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The U.S. Capitol Dome is seen through security fencing in May. Similar barriers will be in place on Saturday, when a demonstration is planned in support of people charged for the Jan. 6 pro-Trump attack on the Capitol. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The Capitol faces its biggest security test since Jan. 6 on Saturday

With a far-right rally planned for Washington, D.C., on Saturday, the Capitol will face its first large-scale security test since the Jan. 6 attack on the seat of American dem

4 years ago

The Benjamin Franklin Parkway and City Hall in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy
Plan Philly

What 4 of Philly Council’s fiercest housing advocates plan to fight for this fall

As Philly City Council prepares to restart, here’s a rundown of the policies some of Council’s most vocal housing advocates are bringing to the (virtual) chambers.

4 years ago

Empty courtroom
Courts & Law

Delaware Supreme Court hears arguments over FOIA requests for Biden’s papers

Biden gifted the papers to UDel in 2011 when he was vice president. The total collection includes more than 1,850 boxes of documents and 415 gigabytes of electronic records.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Gov. Wolf’s coronavirus business waiver program was flawed, secretive, Pa. auditor says

“This audit revealed a flawed process that provided inconsistent answers to business owners and caused confusion,” said DeFoor, a Republican elected to office last year.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks during a tour of the Flatirons campus of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in Arvanda, Colo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Health

Biden: Nearly 3M get health coverage during COVID-19 sign-up

“That’s 2.8 million families who will have more security, more breathing room, and more money in their pocket if an illness or accident hits home,” Biden said.

4 years ago

In this Aug. 5, 2021, file photo, Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

The Justice Department wants a federal judge to block Texas’ new abortion ban

This step, a major move by the Biden administration against the highly controversial law, follows a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department last week.

4 years ago

California Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses reporters after beating back the recall attempt that aimed to remove him from office, at the John L. Burton California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Politics & Policy

California Gov. Gavin Newsom beats back GOP-led recall

Newsom cast it as a win for science, women’s rights and other liberal issues, and it ensures the nation’s most populous state will remain in Democratic control.

4 years ago

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) takes notes during a U.S. Senate Rules Committee Georgia Field Hearing
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate Democrats offer a new voting bill, but a GOP filibuster likely blocks the way

Democrats have a deal on revised voting rights legislation, but a major roadblock remains in the evenly divided chamber with Republicans ready to halt the bill's progress.

4 years ago

Delaware state seal
Politics & Policy

Open government group applauds Delaware redistricting hearings

Delaware’s redistricting process will launch later this month with online hearings that were called for by Common Cause of Delaware in August.

4 years ago

The main gate of the privately-run Leavenworth Detention Center in a 2016 file photo. At the time, the prison's operator was known as the Corrections Corporation of America but has since been renamed CoreCivic. Legal advocates are hoping the facility shuts down when its federal contract ends at the end of the 2021.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden ended contracts with private prisons. So one may turn to house immigrants

A for-profit detention center in Kansas that's been plagued with violence may be trying to do an end-run against a presidential executive order.

4 years ago

Officers at the Cumberland County Prison walk the halls in Carlisle, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

Pa. prison guards union asks court to review vax-or-test mandate

The union that represents corrections officers in Pennsylvania prisons wants a state court to intervene over Gov. Wolf's recent vaccine mandate.

4 years ago

Minnesota Vikings star lineman Brian O'Neill (center) poses after a 2019 home game with his uncle and aunt, Delaware Gov. John Carney and First Lady Tracey Quillen
Politics & Policy

Gov. Carney’s nephew is Delaware’s new $92 million gridiron man

The NFL’s Minnesota Vikings have signed Brian O’Neill to a $92 million contract, the most lucrative sports contract for an athlete born and raised in Delaware.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden lay a wreath at the Wall of Names during a visit to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021
Politics & Policy

Biden places wreath at Shanksville 9/11 memorial

Biden visited the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, not long after Vice President Kamala Harris and former President George W. Bush spoke there.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden hugs a person as he tours a neighborhood impacted by Hurricane Ida, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, in Manville, N.J. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., second from left, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, second from right, look on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy
6ABC

President Biden approves Gov. Wolf’s major disaster declaration for Ida

The approval will provide funding and services through the Individual Assistance Program and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

4 years ago

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC
NPR
Courts & Law

6 more people connected to the Capitol riot plead guilty

They include one man who told a family member he wanted to attend an event where he could shoot House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on live television.

4 years ago

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