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The chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court plans to relinquish that title to a colleague in a few months but stay on the court until his full retirement at year’s end.

Republican lawmakers in Georgia have muscled legislation through the state House that would roll back voting access.

President Joe Biden and lawmakers are laying the groundwork for a long-sought boost to U.S. roads, bridges and other infrastructure

Every House Republican voted early Saturday against a popular $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package that would send $1,400 checks to most Americans and hundreds of billions more to help open schools, revive struggling businesses and strengthen state and local governments

Democrats are ready to shove a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package through the House on Friday.

The Senate parliamentarian has dealt a potentially lethal blow to Democrats’ drive to hike the minimum wage, deciding that the cherished progressive goal must fall from a massive COVID-19 relief bill the party is trying to speed through Congress

U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle of Philadelphia, who serves on the House Budget Committee, told NBC10 that the money would support the region, including the ailing transit system and the city’s government services.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., placed a sign outside her office Wednesday mocking Democratic Rep. Marie Newman, whose office sits across the hall, after Newman hung a transgender pride flag next to her door in protest over Greene’s opposition to a LGBTQ rights bill

The chairs of Pennsylvania’s state Senate Education Committee are asking the Biden administration to waive this year’s requirement for school standardized testing because of the pandemic.

A state Republican Party meeting in Pennsylvania to discuss whether to censure U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey recessed without resolution after roughly five hours because of technical difficulties in counting votes

The Republican majority in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly wants to wrest control from the governor’s office over the powers of emergency declarations.

Pennsylvania lawmakers worried about the delay in census results are hearing it may be May 2022 before new district lines for Congress and the Legislature are hammered out

A Palm Beach County, Florida, commissioner says flags won’t be lowered to half-staff to honor Rush Limbaugh despite an order from Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Pennsylvania lawmakers unhappy the state is considering tolling nine major bridges were warned about that prospect when they passed legislation in 2012 delegating that approval to appointees of the governor and top lawmakers

New Jersey will make its first full public pension payment for the first time in a quarter century, boost school aid by 7% and offer 760,000 families a $500 tax rebate under a new $44.8 billion budget proposal Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy introduced Tuesday

Former prosecutors say the trove of records could give investigators new tools to determine whether Trump lied to lenders or tax officials, before or after he took office.

President Joe Biden will visit Texas on Friday as the state begins its recovery from a devastating winter storm that caused serious damage to homes and businesses across the state and left many without power or clean water for days

President Joe Biden’s first bilateral meeting with Canada’s Justin Trudeau since taking office was high on policy, low on pomp and featured a very large swipe at Biden’s predecessor

Black voters have fueled big Democratic wins in Georgia, and Republicans are trying to make sure it doesn’t happen again

Democrats are rushing to kickstart campaigns to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, one of the few Republicans in Pennsylvania currently holding statewide office. A Republican outsider from Montgomery County has also said he’s running for the seat in 2022.

Republican Party committee members in Pennsylvania expect to meet Wednesday night to decide whether to censure U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey amid a GOP backlash over his vote to convict Donald Trump during the former president’s second impeachment trial.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed into law legislation to set up a recreational marijuana marketplace, decriminalize cannabis and loosen penalties for underage possession of the drug and alcohol.

The Supreme Court has formally rejected a handful of cases related to the 2020 election, including disputes from Pennsylvania that had divided the justices just before the election.

One month into Joe Biden’s presidency, the government is on a glide path to reach his initial goal of administering 100 million vaccine doses in his first 100 days in office.

The United States has returned to the Paris climate accord

Former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean said a new commission could determine “why wasn’t Washington prepared” for the siege on Jan. 6 as Congress was ratifying the Electoral College votes.

A suburban Philadelphia man who said he was stressed over losing his family, the coronavirus shutdown and the “theft of the election” acknowledged firing three shots into a local Democratic Party office on Inauguration Day, prosecutors said.

Revenue for the City of Philadelphia is only about $120 million off its pre-pandemic figure of $4.9 billion, but city budget officials blame for fixed costs for the second year of a deficit in the ballpark of $500 million.

Gov. Phil Murphy’s deadline to act on legislation setting up New Jersey’s recreational marijuana market has been extended a second time.

Ivanka Trump will not be running for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate seat in 2022 as she settles into life after Washington

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz acknowledged on Thursday that he had traveled to Mexico for a family vacation this week, leaving his home state as thousands of constituents struggled without power or safe drinking water after a powerful winter storm.

Congressional Democrats and the Biden administration have unveiled a broad immigration bill that would provide an eight-year pathway to citizenship for 11 million people living in the country without legal status

State Rep. and community activist Malcolm Kenyatta has officially entered the race for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat in 2022.

