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Government Accountability

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin testifies before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on Sept. 27, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Fired VA Secretary says White House muzzled him

Fired Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin tells NPR that political forces in the Trump administration want to privatize the VA — and he was standing in the way.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's new ongressional map as drawn by the Pa. Supreme Court after it found the previous version an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. legislature has long history of inaction on redistricting reform bills

Now that legal challenges to Pennsylvania’s new court-drawn congressional map have been rejected, state lawmakers have turned their att ...

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor, a Republican, has called the push for impeaching his Democratic colleagues “an attack upon an independent judiciary.”(WHYY file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

GOP leaders throw cold water on plan to impeach Pa. high court justices

Some Pennsylvania House Republicans urged impeachment after the Democratic-majority state Supreme Court declared the state’s congressional map unconstitutional and redrew it.

8 years ago

June Rodgers, of Millville, New Jersey, sued former Gov. Chris Christie and other state officials after her son was allegedly murdered by a man released under the state’s new bail system. (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Mother of slain N.J. man blames computer program for his shooting

In New Jersey, there’s a bail algorithm designed to recommend whether you sit behind bars or walk free until your trial. The state’s court system recently abandoned cash bail.

8 years ago

Listen 9:50
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney speaks at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

City fund previously accused of loose spending practices gets a new board

Mayor Jim Kenney has named a new nine-member board for the Fund for Philadelphia, two of whose past chairs were accused of misspending

8 years ago

In this June 21, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill following a closed door meeting in Washington.  (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Politics & Policy

Sen. Coons reiterates that special counsel Mueller needs protection

“Anyone who thinks the special counsel Robert Mueller isn't in imminent danger of being fired isn't paying attention,” Coons said Wednesday in an interview on MSNBC.

8 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

GOP lawmaker introduces resolutions to impeach Pa. Supreme Court justices

A Republican state lawmaker has introduced a number of resolutions to impeach all but one of Pennsylvania’s f ...

8 years ago

Chief Executive of Cambridge Analytica (CA) Alexander Nix, leaves the firm's offices in central London on Tuesday. He was suspended amid a controversy about the company's use of social media data.
NPR
Politics & Policy

In hidden-camera exposé, Cambridge Analytica executives boast of role in Trump win

Top executives at Cambridge Analytica have been secretly recorded describing the stealthy methods they used to help get Donald Trump elected.

8 years ago

Special counsel Robert Mueller's high-powered team of investigators and lawyers has expertise in everything from white-collar crime and fraud to national security.
(Andrew Harnik/AP)
Politics & Policy

Republicans dismiss legislation to protect special counsel

GOP leaders are taking no action to protect Mueller, embracing a familiar strategy with the president — simply waiting out the storm.

8 years ago

U.S Rep. Brandon Boyle in Olney
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

How Trump’s budget would hurt Philly’s business districts

“Sometimes people have the misconception that what happens in Washington stays in Washington, but these cuts would have an effect right here on 5th street,” Boyle said.

8 years ago

Philadelphia students participate in a national school walkout commemorating the one month anniversary of Parkland, Fl. high school shooting
Politics & Policy

Students: 1 million expected at anti-gun-violence marches

More than 800 March for Our Lives demonstrations are planned around the world this Saturday.

8 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Supreme Court keeps revised Pa. congressional map in place

Court rulings boost Democrats' chances of retaking Congress.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's new congressional map as drawn by the Pa. Supreme Court.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Federal judges reject lawsuit over Pennsylvania district map

A panel of federal judges on Monday dismissed a legal challenge by Republican congressmen to a district map imposed last month by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

8 years ago

A rendering of an Accelerated Bridge Construction project, as illustrated by the Michigan Department of Transportation. Two bridges along the Pennsylvania Turnpike were recently built with ABC techniques. PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE/MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

The Florida Bridge Collapse Made Us Wonder: What Is Accelerated Bridge Construction?

Last week, a partially-constructed pedestrian bridge collapsed in Miami, Florida, killing six people and sending more to the hospital. Th ...

8 years ago

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke looks on before speaking at the Western Conservation and Hunting Expo Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Zinke says he's taking steps to improve habitat and migration corridors in Western states for big-game animals such as elk, mule and deer.
PBS
Politics & Policy

Trump wildlife protection board has many trophy hunters

The board is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Donald Trump and his family.

8 years ago

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