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Philadelphia City Council member Kenyatta Johnson. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Attorneys square off to start retrial for Philly Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson

In April, a federal judge declared a mistrial after the jury couldn’t reach a verdict. Now Johnson and his wife are back in federal court for round two.

3 years ago

Sergeo Cea speaks during a protest at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, held outside the building where members of the state House of Representatives are holding hearings on the effort to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Krasner impeachment hearings kick off, with witnesses — many on videotape — also placing blame on mayor and police commissioner

A protest outside brought circus performers to the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

3 years ago

Conservative activist Virginia 'Ginni' Thomas, walks during a break in a voluntary interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, at Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. House Office Building, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Washington. The committee has for months sought an interview with Thomas in an effort to know more about her role in trying to help former President Donald Trump overturn his election defeat. She texted with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and contacted lawmakers in Arizona and Wisconsin in the weeks after the election. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Politics & Policy

January 6 committee chairman: Ginni Thomas reiterates false election claims

Thomas sought to portray herself as among the many Americans who still believe the baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen, but did not provide any evidence.

3 years ago

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 21: The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Capitol Dome is seen as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) prepares to speak during a press conference on September 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. Speaker Pelosi, along with other lawmakers, is celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the steps it takes to lower healthcare costs. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

This congressional staff became the first in U.S. history to form a union

The Congressional Workers Union announced on Monday via Twitter that the office of Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich., won its union election — the first one to do so on the Hill.

3 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson exits the federal courthouse with family on April 14, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Retrial for Philadelphia Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson set to begin this week

A federal judge declared a mistrial in April after a jury was unable to reach a verdict.

3 years ago

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Fewer and fewer older Pennsylvanians are receiving property tax rebates from a popular state program because lawmakers haven't updated the income limits to qualify in over a decade. (Daniel Fishel for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Thousands of older Pennsylvanians at risk of losing property tax rebates because of legislative inaction

No one likes paying taxes, but local property taxes in Pennsylvania are especially loathed.

3 years ago

File photo: Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, arrives to watch Amy Coney Barrett take the Constitutional Oath on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Politics & Policy

Virginia Thomas agrees to interview with Jan. 6 panel

Attorney Mark Paoletta says Thomas is “eager to answer the committee’s questions to clear up any misconceptions about her work relating to the 2020 election.”

4 years ago

File photo: An aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is pictured, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Courts & Law

Trump docs probe: Court lifts hold on Mar-a-Lago records

The court noted that Trump had presented no evidence that he had declassified the sensitive records.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy

The House just passed a bill that would make it harder to overthrow an election

The House on Wednesday passed a set of electoral reforms aimed at shoring up ambiguities and archaic language in the presidential certification process.

4 years ago

FILE - Donald Trump, right, sits with his children, from left, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Trump International Hotel on July 23, 2014, in Washington. New York’s attorney general sued former President Donald Trump and his company on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, alleging business fraud involving some of their most prized assets, including properties in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Courts & Law

NY attorney general sues Donald Trump and his company

Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit, filed in state court in New York, is the culmination of the Democrat’s three-year civil investigation of Trump and the Organization.

4 years ago

Former President Donald Trump's attorneys Linsey Halligan, James Trusty, and Chris Kise arrive at Brooklyn Federal Court on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in New York.  (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)
Courts & Law

Arbiter in Trump docs probe signals intent to move quickly

Raymond Dearie, the veteran Brooklyn-based judge, also appeared skeptical of the Trump team’s reluctance to say whether it believed the records had been declassified.

4 years ago

Catherine Engelbrecht, seen here in 2015, founded the controversial nonprofit True the Vote. A new lawsuit alleges that Engelbrecht and True the Vote defamed a small company that makes software for election workers. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Prominent election deniers are facing growing legal trouble

Konnech, a small Michigan company that makes election logistics software, says a "smear campaign" whipped up by the controversial group True the Vote has led to death threats.

4 years ago

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the start of the Transforming Education Summit at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Politics & Policy

UN chief: World is ‘paralyzed’ and equity is slipping away

In an alarming assessment, the head of the United Nations warned world leaders Tuesday that nations are “gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction.”

4 years ago

A sign marks the facade of the Department of Justice building in Washington on May 5, 2022. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
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Courts & Law

DOJ appeals judge’s order barring its use of classified materials in Mar-a-Lago probe

The Justice Department is asking the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to lift part of an order that bars the government from using classified materials seized from Mar-A-Lago in

4 years ago

A courtroom sketch of Judge Raymond Dearie in New York in January 2013. (Reuters)
NPR
Courts & Law

What to know about Judge Raymond Dearie, the Mar-a-Lago search special master

The former chief judge of the federal court in the Eastern District of New York was one of the candidates suggested by Trump whom the Justice Department did not object to.

4 years ago

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