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‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to city suing state over gun laws
Tamara Russell, aka Revive POC, hit the streets of Philadelphia to see what residents think about the city’s efforts to quell rising gun violence.
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Listen 4:32Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies
The private Christian schools effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that openly LGBTQ teachers weren’t welcome in the classroom.
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Prospects dim for critical election bill in Pennsylvania
County officials are still pushing for a change they say could ensure the vast majority of ballots are counted within hours of polls closing.
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New Jersey man arrested for allegedly threatening judge
William Kaetz's arrest comes months after a disgruntled attorney fatally shot the son of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas and wounded her husband in a targeted attack.
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Takeaways from Amy Coney Barrett’s Judiciary confirmation hearings
President Trump’s nominee deflected answering most questions, citing precedent that she can’t weigh in on issues she may rule on.
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GOP pushes Barrett’s nomination ahead, Dems decry ‘sham’
Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to take the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seems inevitable, as even some Senate Democrats acknowledged.
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Barrett skips past Democrats’ pressing questions
Senators are digging deeper into the conservative judge’s outlook on abortion, health care and a potentially disputed presidential election.
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Amy Coney Barrett faces Democrats’ tough questions
She declined to say whether she would recuse herself from any election-related cases involving President Donald Trump.
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Watch live: Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing
The nomination has become a political lightning rod as Democrats charge that Republicans are rushing it to get Barrett confirmed before the Nov. 3 election.
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Health care is focus as Barrett Supreme Court hearing opens
Republicans, who control the Senate, are moving at a breakneck pace to seat Judge Amy Coney Barrett before the Nov. 3 election to secure Trump's pick.
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‘Courts are not designed to solve every problem,’ Barrett to say in opening statement
The Senate Judiciary Committee starts confirmation hearings on Monday for President Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
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Pennsylvanians to pick 3 statewide row office holders Nov. 3
Voters next month will decide who should be Pennsylvania’s attorney general, state treasurer and auditor general.
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Delaware Sen. Chris Coons talks with Supreme Court nominee Barrett ahead of hearings
Ahead of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. Senator Chris Coons asks one key question: “Why are we doing this?”
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Krasner says anyone who tries to intimidate Philly voters will ‘find themselves in jail’
Krasner didn’t detail specific threats at Philly for Election Day, but the DA’s task force is deploying a month early and ready to prosecute cases of voter intimidation.
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Supreme Court hears challenge to Delaware’s partisan court balance requirement
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week challenging Delaware’s law that requires a balance of Republicans and Democrats on the state’s top three courts.
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