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Politics

A sticker from Election Day 2016. (Bastiaan Slabbers/WHYY News)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Free transit on Election Day? SEPTA votes no

Other cities offer free transit on Election Day: Dallas, Houston, Tampa, Minneapolis, Austin, and Asheville, among others.

7 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, listens during the first day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Courts & Law

Watch: Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh clears crucial Senate hurdle

Some fence-sitting senators could conceivably vote to advance Kavanaugh's nomination but still hold out their support ahead of a final confirmation roll call over the weekend.

7 years ago

U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello, who represents a suburban area west of Philadelphia, voted in favor of the
Politics & Policy

While nation watched Kavanaugh hearings, House passed ‘Tax Cuts 2.0’

Running on tax cuts would normally unite Republicans, but 2018 is not turning out to be a normal year.

7 years ago

Republican Scott Wagner (left) has vowed to stomp on the face of Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, in the increasingly vitriolic Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign. A Wagner campaign spokesman says the threat was metaphorical. (AP file photos)
Politics & Policy

‘Jeopardy!’ host plays monopoly during first — and only — Pa. gubernatorial debate

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with WHYY senior reporter Dave Davies about the midterm elections in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Listen 5:55
In this Monday, March 12, 2018, file photo, supporters of temporary protected status immigrants hold signs and cheer at a rally outside of a federal courthouse in San Francisco. A judge on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, blocked the Trump administration from ending protections. (Jeff Chiu/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Migrants embrace ruling that keeps temporary status for now

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants got temporary relief after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from moving ahead with its plans.

7 years ago

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, walks on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. A key vote on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, she said Thursday that the FBI investigation seemed
NPR
Courts & Law

Kavanaugh’s fate rests with small number of undecided senators

Only one copy of the report is being made available.

7 years ago

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska
NPR
Money

Kavanaugh nomination battle is fought with millions in secret cash

Advocacy organizations on both sides are able to keep donors' contributions secret. But spending on TV ads must be disclosed to the FCC.

7 years ago

Demonstrators protest before a speech by President Donald Trump at the National Electrical Contractors Convention, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Politics & Policy

As Trump speaks to electrical contractors in Center City, protesters take to the streets

President Donald Trump spoke in Center City Philadelphia at a convention of electrical contractors as protesters marched outside.

7 years ago

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has agreed to step down as chairman of the electric-car company as part of a settlement to resolve a securities fraud charge lobbed by the SEC on Thursday. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Elon Musk settles with SEC, agrees to step down as Tesla chairman

Under the terms of the settlement, Musk has agreed to step down as chairman of the Silicon Valley-based company, but will remain in his post as CEO.

7 years ago

Matt Damon played Brett Kavanaugh on the 44th season opener of Saturday Night Live. (Saturday Night Live via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Matt Damon is a sniffing, shouting Brett Kavanaugh on ‘SNL’ season premiere

“I’m usually an optimist, I’m a keg is half-full kind of guy."

7 years ago

Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday. (Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

FBI contacts Deborah Ramirez, Kavanaugh accuser, as investigation begins

On Saturday, the FBI began its first full day of work on an additional background investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

7 years ago

A police officer stands on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Trump administration moves to escalate census lawsuits to Supreme Court

The DOJ's civil rights division argues that it needs responses to the citizenship question in order to better enforce the Voting Rights Act.

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Money

Mayor Kenney vows to clean up audit issues over DNC security funds

He's promising all the money will be accounted for.

7 years ago

(Photo by Saul Loeb/Pool/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via (Photo: Saul Loeb/Pool Image via Associated Press)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

The Kavanaugh/Ford hearings

Guests: Laura Little, Michael Moreland The back-to-back testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh ab ...

Air Date: September 28, 2018 10:00 am

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In a work by Kenyan photographer Mwarv Kirubi, a pupil from St. Martin's School Kibagare plays on the swings at break time on 27th January 2017. It is one of 98 works included in
Arts & Entertainment

International artists reclaim Trump’s insult

Trump once called them "shitholes." Now artists from those countries are reclaiming the epithet.

7 years ago

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