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In this image provided by the Department of Defense, a CH-47 Chinook from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division is loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug, 28, 2021. (Department of Defense via AP)
Politics & Policy

Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war

The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday.

4 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Politics & Policy

NJ Gov. Murphy sets up Afghan Refugee Assistance task force

Gov. Murphy signed an executive order with the aim of ensuring New Jersey is prepared to receive and assist those coming into the state.

4 years ago

Demonstrators demand action on voting rights.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Fed up with inaction over voting rights, thousands are planning a march on Washington

Thousands of activists are expected to converge Saturday in Washington and other cities across the country on the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.

4 years ago

January 6th insurrectionists at the Capitol.
Courts & Law

Capitol Police officers sue Trump, allies over insurrection

They allege Trump “worked with white supremacists, violent extremist groups, and campaign supporters to violate the Ku Klux Klan Act, and commit acts of domestic terrorism.

4 years ago

Reps. Bennie Thompson (right) and Liz Cheney, joined by fellow committee members, speak to the media after a July 27 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Jan. 6 select committee probe expands to Trump and top officials in a wave of demands

They target communications by Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence and other top officials as well as White House visitor and call logs related to the day of the attack.

4 years ago

(Miguel Martinez/Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy

A significant chunk of Philly’s CARES Act money is paying for police and prisons

Out of $276 million in initial federal COVID grants, the city appears to have allocated at least $100 million to cover staffing in the police, prisons, and fire departments.

4 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at her weekly news conference at the Capitol building on August 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

House narrowly approves $3.5 trillion budget blueprint

Nancy Pelosi pushed through a $3.5 trillion budget framework Tuesday after an impasse with centrist Dems threatened to derail progress on President Biden's domestic agenda.

4 years ago

Then-New York Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul addresses the People of New York during news conference in the Blue Room at the state Capitol Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Albany, N.Y.
Politics & Policy

9 women now serving as governors in U.S., tying a record

When Hochul took over Tuesday for resigned Gov. Andrew Cuomo, she became the ninth woman currently serving as governor. That ties the previous record, first set in 2004.

4 years ago

President Biden said the U.S. is continuing to evacuate U.S. citizens and Afghan allies of the U.S. from Afghanistan. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden touts ‘incredible’ evacuation operation from Kabul, but warns of ongoing danger

President Biden said on Sunday that the U.S. has evacuated nearly 28,000 people from Afghanistan since Aug. 14, including around 11,000 people in about 36 hours.

4 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol
Politics & Policy
WITF

F&M poll shows a majority of conservative Pennsylvanians view 1/6 attack negatively

State and congressional Republicans have all but avoided talking about the attack, and Franklin and Marshall College poll results offer some insight on that.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2021, file photo, Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington
Politics & Policy

Three senators test positive for COVID in breakthrough cases

Sens. Angus King of Maine, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and John Hickenlooper of Colorado all said they have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated.

4 years ago

Floyd Ray Roseberry is apprehended after being in a pickup truck parked on the sidewalk in front of the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building
Politics & Policy

Man surrenders after claiming to have bomb near U.S. Capitol

A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol has surrendered to law enforcement after an hourslong standoff.

4 years ago

Students work on assignments during a summer school program
Keystone Crossroads
Health

Bucks County changes school COVID-19 guidance again to recommend masking

The Bucks County Health Department said it was changing course because local hospitals said any pediatric COVID-19 cases could stress the system.

4 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meets with reporters after a marathon “vote-a-rama” to advance President Joe Biden’s federal priorities, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. The Democratic leader discussed the $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs, the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, and the importance of voting rights. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Health

Schumer calls for federal crackdown on fake vaccine cards

The Senate’s top Democrat says federal law enforcement officials need to crack down on fake COVID-19 vaccination cards being sold online.

4 years ago

Students applaud at the Morehouse College commencement ceremony on May 16, 2021, in Atlanta. Morehouse recently announced it would clear remaining tuition balances for students, joining several other HBCUs doing the same. (Marcus Ingram/Getty Images)
NPR
Education

HBCUs erasing student debt with federal funds brings hope for students and schools

Canceling student debt, many advocates argue, is one of the fastest ways to close the Black-white wealth gap.

4 years ago

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