Elections
The Redistricting Reform Commission's findings and recommendations are out ahead of state lawmakers' return to Harrisburg for fall session — and more debate over the issue.
7 years ago
N.J. lawmakers seek to clarify, fund state’s vote-by-mail overhaul
The bill appropriates $2 million for counties, which complained the law imposed new requirements on clerks’ offices without money to defray new costs.
7 years ago
Ex-Rep. Joe Walsh to challenge Trump in 2020 GOP primary
"Somebody needs to step up and there needs to be an alternative" among Republicans, Walsh told ABC's "This Week," adding that "the country is sick of this guy's tantrum."
7 years ago
How does one man have so much power without being president?
McConnell's status stems from his office as the Senate majority leader — elected by his party colleagues to lead their conference in the chamber.
7 years ago
Study: Pa. counties spend double when they pick touch-screen voting machines
Costs per voter work out to $12.51 for hand-marked ballot systems versus $23.35 for ballot-marking devices, or BMDs, according to the analysis.
7 years ago
Biden is the Democrat to beat; rivals see signs of weakness
Biden's rivals remain confident that his fumbles, like the one in Iowa this week, eventually will catch up to him, undermining his electability argument.
7 years ago
Poll: Half of Pa. voters plan to vote against Trump in 2020
"It's a surprise given the economy. You would expect a sitting president to be in a much better position."
7 years ago
Hope vs. fear, truth vs. lies: Biden frames the choice in 2020
Joe Biden's speech in Iowa yesterday was an eloquently impassioned shout-out to a benighted nation in dire need of moral ballast.
7 years ago
The roots of and challenges to the Democratic establishment
Ryan Grim charts how “Democratic establishment” developed its political ideology in as well as those who attempted to challenge their authority over the years.
Air Date: August 6, 2019
Listen 49:33Impeachment summer? August town halls may decide next steps
Freshman Democratic Rep. Andy Kim came face to face with impeachment fervor at a town hall in New Jersey. "Do your job!" shouted one voter.
7 years ago
Independents are on the rise in Philly. Could they actually win a City Council seat?
Seven third-party candidates filed to run for City Council — with an eye for the two at-large seats held by Republicans.
7 years ago
Booker says Biden’s crime policies ‘destroyed communities like mine’
Former Vice President Joe Biden has faced questions over his role in crafting the 1994 crime bill, which imposed lengthy sentences for drug offenses.
7 years ago
The Democratic circular firing squad forgot about Trump
Mired as they were in squabbling among themselves — wading deep into the weeds, yet again, on the abstruse details of health care policy — Donald Trump got off easy.
7 years ago
After two nights of Democratic debates, we discuss the issues, the policies, the arguments, the memorable moments and what they say about the party and the upcoming primary,
Air Date: August 1, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Biden bears slings and arrows but battles through another Democratic debate
The second night of the Democratic debates in Detroit did not stray from its predicted script: It was open season on front-runner Joe Biden right from the start.
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