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A person works on their laptop at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on December 03, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

U.S. airline CEOs call on President Biden to end the federal mask mandate on planes

The CEOs argue that the increase in vaccinations and the lifting of restrictions in other countries should make the Biden administration reconsider the policy for travelers.

4 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, after Barrett was confirmed by the Senate earlier in the evening. Virginia Thomas sent a series of increasingly urgent text messages imploring White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to act to overturn the 2020 presidential election according to copies of the messages obtained by The Washington Post and CBS News
Politics & Policy

Report: Justice Thomas’ wife urged overturning 2020 election

Virginia Thomas sent weeks of text messages imploring White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to act to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

4 years ago

New Jersey Assembly chambers. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

N.J. Assembly passes bill to create a memorial for frontline workers who died from coronavirus

The measure passed in both houses of the state Legislature. Now it heads to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk.

4 years ago

File photo: Attorney Mark Pomerantz leaves court in New York Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004. Pomerantz, who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last month, said in his resignation letter that he believes the former president is “guilty of numerous felony violations” and he disagreed with the Manhattan district attorney’s decision not to seek an indictment

Ex-prosecutor: Trump ‘guilty of numerous felony violations’

In the letter published Wednesday by The New York Times, Mark Pomerantz said he disagreed with the Manhattan district attorney’s decision not to seek an indictment.

4 years ago

U.S. President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One as he arrives at Melsbroek military airport in Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Western leaders are arriving in Brussels for Thursday's summits taking place at NATO and EU headquarters where they will seek to highlight their sense of unity in the face of the Russian invasion in Ukraine
Politics & Policy

Biden seeks new sanctions, help for Ukrainians in Europe

Biden arrived Wednesday in Brussels, where on Thursday he will meet with allies from NATO, the European Union and the Group of Seven nations.

4 years ago

City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson is shown from the side, profile visible, in this file photo from 2018.
Courts & Law

Jury selected in federal bribery trial of City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson

Opening statements in the trial of Johnson and three co-defendants begin Thursday.

4 years ago

File photo: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 26, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Politics & Policy

Madeleine Albright, 1st female U.S. secretary of state, dies

President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996, and she served in that capacity for the last four years of the Clinton administration.

4 years ago

In August 2019, hundreds of supporters rallied outside 1515 Arch St before the Zoning Board Adjustment to protest Streamline's proposal to tear down Hoa Binh Plaza. (Photo courtesy of VietLead)
PlanPhilly
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Eyes on the Street

Philadelphia made it possible for community shopping centers like Hoa Binh Plaza to be erased

For three years, VietLead has been advocating to save Hoa Binh Plaza from demolition. Residents can weigh in on the proposal on March 23.

4 years ago

File photo: Container ships are docked at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on May 20, 2021. A turf war over who polices the New York region's busy port complex is coming to a head as the state of New Jersey is preparing to withdraw from a bi-state commission formed to fight corruption
Courts & Law

N.J. files brief to block an injunction over the fate of the Waterfront Commission

New Jersey intended to replace the commission with the New Jersey State Police next week. Now those plans are up in the air.

4 years ago

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 18, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

White House press secretary Jen Psaki positive for COVID-19

Psaki tweeted that she took a test in preparation for Wednesday’s trip and it came back positive.

4 years ago

The exterior of a home needing repair
Politics & Policy

GOP legislators are backing Philly Dems’ housing bill. Why? Blight is a statewide issue

Several key Republicans are getting behind legislation sponsored by Philly Democrats to use surplus state funds for home repairs.

4 years ago

Azmat Husain stands at a COVID-19 testing site
Health

How one Philly testing site is navigating the loss of federal COVID funding

Congress’s decision to exclude funding for coronavirus testing, vaccine and treatment in its government spending bill goes into effect Tuesday.

4 years ago

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington on March 3. Companies can borrow money from the Fed under its new lending programs, but the central bank's effort to help the economy has had lopsided results.
Money

Powell says Fed will hike further and faster if necessary

Powell's message was more hawkish than his comments were after last week's Fed meeting.

4 years ago

A closeup of Gov. Tom Wolf
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pennsylvania approves stronger charter school regulations

A Pennsylvania regulatory board is supporting Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to subject charter schools to stronger ethics and accounting measures.

4 years ago

In the background, several people exit a polling station. In the foreground are two signs that read,
Politics & Policy

Advocacy groups push for passage of same-day voter registration law in N.J.

Organizers and supporters of a same-day voter registration bill said the measure would boost voter turnout, especially among young voters and communities of color.

4 years ago

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