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Nearly 400 Los Angeles protesters have been detained or arrested since last Saturday, police say. “No Kings” rallies critical of Trump are planned nationwide this Saturday.
3 months ago
Pa. Republican congressmen applaud Trump administration plan to roll back Biden-era climate rules
Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers say it will boost the state’s economy. Environmental groups say it will worsen climate change and harm public health.
3 months ago
Listen 1:09World Cup host city organizers acknowledge immigration crackdown may impact next year’s tournament
"We recognize that we’re planning within uncertainty,” said Meg Kane, Philadelphia's host city executive, at a gathering of the 11 U.S. host city leaders.
3 months ago
Krasner supports federal lawsuit against Trump’s $500M cut to public safety programs
Philly's district attorney joined more than a dozen prosecutors and other state and local government officials from around the U.S. in signing onto an amicus legal brief.
3 months ago
Trump banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the U.S. Here’s what to know
The president cited national security concerns in resurrecting and expanding a policy of his first term that will mostly affect people from Africa and the Middle East.
3 months ago
Hillary Clinton makes surprise visit to Philly, talks foreign policy at forum with Pa. voters
Clinton talked trade, tariffs and Taiwan. Although she never mentioned President Trump, she warned that the U.S. is “giving away our power.”
3 months ago
Sheetz racial discrimination case is on the chopping block as Trump rewrites civil rights
A Black worker who was let go from his job in Pennsylvania claimed he was fired after working there for a month because of a previous felony drug conviction.
3 months ago
Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the US, charged with transporting people in the country illegally
The indictment also states that Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gang member. Abrego Garcia has never been charged with being in MS-13 and has denied membership in the gang.
4 months ago
What Trump ordering an investigation into Biden’s actions might mean legally and politically
Biden, 82, and now undergoing treatments for prostate cancer, dismissed Trump’s actions as “ridiculous.”
4 months ago
Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday
President Donald Trump is again banning people from countries his administration deems dangerous from coming to America.
4 months ago
Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to deficit, leave 10.9 million more people uninsured, CBO says
Over the next decade, the bill would cut taxes by $3.75 trillion, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The president wants the bill on his desk by July 4.
4 months ago
Trump promises to hike steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% starting Wednesday. Here’s what we know
Foreign-made steel and aluminum is used in household products like soup cans and paper clips as well as big-ticket items like a stainless-steel refrigerators and cars.
4 months ago
Philadelphia organizers host people’s tribunal on war crimes in Gaza
Fridays at Fetterman’s, a group which holds weekly peace vigils for Gaza outside of Senator John Fetterman’s Philadelphia office, co-sponsored the event Saturday.
4 months ago
Listen 1:19The Black hair industry imports products from China. Here’s what tariffs mean for braids and wigs
Stylists are considering raising their prices while the the U.S. and China negotiate new trade agreements.
4 months ago
PBS suing Trump administration over defunding, three days after NPR filed similar case
The lawsuits were filed on similar grounds, saying Trump's complaint that public media is biased against conservatives represents viewpoint discrimination.
4 months ago