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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Crews recover wreckage from the crash as another plane takes off overhead
Government Accountability
Transportation

Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, one air traffic controller told the Associated Press.

10 months ago

Nick Sirianni holding the trophy with confetti dropping
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Sports

Will the Eagles visit the White House after Super Bowl win? They didn’t last time

Not only did President Trump attend the game to root for Kansas City, but Trump and the Philadelphia team share a tense past.

10 months ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro
Government
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sues over Trump administration spending freezes on grants and loans

Shapiro filed the lawsuit despite the fact that federal courts have repeatedly rejected the Trump administration's sweeping pause on federal funding.

10 months ago

Carrie Muniak joins a rally in front of the Office of Personnel Management, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington. President Donald Trump is relying on a relatively obscure federal agency to reshape government. The Office of Personnel Management was created in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and is the equivalent of the government's human resources department. It helps manage the civil service, including pay schedules, health insurance and pension programs. The agency has offered millions of federal workers eight months of salary if they voluntarily choose to leave their jobs by Feb. 6.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Employment
Government Accountability
National

What to know about the federal workforce under Trump

Here's what to know about the federal workforce, its job protections and the process of cutting back on its ranks.

10 months ago

Tesla Cybertruck
Business
Government
Technology

Trump administration set to purchase $400M worth of armored Teslas

It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White House official.

10 months ago

Cindy Marten smiles
Delaware
Immigration
K-12

Delaware emite nuevas directrices para proteger a sus estudiantes tras la eliminación de las protecciones en lugares sensibles

Un nuevo sitio web ofrece recursos sobre los derechos de los estudiantes inmigrantes, incluido un ejemplo de políticas que afirma el compromiso de proteger a todos los estudia

10 months ago

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is seen from behind.
Immigration
Pennsylvania
Policing

Upland police, ICE arrest undocumented man during joint raid

The small police department in Delaware County reached out to federal agencies for help in executing a search warrant on Race Street.

10 months ago

Listen 0:50
Demonstrator shows opposition
Energy
Environment
National

Trump funding freeze could leave communities on their own as climate threats grow

Without federal support, American communities will struggle to deal with a challenge as pervasive as climate change, market analysts and environmental advocates say.

10 months ago

President Donald Trump speaks

With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government’s public integrity guardrails

In a span of hours on Monday, word came that President Donald Trump had forced out leaders of offices responsible for government ethics and whistleblower complaints.

10 months ago

Matthew Platkin speaks
Economy
Government
Health Care

N.J. and Delaware join states in suing Trump administration over NIH funding caps on universities and scientists

A National Institutes of Health memo on Feb. 7 said certain grant funds to universities and research institutions would be capped starting Monday.

10 months ago

Listen 1:17
Donald Trump sitting while Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick stand
Delaware
Economy
Government

Judge warns Trump administration to comply as Del., other states win enforcement of stay blocking federal funding freeze

Delaware’s attorney general says the agency helping to protect children from lead paint is unable to access federal dollars.

10 months ago

Trump being interviewed
Government Accountability
Sports
TV

Trump defends Elon Musk as ‘terrific’ during Super Bowl interview

President Trump calls federal courts blocking Elon Musk "crazy," and predicted the Kansas City Chiefs would win Super Bowl LIX.

10 months ago

Eli Nogueda, owner of Adelita's Mexican Market, said his sales have fallen by around 40% since December. (Emily Neil/WHYY)
Government Accountability
Immigration
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

Norristown’s immigrant, Latino communities grapple with impact from Trump’s immigration policies

Leaders have organized a buy-in and protest this Saturday to support immigrant-owned and immigrant-serving businesses in Norristown.

10 months ago

Listen 1:22
Zoe Ovans looks on
Higher Education
Philadelphia

In light of Trump’s anti-‘DEI’ order and funding instability, Philly-area scientists question their future in the U.S.

One researcher described it as a “particularly insidious way” to stymie the work of U.S. scientists.

10 months ago

Listen 2:44
Lia Thomas swimming in a race
Government Accountability
Higher Education
LGBTQ
Philadelphia

Penn and San Jose State face inquiries in Trump crackdown on transgender athletes

The investigation at Penn focuses on Lia Thomas, who swam on the school’s women’s team and was the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I title in 2022.

10 months ago

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