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File photo: Attorney Mark Pomerantz arrives at Federal Court in New York, Aug. 12, 2002. Pomerantz, one of two prosecutors in charge of the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump, have suddenly resigned throwing the future of the probe into question
Courts & Law

Prosecutors in charge of Trump criminal probe have resigned

The two prosecutors in charge of the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump have suddenly resigned.

4 years ago

Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department is aware that classified material has been found on former President Trump's property in Mar-a-Lago. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
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Politics & Policy

Garland confirms classified material found among records taken from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Several former government officials have been charged with unauthorized removal or retention of documents.

4 years ago

U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos, shown here during his 2021 Senate confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., began serving as the first Latino to head the federal government's largest statistical agency in January. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

U.S. census director says bureau is strengthening ‘firewall’ after Trump meddling

The revelation comes after years of meddling with the 2020 census by former President Donald Trump's administration.

4 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence officiate as a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to confirm the Electoral College votes cast in November's election
Politics & Policy

How fake electors tried to throw result to Trump

Officials are digging deeper into the role that fake slates of electors played in Trump's effort to cling to power after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.

4 years ago

File photo: In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally in Washington. A federal judge on Feb. 18, 2022, rejected efforts by the former president to toss out lawsuits filed by lawmakers and two Capitol police officers, saying in his ruling that the former president's words
Courts & Law

Judge rejects effort by Trump to toss Jan. 6 lawsuits

U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta says in his ruling that Trump’s words were “plausibly words of incitement not protected by the First Amendment.”

4 years ago

Federal government standards require the U.S. census to count people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa as white. But a new study finds many people of MENA descent do not see themselves as white, and neither do many white people. (OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

The U.S. census sees Middle Eastern and North African people as white. Many don’t

There's a reality about race in the U.S. that has confounded many people of Middle Eastern or North African descent.

4 years ago

President Donald Trump holds up papers while he speaks from a podium
Politics & Policy

Trump’s stash of documents shows ‘fragile’ historical record

The discovery of more than a dozen boxes of records at Mar-a-Lago has alarmed historians. It's a reminder of Trump's disregard for maintaining a clear historical record.

4 years ago

Sen. Doug Mastriano is seen in a crowd
Politics & Policy

Pa. Sen. Doug Mastriano subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee

The committee cited a Nov. 28, 2020, tweet by Mastriano that said he was pushing to have the Pennsylvania Legislature appoint electors.

4 years ago

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Philadelphia firefighters union sues city over COVID-19 vaccine mandate

The firefighters union says up to 30% of its members could be suspended under the mandate.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Gas Works at 1601 S. Broad Street. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Emails about PGW’s role in ‘energy choice’ bill pit Councilmember Gym against utility’s CEO

A City Council hearing on moving Philadelphia Gas Works away from fossil fuels was the first time Seth Shapiro spoke publicly about the controversial bill.

4 years ago

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Philly voters may be asked whether to place term limits on City Council

Councilmember Allan Domb introduced the bill, and wants the ballot measure to go to voters during May’s primary election.

4 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Standing with McConnell is Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., right
Politics & Policy

McConnell rebukes RNC, calls Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’

As former President Donald Trump has downplayed the attack, the RNC took a voice vote to approve censuring Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois.

4 years ago

A view of the Upper Darby Township building
Politics & Policy

Upper Darby narrowly avoids government shutdown amid claim of missing American Rescue Plan funds

Factions of the township government were at odds over an allocation of American Rescue Plan Act funds to keep things running and pay township workers.

4 years ago

The National Archives and Records Administration said it retrieved 15 boxes of documents and other items from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence last month.
(Lynne Sladky/AP)
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Politics & Policy

15 boxes of White House records have been recovered at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

According to the Washington Post, the boxes of records at Mar-a-Lago violated the Presidential Records Act.

4 years ago

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a rally in support of home care workers in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. James asked a judge Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit by former President Donald Trump aimed at halting her yearslong probe into his business practices. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Politics & Policy

Trump tirade on ‘racist’ DAs echoes other racist tropes

“These prosecutors are vicious, horrible people. They’re racists and they’re very sick, they’re mentally sick,” Trump said.

4 years ago

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