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Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Dave Reed, an advocate for redistricting reform, is disappointed by the onslaught of new amendments. (AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Redistricting overhaul in Pa. poised to fail as hundreds of amendments added

Efforts to overhaul Pennsylvania’s redistricting process are faltering. Earl ...

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Cybersecurity and disinformation

Guest: Clint Watts Former FBI special agent and counterterrorism expert ...

Air Date: June 22, 2018 10:00 am

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Former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday about the policy response to Russian interference in the 2016 election and spoke of what other countries may be doing to emulate Russia's tactics
NPR
Politics & Policy

Former U.S. diplomat warns China is emulating Russian political interference

Victoria Nuland told the Senate intelligence committee "Other countries and malign actors are now adapting and improving on Russia's methodology, notably including China."

8 years ago

Ashley Oleson, with the League of Women Voters of Maryland, carries signs of the state's districts, before oral arguments in the Supreme Court in March.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. congressional map unaffected by U.S. Supreme Court decision on partisan gerrymandering

The U.S. Supreme Court was expected to make a defining decision on extreme partisan gerrymandering this t ...

8 years ago

The Supreme Court on Monday punted on the merits of partisan gerrymandering. The decision could make it more difficult for challengers of the practice to bring cases in the futur
NPR
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Supreme Court punts on partisan gerrymandering, leaving status quo in place

The Supreme Court declined to address the central questions at the heart of whether the practice is constitutional.

8 years ago

(Charles Krupa/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Bureaucracy and politics slow election security funding to states

There are, after all, valid security questions for election officials across the country: from the fact that 13 states still use electronic voting machines that don't provide

8 years ago

(YouTube)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

The only guy who can get a tie on Fetterman

Clever Wolf campaign video shows the governor taking John Fetterman, his running mate, shopping for a tie.

8 years ago

Senate GOP leaders speak to reporters after introducing an amendment to change how the commonwealth elects judges. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Plan to elect Pa. judges by regional district has less precedent than suggested by Senate GOP

GOP supporters of the measure say it would make courts fairer by evening out regional representation.

8 years ago

A new Justice Department report faulted the decisions in 2016 made by then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and then-FBI Director James Comey.
(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Report condemns FBI violations in 2016 Clinton probe but finds no political bias

A DOJ watchdog criticized Comey for violating long-standing department guidelines and mishandling the Hillary Clinton email investigation in 2016.

8 years ago

According to a new poll, Gov. Tom Wolf (right), a Democrat, has the edge over GOP challenger Scott Wagner in the leadup to Pennsylvania's gubernatorial election. (WITF, file)
Politics & Policy

It’s still early, but poll finds Wolf has edge in Pa. gubernatorial race

Asked how they’d vote if the election were today, 48 percent of respondents picked the Democratic incumbent — a 19-point margin over GOP challenger Scott Wagner.

8 years ago

Seth Grossman is a Republican congressional candidate in South Jersey. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

N.J. congressional candidate stands by ‘diversity is a bunch of crap’ comment

N.J. Republican congressional candidate Seth Grossman talks about his "diversity is a bunch of crap and un-American" comment, and more.

8 years ago

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Voters fill out their ballots at the Cincinnati Public Library precinct on primary election day, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Cincinnati. Ohio's roller-coaster gubernatorial primary season will be decided Tuesday as Republicans and Democrats vote for their nominees to replace term-limited Republican Gov. John Kasich. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Voter roll purges OK’ed by SCOTUS

Guest: Mark Joseph Stern States can now purge their voter rolls of citizens who have not voted or opted out of vo ...

Air Date: June 13, 2018 10:40 am

Listen 17:00
Pennsylvania's state capitol building. (AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. Senate amends congressional redistricting bill with controversial change for judicial elections

After hours of debate, the state Senate has amended a high-profile redistricting overhaul, and is on track to s ...

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Sen. Mike Folmer
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Working through ‘crunch time,’ Pa. Senate struggles toward final redistricting bill

Few concrete details are leaking out of Senate lawmakers’ feverish negotiations on a sweeping bill to overhau ...

8 years ago

 State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Audit set for Pa. voter registration system over hacking concerns

There’s no evidence foreign hackers successfully breached Pennsylvania’s voting and registration systems, says state auditor general.

8 years ago

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