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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

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Stacey Abrams: her politics and her life

Stacey Abrams talks about her book, "Lead from the Outside" and about current politics, voting rights, and her personal story.

Air Date: April 5, 2019 10:00 am

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Council at-large candidate Vinny Black stands and responds to a question from a representative speaker. Twenty candidates for city council attended a candidates forum at Congregation Rodeph Shalom on March 24, 2019. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
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Politics & Policy

30 Democrats scramble for five Philly Council nominations

Trump-driven activism drives a surge in Philly Council candidates. It's the highest number since 1979, which was in response to Frank Rizzo.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams speaks at the Hero Thrill Show, an annual event raising money for children of fallen first responders, September 22, 2018. (Michael Candelori/Sipa via AP Images)
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Politics & Policy

Philly Democrats yank backing of Philly Sheriff Jewell Williams amid sexual harassment claims

Philadelphia Democratic leaders have withdrawn their re-election backing of Sheriff Jewell Williams, who has been accused of sexual harassment by three women.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally in Los Angeles on March 23. His campaign reported on Tuesday that it raised $18.2 million through the end of the first quarter of the year. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

Sanders tops Democratic fundraising, so far, as Harris and Buttigieg draw big sums

The Vermont senator's campaign says it raised $18.2 million from more than 500,000 donors.

6 years ago

A Pennsylvania elector holds her ballot for President-elect Donald Trump before casting it in December 2016. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Politics & Policy
The Conversation

You’ll hear these 4 arguments in defense of the Electoral College – here’s why they’re wrong

For the first time in the country’s modern history, the existence of the Electoral College has become a campaign issue.

6 years ago

Anti-Brexit demonstrators with an effigy of British Prime Minister Theresa May near College Green at the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, April 1, 2019. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)
Politics & Policy

U.K. Parliament rejects alternatives to May’s Brexit deal

Lawmakers seeking a way out of the country's Brexit morass on Monday rejected four alternatives to the government's unpopular European Union divorce deal.

6 years ago

In this March 26, 2019 photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., presides at a meeting directing the attorney general to transmit documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, on Capitol Hill in Washington.  The House Judiciary Committee will ready subpoenas this week for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia report. This, as the Justice Department appears likely to miss an April 2 deadline set by Democrats for the report’s release. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Democrats to prepare subpoenas for full Mueller report

The chairmen of several House committees asked for the full, unredacted report last week after Attorney General William Barr released a four-page summary.

6 years ago

In this March 12, 2019, file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the International Association of Firefighters at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington. Biden says he does not recall kissing a Nevada political candidate on the back of her head in 2014. The allegation was made in a New York Magazine article written by Lucy Flores, a former Nevada state representative and the 2014 Democratic nominee for Nevada lieutenant governor. Flores says Biden’s behavior “made me feel uneasy, gross, and confused.” (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Biden faces new scrutiny from Dems over behavior with women

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday he doesn't believe he ever acted inappropriately toward women but will "listen respectfully" to suggestions he did.

6 years ago

Kahlil Williams, one of 13 Democratic candidates for Philadelphia City Commissioner, draws the 7th position on the crowded ballot. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Politics & Policy

Crowded field seeking to run Philly elections

Concerns about ballot security and a surge in Democratic engagement produce a large field of candidates for Philadelphia’s city commission, which runs elections.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., right, arrives for a Senate Republican policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Congress could get Mueller report in April, Graham says

Attorney General William Barr is going through the report to take out grand jury material and classified information, both of which can't be publicly disclosed under the law.

6 years ago

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)
Politics & Policy

Cyber security expert urges Pa. to find the money for new voting machines

At a state capitol news conference Tuesday, he warned Pennsylvania, as a swing state, is a target for foreign agents looking to sow doubt in the next election.

6 years ago

Freshmen Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has provoked a new debate over climate change with her Green New Deal. (Kevin Hagen/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Green New Deal vote sets up climate change as key 2020 issue

Senate Republicans will force a vote on the Green New Deal this week as part of an effort to turn the provocative climate change resolution into a wedge issue for 2020.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump said the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's full report
Politics & Policy

Democrats ask for Mueller files; GOP exclaims ‘Move on’

Trump's remarks came as Democrats prepared to huddle behind closed doors Monday evening to plot strategy for their own investigations of obstruction of justice.

6 years ago

Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke answers a question during a campaign stop at a brewery in Conway, N.H., Wednesday, March 20, 2019. O'Rourke announced last week that he'll seek the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Politics & Policy

Surprise? Pennsylvania’s 2020 primary could be competitive

To some Democrats, a candidate must show strength in a Pennsylvania primary, since the state is a must-win in 2020.

6 years ago

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