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Politics

Court documents released Friday suggest that both former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort (left) and former Trump attorney Michael Cohen could end up in prison. (AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

What you need to know about the new Manafort and Cohen court documents

There is no allegation that either Cohen or Manafort conspired with the Russians who were waging that attack on the 2016 election.

7 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

City Councilmen respond to land-flip scandal with an offer of reform

City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson and Council President Darrell Clarke introduced a bill Thursday they say creates new safeguards against corrupt land dealing in City Hall.

7 years ago

From left to right: Michael Cohen, Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort (AP)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Mueller’s big week

Guests: Quinta Jurecic, Andrew Prokop, David Corn It’s a busy week for the Mueller investigation. On Tue ...

Air Date: December 7, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:39
Paul Manafort arrives for a hearing at U.S. District Court on June 15, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

The Mueller Russia investigation: A full docket of developments set for Friday

Friday is shaping up as a busy day in the Justice Department's Russia investigation.

7 years ago

Fast food and retail workers and their supporters marched through Center City to kick off the fight for
Money
Broke In Philly

Philly Council approves bills for ‘Fair Workweek’ and $15/hr wage hike

Thursday is a big day for the labor community in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis testifying in October 2017 on Capitol Hill about immigrant military recruits (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
NPR
Courts & Law

Pentagon will train recruits holding green cards following court order

The Department of Defense will begin assigning thousands of immigrants with green cards to basic training, reversing a Trump administration policy that delayed their service.

7 years ago

Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane leaves court in handcuffs after her sentencing at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. Kane was sentenced to 10-to-23 months in county jail and 8 years probation. In August 2016, Kane was found guilty of felony perjury and an assortment of misdemeanors related to a leak of secret grand jury materials. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive.com via AP, Pool)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Porn, leaks, and petty politics: What led to Kathleen Kane’s downfall

A look at one of the messiest political scandals in Pennsylvania history as the former state Attorney General begins her jail sentence.

Air Date: December 5, 2018

Listen 14:07
Several groups have filed suit on behalf of Peter Sean Brown, 50, a Philadelphia native who was held on an immigration detainer in Florida, claiming his constitutional rights were violated when he was mistaken for a Jamaican immigrant eligible for deportation. (Viviana Bonilla Lopez/ACLU)
Courts & Law

Florida sheriffs illegally held Philly native as undocumented immigrant, lawsuit alleges

While he was detained, he says authorities sang the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” theme song — about a transplanted Philadelphian — to mock his claimed connection to the city.

7 years ago

The official portrait of former President George H.W. Bush is draped in black cloth at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, to mark his passing. Bush will lay in state at the Capitol building this week before being buried in Texas. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The legacy of George H.W. Bush

Guests: Joe Watkins, Jeet Heer, John Meacham Over the weekend, President George Herbert Walker Bush died at the ...

Air Date: December 4, 2018

Listen 49:30
FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2017, file photo, Frank Gilliam Jr. speaks on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., in front of the former Revel casino.  (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
Courts & Law

FBI agents search home of Atlantic City’s first-term mayor

FBI agents are searching the home of Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam Jr.

7 years ago

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (right) talks about his $10 million donation to help Pennsylvania combat the opioid crisis during a visit to Thomas Jefferson Maternal Addiction Treatment clinic. He is accompanies by Gov. Tom Wolf.
Money

Pa. getting $10 million under first Bloomberg grant to combat opioid addiction

Former New York City mayor picked Pennsylvania to get the initial grant because of the severity of the crisis in the state and Gov. Tom Wolf’s work toward solutions.

7 years ago

State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown D-Philadelphia, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania state lawmaker gets probation in bribery case

Democratic Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 23 months of probation and ordered to repay the money to the state attorney general's office.

7 years ago

In this file photo taken Aug. 19, 2008, the Chevron Genesis Oil Rig Platform is seen in the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, La. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Feds authorize seismic surveys for Atlantic Ocean drilling

The Trump administration is authorizing the use of seismic air guns to find oil and gas formations deep underneath the Atlantic Ocean floor.

7 years ago

Michelle Obama embraces Nariah, a Philadelphia high school sophomore, during a surprise visit to the African American Museum in Philadelphia. A dozen girls in the beGirl.world program, which encourages African American girls to travel, were treated to an intimate question and answer session with the former First Lady.
Education

Michelle Obama gives advice, hugs to Philly girls

Hours before her evening event at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia, Michelle Obama surprised a group of teens with a visit.

7 years ago

Listen 1:30
Ken Smukler outside the federal courthouse in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Courts & Law

Case of Brady aide accused of misusing campaign funds goes to jury

Ken Smukler trial wraps up.

7 years ago

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