Politics

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that state prosecutors will pursue the most serious charges available. Ryan Wesley Routh was charged Monday with federal firearms offenses.

News outlets are moving away from political endorsements. The New York Times will no longer endorse in local races, and hundreds of others have already stopped. Should they?

Keith Harris is seeking to replace Rep. Donna Bullock, while Andre Carroll is in line to succeed Rep. Stephen Kinsey.

The decision by the state Supreme Court sets in motion the process for counties to issue mail-in ballots to voters who requested one ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

Biden spoke at this year’s annual National HBCU Week Conference, held in Center City. The Biden-Harris administration has invested $17 billion in HBCUs since 2021.

Sen. Bob Casey, in speeches and ads, is hammering away at investments made by Bridgewater Associates while David McCormick was CEO.

So far in 2024, Philadelphia City Council has voted to change the rules for business operating hours in some communities, zoning, sidewalk cafés and parking.

On Sunday, Secret Service agents noticed a gun sticking through the shrubbery that lines the course. Trump said he was safe and well, and authorities have a man in custody.

Kamala Harris will return to Philadelphia for an interview in WHYY’s building that will be hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists.

Former President Donald Trump said he will not participate in another debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.

In Bucks County, a critical area in a vital purple state, the presidential debate produced hard thinking about what to do in November.

In their first debate, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris sparred over abortion laws, undocumented immigrants, the price of groceries, and turmoil in Ukraine and Gaza.

WHYY News gathered reactions from Pennsylvania voters. A consensus among Democrats and Republicans is Harris performed better than expected.

More than 20 miles away from the presidential debate stage in Philadelphia, students at a small liberal arts college weighed their options in their first election.

Gov. John Carney was term-limited from serving as governor again. He already served in Congress and as the state’s lieutenant governor.