Politics

President Donald Trump's inaugural committee received a sweeping request for financial records this week from prosecutors in New Jersey.

The ruling echoes others that block the department from withholding funds to cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agencies.

Student loan debt has more then doubled in the last decade to $1.5 trillion. We look at the causes, consequences and possible policy solutions for tackling student debt.

Lawmakers say victims need more time to bring their cases. The measure has gotten renewed attention in the wake of the Catholic Church’s clergy sex abuse scandal.

A Republican primary fight is shaping up with three candidates seeking the nomination to run for Philadelphia mayor in the May 21 primary.

The Senate voted 54-45 on Thursday to confirm William Barr as attorney general, returning him to a post he first occupied in the administration of President George H.W. Bush.

Philadelphia City Council voted Thursday for a bill that would ban most city stores from going cashless.

From minstrels to the mummers, from governors to Gucci, how blackface began and why it keeps coming up.

The decision hurts Paul Manafort's chance of receiving a reduced sentence next month.

Michael Tomasky on political polarization and how to end it

Bridget Kelly authored the infamous "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" email the month before the lane realignment went into effect.

There is a fundamental mismatch between what sexual assault survivors disclose and what legal systems need to hear to take action.

Writer Michael Tomasky argues that political polarization was baked into the American political process from the beginning.

The revelation that elected officials in Virginia had at one point worn or endorsed blackface has caused us to grapple with its history.

And why Larry Krasner's criminal justice reform agenda is having a moment.