Politics

Lawmakers are grappling with how to respond to the economic carnage of COVID-19: Should the government opt for robust stimulus spending or austerity?

Former President Barack Obama's “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours.

Tamara Russell, aka Revive P.O.C., hit the streets of Philadelphia to see what residents think of President Trump’s refusal to concede.

The sometimes frenetic election operation at the Pa. Convention Center was powered by everyday Philadelphians.

More than 2.6 million mail-in ballots were reported received by counties, and there has been no report by state or county election officials or a prosecutor of fraud.

Democrats can no longer treat demographics as destiny, while the GOP would be wise not to disenfranchise their own potential voters, writes Murali Balaji, Ph.D.

The U.S. has long promoted the conceit that it is the world’s beacon of democracy. Now, the most essential tool of democracy, the vote, is under attack.

About 650,000 people are part of DACA, which allows young immigrants who were brought to the country as children to legally work and shields them from deportation.

More than a week after Election Day, Trump has neither called Biden nor made a formal concession, and White House officials have insisted they are preparing for a second term.

A broad coalition of top government and industry officials declared that the election was “the most secure in American history,” repudiating Trump's efforts to undermine it.

President Donald Trump’s hopes for staying in the White House hinge on a battery of legal complaints filed by a Philadelphia lawyer with a revealing past.

The campaign of Sen. Joe Scarnati is appealing the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking thousands in fees for providing records of campaign expenses to a Spotlight PA journalist.

Delaware's bipartisan political culture helped shaped Joe Biden's career. But it remains to be seen if that spirit of compromise will work in the White House.

In court, Trump's lawyers must walk a precarious line between advocating for their client and upholding their professional oath.

As the new president sets his priorities, will having an educator as first lady help schools and colleges get what they hope for?