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Government Accountability

Jeffrey Bossert Clark during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 2017. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Whistleblowers allege improper hiring at Justice Department during Trump’s last days

The whistleblowers accuse Jeffrey Bossert Clark of conducting a "sham" process and elevating a person who volunteered to defend a controversial Trump policy on abortion access

5 years ago

Close up hands of caregiver doctor helping old woman at clinic.
Health

As N.J. expands vaccine eligibility, advocates say older adults are being left behind

As N.J. expands the pool of those eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, many of those most at risk are expected to have an “awful” time getting an appointment.

5 years ago

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A worker prepares a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine
Health

Philly suburbs, state health officials spar over accusations of ‘short-changed’ vaccine doses

Officials in Philly’s suburban collar counties say they are being “short-changed” when it comes to vaccine doses, encouraging residents to “shop around.”

5 years ago

Philly Fighting COVID CEO Andrei Doroshin inside his apartment building
Politics & Policy

Philly Fighting COVID vaccine partnership put city ‘at great risk,’ says inspector general

Philadelphia’s inspector general said the Health Department ignored numerous red flags that could have avoided the scandal, yet stopped short of recommending sanctions.

5 years ago

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Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Top Pa. senator appoints colleague’s wife to lucrative Gaming Control Board seat

The top Republican in the Pennsylvania Senate has quietly appointed the spouse of a colleague to a coveted spot on the state’s Gaming Control Board.

5 years ago

(Commonwealth Media Services)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

The placeholder: Meet the man Wolf taps to (temporarily) hold key appointments

In less than four months, the top staffer in Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration has been nominated to serve on 28 different state-appointed boards.

5 years ago

Federal courthouse
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

With 1,000 federal convictions in 40 years, corruption is ever-present in Philadelphia

Philly isn’t the worst U.S. city, but the pace doesn’t seem to have slowed.

5 years ago

Then-President Donald Trump waves at the crowd during the 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference. This year, Trump is out of office but is still headlining the event. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

It’s all about Trump: CPAC seems poised to ignore Republican identity crisis

The former president will headline the event with a Sunday afternoon keynote address, his first speech since leaving office last month.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn
Courts & Law

Manhattan prosecutor gets Trump tax records after long fight

The Manhattan district attorney’s office enforced a subpoena on Trump’s accounting firm within hours of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday.

5 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Indicted Philly Councilmember Bobby Henon outraised council colleagues in 2020

The pandemic slowed campaign fundraising for Philly City Councilmembers. Henon managed to buck the trend.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks on U.S. supply chains, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Biden revokes Trump orders on ‘anarchist’ cities and more

President Joe Biden on Wednesday formally revoked a series of presidential orders and memorandum signed by Donald Trump.

5 years ago

Anthony Voci speaks at a podium.
Courts & Law

White Philly prosecutor ‘lost nothing’ after exploiting his position to arrest Black driver

Prosecutor Anthony Voci still makes the same six-figure salary after he was reassigned amid criticism that he abused his power to have a Philly woman arrested.

5 years ago

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Merrick Garland, President Biden's nominee for U.S. attorney general, speaks in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 7. (Susan Walsh/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Merrick Garland Heads For Confirmation Hearing, 5 Years After He Was Denied A Vote

Most people know Judge Merrick Garland for what didn't happen to him. Five years ago, the Senate never acted on his nomination to the Supreme Court.

5 years ago

A demonstrator wears an Oath Keepers anti-government organization badge on a tactical vest during a protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Justice Department charges suspected Oath Keepers in plot to attack the Capitol

The Justice Department charged six more people Friday it says are members of a right-wing militia group that plotted in advance of Jan. 6 to attack the U.S. Capitol.

5 years ago

Harrisburg, Pa. (Andre Frueh/UnSplash)
Politics & Policy

‘Stalin-like cancel culture’: Infighting among Pa. GOP pits ‘Never Trumpers’ against loyalists

Regrouping in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss, Pa. Republicans have become locked in a cycle of infighting over the party’s direction.

5 years ago

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