push back, on policies that are conceivably achievable: closing tax loopholes or real tax breaks for the middle class.

6 years ago

In this file photo, State Sen. Anthony Williams announces his Philadelphia mayoral bid. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Anthony Williams opposes congestion pricing, pitches shuttle buses to cut gridlock

Mayoral candidate State Sen. Anthony Williams talked about his vision for transportation at a recent forum hosted by the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists.

6 years ago

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg announces that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination during a rally, Sunday, April 14, 2019, in South Bend, Ind. (Darron Cummings/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

‘Mayor Pete’ officially joins 2020 Dem race as face of new generation

The South Bend mayor, a Rhodes Scholar and Afghanistan War veteran who has been exploring a White House run since January, has now joined a field vying to take on Trump.

6 years ago

In this April 5, 2019, file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers construction and maintenance conference in Washington. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Biden to campaign as extension of Obama’s political movement

He's betting that the majority of Democratic voters are eager to return to the style and substance of the Obama era — and that they'll see him as the best option to get back.

6 years ago

Attorney General William Barr appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee to make his Justice Department budget request, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Cover-up commandant William Barr: ‘I’ve said what I’m gonna say’

If the full report totally exonerates Trump, as Trump claims, why is his regime so intent on suppressing it?

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Politics & Policy

Unions, soda industry: See who’s spending the most on Philly’s local races

It appears Philly will have yet another election in which independent, outside groups spend more to influence votes than the top candidates themselves.

6 years ago

Attorney General William Barr arrives to testify about the Justice Department's FY 2020 budget request before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill Tuesday in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Barr: Mueller report out within 1 week; IG report on Russia inquiry this summer

The attorney general says work is going well in redacting the special counsel's report about the Russian interference in the 2016 election.

6 years ago

Voters cast their ballots at a fire station in Newtown, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

What, us worry? Pennsylvania conservatives say they like their odds going into the 2020 election cycle

2019 PA Leadership Conference attendees said they see a clear path to repeat a Trump win in Pennsylvania in 2020.

6 years ago

A customer enjoys a bubble tea at TeaDo in Philadelphia's Chinatown neighborhood. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

The soda tax ad wars are back: Beverage industry attacks Kenney in new ad

The soda industry will spend $408,000 over two weeks on a new TV ad slamming Kenney’s sweetened drinks tax, about one month before the primary election.

6 years ago

In this Tuesday, April 2, 2019 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu, center, is escorted by security guards during a visit to the Ha'tikva market in Tel Aviv. (Oded Balilt/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Netanyahu, challenger: 2 front-runners in Israel elections

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the favorite to win Israel's general election this week but he faces serious corruption charges and a stiff challenger.

6 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney presents his budget to City Council. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Super PAC airs first TV ad of Philly mayor’s race

The first ad in the Philadelphia mayor’s race comes from a labor-backed super PAC supporting Mayor Jim Kenney’s re-election bid.

6 years ago

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