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Politics

President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

N.J. contacting 206 Trump fundraiser guests to monitor coronavirus symptoms

If they were in close contact with the president or his staff, they are being asked to quarantine for 14 days.

6 years ago

Sen. Pat Toomey
Politics & Policy

Toomey says he won’t run for another Senate term or governor

Toomey’s decision will force Pennsylvania Republicans to look elsewhere for nominees for both seats in a state where both parties have shown they can win statewide races.

6 years ago

Donald Trump, Amy Coney Barrett
Politics & Policy

GOP faces reckoning over Trump’s coronavirus strategy, diagnosis

Trump's infection thrust COVID front and center when Republicans would rather be talking about Trump’s Supreme Court nominee as early voting is underway in most states.

6 years ago

Students line up to have their temperature checked before entering PS 179 elementary school
Health

Trump’s diagnosis shows US vulnerability to the coronavirus

Eight months after the coronavirus reached the U.S., worrying signals mounted of what's ahead this fall.

6 years ago

Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Duluth International Airport on Sept. 30, 2020 in Duluth, Minn. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

How do you contact trace the president of the United States?

The President's diagnosis calls for contact tracing on a massive scale. Luckily, not everyone President Trump saw this week with is a high risk exposure. Here's who is.

6 years ago

President Trump speaks in the White House briefing room
NPR
Health

Trump hospitalized at Walter Reed following coronavirus diagnosis

President Trump on Friday made an unannounced trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md, White House pool reporters awaiting his arrival said.

6 years ago

Lisa Forrest, Philadelphia's Fire Department Battalion Chief, joins other members of the firefighters and paramedics union in denouncing the local's endorsement of Donald Trump and calling for a retraction. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Philly firefighters and paramedics protest union local’s endorsement of President Trump

Members of IAFF Local 22 in Philadelphia protested their chapter’s unprecedented decision to buck their national chapter and endorse President Trump.

6 years ago

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora
Politics & Policy

As homicides spike, Trenton mayor stands by police director

Mayor Reed Gusciora discusses the spike in city violence and how he gets along with the City Council.

6 years ago

An election worker hands a sheet of
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Mail voting works, but what if you applied for a ballot and now want to vote in person?

If it’s lost, didn’t arrive, or you just prefer to head to the polls, here’s what to do.

6 years ago

Activist Lauri Dawn Kindness, right, speaks at the Crow Indian Reservation, in Lodge Grass, Mont. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, as Lodge Grass Mayor Quincy Dabney records her for a social media campaign to increase Native American participation in the U.S. census. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
Community

Census takers: We’re being told to finish early, cut corners

The census is used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets and the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal funds annually.

6 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Trump and Biden meet for their first debate

Dave Weigel, Imani Perry, and Ed Luce join us to discuss the first debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Air Date: September 30, 2020 10:00 am

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President Trump participates in the first presidential debate
NPR
Politics & Policy

From debate stage, Trump declines to denounce white supremacy

Asked to disavow white supremacists, Trump addressed the Proud Boys directly, telling them to "Stand Back, Stand By." He did not expand on what he meant.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate
Politics & Policy

‘Bad things happen in Philadelphia,’ and other takeaways from the Trump-Biden debate

President Trump likened Pennsylvania to a prison and, without evidence, said the commonwealth’s mail ballot process can’t be trusted.

6 years ago

An attendee holds his weapon at the Rally to Protect Your Right to Keep and Bear Arms at the state Capitol on September 29, 2020. (Kate Landis/WITF)
Courts & Law

Pa. gun rights supporters rally around right to bear arms at annual Capitol event

In past years, more than 1,000 people have shown up to the annual rally. This year, it had to be rescheduled because organizers received a threat.

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy waves for the audience before his 2021 budget address at SHI Stadium at Rutgers University, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Piscataway, NJ. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Money

Murphy signs $32.7 billion budget into law, including tax hike on millionaires

In a highly unusual move, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the budget bill without taking anything out via the line-item veto.

6 years ago

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