Politics

Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to investigate the presence of documents with classified markings found at President Biden’s home and office.

Pa. Senate Republicans are kicking off the new legislative session by pushing through a trio of proposed constitutional amendments that sparked a partisan fight.

Philadelphia City Council’s first Asian American lawmaker, who grew up in Cobbs Creek, has never shied away from bucking the system.

Pennsylvania’s state Senate is postponing a trial seeking to remove Philadelphia’s progressive district attorney.

Dr. Val Arkoosh, an anesthesiologist who led Pennsylvania’s third-most populous county through the pandemic, will be nominated to lead the Pa. Department of Human Services.

Murphy said the move would help revitalize downtown districts across the state after the pandemic took a toll on the local restaurant scene.

An earlier primary date would give the Keystone State more of a say in the presidential nomination process for candidates from both parties.

Pennsylvania’s newly minted state House speaker is moving to make his major policy goal regarding victims of child sexual abuse to be the chamber’s urgent priority.

Democratic voters, who are much more likely to vote by mail, make up more than two-thirds of the total canceled ballots.

After the Pa. House picked Mark Rozzi to be the new speaker, some are hopeful the chamber will finally pass meaningful rule changes.

The Biden administration says it'll immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

House Republicans are plowing through the second day of the new Congress, with no clear off-ramp from their political chaos over electing a new speaker.

State Rep. Mark Rozzi of Berks County was named as the next presiding officer with 115 votes.

Santos arrived in Washington to be sworn in Tuesday, but his swearing-in was delayed after Republicans who control the House failed in multiple rounds of voting for speaker.

Nutter would be allowed to run again because Philadelphia’s city charter only prohibits more than two consecutive terms.