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Politics

Marijuana buds are seen in a prescription bottle as they are sorted at Compassionate Care Foundation's grow house
Courts & Law

N.J. lawmakers whipping votes for recreational marijuana deal as deadline looms

Lawmakers and Gov. Phil Murphy have yet to reach a compromise on bills that would set up the new market and revise penalties for underage possession.

5 years ago

Sen. Ted Cruz
NPR
Politics & Policy

Cruz confirms his Cancun vacation after deadly winter storm slams Texas

The Texas Democratic Party is calling for the resignation of Sen. Ted Cruz after the Republican lawmaker went on a family vacation in the middle of a deadly winter storm.

5 years ago

(AP Photo/John Locher)
Courts & Law

Delaware AG renews push to ban assault-style weapons, high-capacity magazines

After a big jump in gun violence in Wilmington in 2020, Del. Attorney General Kathy Jennings says “common sense” gun policies will make the state safer.

5 years ago

Councilmember Cherelle Parker sits at a desk
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Politics power move: Cherelle Parker, expected candidate for Philly mayor, elected DRPA chair

The bi-state organization runs PATCO and is in charge of tolls on four Delaware River bridges.

5 years ago

In this image from video, the final vote total of 57-43, to acquit former President Donald Trump of the impeachment charge, incitement of insurrection, in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial wraps-up

Today we'll look at the second set of impeachment proceedings against President Trump and its implications with Julian Zelizer and Claire Finkelstein.

Air Date: February 16, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
A screenshot taken from a congress.gov webcast of the Senate voting in Trump's second impeachment trial
NPR
Politics & Policy

7 GOP Senators voted to convict Trump. Only 1 faces voters next year

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski will face voters in 2022 but her state's new primary and voting system likely means she'll be in less danger of losing her primary.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally
Politics & Policy

2 impeachment trials, 2 escape hatches for Donald Trump

The only president to be impeached twice has once again evaded consequences, though this time as an election loser shunted off the field of play to the jeering section.

5 years ago

Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks at a press conference alongside the House impeachment managers at the U.S. Capitol
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘No regrets’: House managers defend their decision not to call witnesses

Democrats argue that moving forward with witnesses would have prolonged the Senate impeachment trial and wouldn't have convinced additional Republicans to vote to convict.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden on Trump acquittal: ‘The substance of the charge is not in dispute’

Until his comments on Saturday, Biden had remained mostly silent about his predecessor's impeachment.

5 years ago

Sen. Pat Toomey
Politics & Policy

Toomey on guilty vote: Trump urged mob to march on Capitol to prevent election certification

“As a result of President Trump’s actions, for the first time in American history, the transfer of presidential power was not peaceful,” Toomey said.

5 years ago

Michael van der Veen speaks about the motion to call witnesses Trump's second impeachment trial. (Senate television via AP)
Courts & Law

Trump impeachment lawyer from Philly mispronounces ‘Philadelphia’

“Philadelphia lawyer” once indicated wisdom and acumen, but in the 1960s it became a term of ridicule.

5 years ago

House impeachment managers led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., walk out of the Senate Chamber in the Capitol at the end of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Washington. The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing his trial to a close and giving the former president a historic second victory in the court of impeachment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial

Senators are poised to vote on whether Donald Trump will be held accountable for inciting the horrific attack at the Capitol after a speedy impeachment trial.

5 years ago

In this image from video, Michael van der Veen, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, speaks during the second impeachment trial of Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
Courts & Law

Trump lawyers say Democrats urge supporters to ‘fight,’ too

Donald Trump’s lawyers have a simple objective as they open their defense at the former president’s impeachment trial: Don’t lose any Republican votes.

5 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney addresses the media
PlanPhilly
Community

‘How many lives?’: Survivors want to know why Philly won’t declare gun violence emergency

As City Council and Mayor Kenney continue to clash over a resolution to declare gun violence an emergency, Philadelphians on the frontlines call for leadership.

5 years ago

An American Flag flies at half staff at the U.S. Capitol
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democrats make their case for impeaching Trump

On day two of the impeachment trial of President Trump f House Democrats laid out their arguments why Trump should be found guilty of inciting the riot at Capitol Hill.

Air Date: February 11, 2021 10:00 am

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