Government

Mayor Jim Kenney says goodbye and Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker says hello in address to City Council’s final meeting of the year.

The resignation of Rep. John Galloway, a Democrat from Bucks County, on Thursday will tee up another special election to determine the chamber’s majority early next year.

Legislation to expand child care tax credits for parents was expected to come up for a vote Wednesday night, with both chambers still in session.

Supporters argued the current law held schools to rigid schedules that didn’t allow for flexibility to address student needs.

The charge refers to the disruption of Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory over Trump.

Biden insisted outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday that he will only testify in public.

The president's comments reflected a harder-than-usual assessment of Israel’s decisions since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.

Biden's request for a $110 billion U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other national security needs is at serious risk of collapse in Congress.

UPenn's President Magill resigned after intense criticism over her comments before Congress on combating antisemitism on college campuses. We'll debate about free speech.

The Whole-Home Repairs Program is a victim of its own success. Additional funding is held up by the state’s budget impasse.

Lawyers for a major donor to Penn threatened to withdraw a gift valued at $100 million unless Penn President Liz Magill is replaced

The two-hour debate will start at 8 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and is airing across NewsNation's website and streaming channels.

“Some people just need to go away,” Kenney said when asked about his future plans for public life.

McCarthy is the only speaker in history to be voted out of the job.

The group, Parker referred to as her “kitchen cabinet,” will come up with the structure for the future of Philadelphia’s government.