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Government Accountability

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during his weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol on December 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The top House Republican won’t comply with Jan. 6 panel request to voluntarily testify

Among its questions, the committee is probing any conversations Kevin McCarthy had with former President Donald Trump on the day of the Capitol attack.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Cindy Bass. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Germantown residents say their City Council person abused her power to help a political backer win a development contract

A group of Germantown residents filed a complaint against City Councilmember Cindy Bass, alleging the lawmaker abused her power during a community meeting.

4 years ago

Former President Donald Trump prepares to speak at the ''Rally To Protect Our Elections'' conference
NPR
Politics & Policy

Pressed on his election lies, former President Trump cuts NPR interview short

The former president blasted Republicans who have crossed him and kept up repeated election lies in an NPR interview.

4 years ago

Closeup of the Pennsylvania Capitol
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. legislature’s redacted legal bills flout court ruling, leave taxpayers guessing

As lawmakers shielded details of their legal spending last year, they spent an additional $35,000 in taxpayer money to fight efforts to make the information public.

4 years ago

Chester City Hall. (Google maps)
Politics & Policy

‘Bankruptcy has to be on the table’: Receiver says police pension spiking threatens to sink Chester

The city’s fiscal emergency is worsening because of a failed pension plan. Receiver Michael Doweary is looking at all options, including bankruptcy.

4 years ago

File photo: Vice President Mike Pence listens after reading the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The chair of the Jan. 6 panel says the committee will ask Mike Pence to appear

The chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack says they'll ask former Vice President Mike Pence to testify by month's end.

4 years ago

About 40 people gathered in Philadelphia’s Thomas Paine Plaza at a candlelight vigil remembering the attacks on the U.S. Capital a year later, on January 6, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philadelphians gather in vigil on anniversary of insurrection to push for expanded voting rights

The rally in Philadelphia was one of about 150 around the country, organized by a coalition of national groups.

4 years ago

Family members of 12 people killed in a rowhouse fire asked for privacy to grieve outside the children’s school, Bache-Martin Elementary, on Jan. 6, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

‘A matter of life and death’: Fairmount house that caught fire lacked safety fixes found in newer PHA properties

Philadelphia Housing Authority CEO Kelvin Jeremiah said the deadly fire that engulfed a PHA apartment highlights the need for investment in public housing.

4 years ago

People listen as President Donald Trump speaks during the rally that preceded the insurrection
Politics & Policy

A year after Jan. 6, Pa. Democrats say there is work to do to protect voting rights

Hours after President Biden spoke on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Democratic leaders in Pa. reflected at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Darius Brown is sworn in as a Delaware State senator at Legislative Hall in Dover in January 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Delaware state senator acquitted of assault charges, still faces ethics inquiry

A Wilmington jury found Delaware State Sen. Darius Brown not guilty of assaulting a woman last year. Senate leaders still plan their own investigation.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the one-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection in Statuary Hall
Politics & Policy

Biden warns of U.S. peril from Trump’s ‘dagger’ at democracy

Biden used the anniversary of the attack Thursday to warn that America’s system of government remains under urgent threat.

4 years ago

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., center, works with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, at the House votes on the creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, in the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2021.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

‘We can’t forget,’ says Del. congresswoman who prayed through last year’s attack on Capitol

Delaware’s lone member of the U.S. House says she’s still processing being trapped in the balcony as the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection occurred.

4 years ago

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File photo: Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings (Cris Barrish)
Politics & Policy

Delaware AG Jennings says elections ‘still under threat’ ahead of insurrection anniversary

A group of Democratic attorneys general call on their Republican counterparts to follow the rule of law when it comes to ensuring fair elections.

4 years ago

Attorney General Merrick Garland pauses as he speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington on Wednesday, in advance of the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Merrick Garland vows to keep following leads to hold Jan. 6 rioters accountable

"We will follow the facts wherever they lead," Garland said. "The actions we have taken thus far will not be our last."

4 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists yell on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol
Politics & Policy

Former N.J. Gov. Christie Whitman leading efforts to bolster ‘fragile’ U.S. democracy

Well before Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, former N.J. Gov. Christine Todd Whitman was sounding the alarm.

4 years ago

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