Not even a month after leaving office, former President Donald Trump is escalating a political war within his own party that could undermine the GOP’s ability to fight President Joe Biden’s agenda and ultimately return to power

President Joe Biden’s effort to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour could provide a welcome opportunity for someone like Cristian Cardona, a 21-year-old fast food worker

The end of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is only the beginning of Congress’ reckoning with the riot of Jan. 6.

The new Biden administration has some infrastructure experts thinking big, as the federal government under the Democratic president may fund projects to invigorate the economy like public transit expansion and offshore wind.

Pennsylvania’s Republican Party may meet to discuss censuring U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey over his vote to convict Donald Trump during the former president’s second impeachment trial.

The North Carolina Republican Party has voted to censure Sen. Richard Burr over his vote to convict former President Donald Trump during Trump’s second impeachment trial.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Congress will establish an independent, Sept. 11-style commission to look into the deadly insurrection that took place at the U.S. Capitol.

Sims was recently re-elected to a fifth term representing a portion of downtown Philadelphia. He is a longtime civil rights advocate and was the first openly LGBTQ member of the Pennsylvania Legislature when elected in 2012.

Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial centered on a phone call that Americans never heard with the leader of a country far away, Ukraine

House prosecutors are calling the verdict in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial “heartbreaking” and say they proved their case that Trump incited the U.S. Capitol riot.

Booking photos taken by police when a person is arrested are often made public, but some experts say releasing someone’s mug shot can undermine the presumption of innocence, perpetuate racial stereotypes and leave an indelible stain on a person’s life

The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump laid bare the deep imperfections in the Constitution’s only process for holding a president accountable for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”

The Senate is moving toward a final vote after reaching a deal to skip witness testimony in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. The agreement averts a prolonged trial and sets up closing arguments from both sides.

The Republican Party still belongs to Donald Trump

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-PA, was one of seven senators from his party who joined Democrats in favor of convicting former President Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The 57 votes fell short of the required 67 and Trump was acquitted Saturday.

Former President Donald Trump’s legal team took to the Senate floor Friday after two days of an emotional presentation by House impeachment managers centered on chilling video of the Capitol siege.

Bruce Castor, a onetime rising-star prosecutor from suburban Philadelphia, made something of a comeback earlier this week in heading to the well of the U.S. Senate to defend Donald Trump in the ex-president’s second impeachment trial.

House Democrats will begin two days of arguments Wednesday in Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. They will try to convince skeptical Republican senators that the former president alone was responsible for inciting the mob of supporters who broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and interrupted the presidential electoral count.

Philadelphia public school teachers bundled up in winter coats, gloves and hats sat outside on folding chairs on a bitter cold Monday morning as a show of solidarity over concerns about coronavirus safety amid a planned return to classrooms.

Pennsylvania’s two major political parties have endorsed statewide appellate court judges to run in this year’s election for an open state Supreme Court seat.

President Joe Biden is highlighting plans for a Pentagon review of national security strategy on China as he underscores his desire to recalibrate the U.S. approach with Beijing

House Democrats will begin two days of arguments Wednesday in Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. They will try to convince skeptical Republican senators that the former president alone was responsible for inciting the mob of supporters who broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and interrupted the presidential electoral count.

A report out Wednesday says election systems in the U.S. are vulnerable to cyber intrusions similar to the one that hit federal agencies and numerous businesses last year and remain a potential target for foreign hacking

The congressman’s voice cracked and he paused to drink from a bottle of water as he told of apologizing to his daughter for bringing her to the U.S. Capitol on the day a deadly mob overran it. But it was recalling what she said to him next, after he assured her nothing like that would happen again, that made...

Former President Donald Trump fumed that his attorneys’ performance on the opening day of his second impeachment trial was a disaster, as allies and Republican senators questioned the strategy and some called for yet another shakeup to his legal team.

Peruto is known for working high-profile criminal cases over the years, but slammed current District Attorney Larry Krasner for being too lenient on suspects. A young woman was found dead in Peruto’s Rittenhouse Square mansion several years ago.

Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial over the deadly Capitol siege will launch this week with 16 hours of arguments

Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor who comes in Paul Bunyan proportions made his mark as mayor of a Rust Belt city outside Pittsburgh. More recently, he’s become one of the most progressive politicians in the state.

Pennsylvania’s larger-than-life lieutenant governor, the 6-foot-8, bald and tattooed John Fetterman, will run for U.S. Senate

A deadline for New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to act on legislation establishing a recreational marijuana marketplace has been extended.

Tehran has refused to negotiate while U.S. sanctions remain in place.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the country is still in a “deep hole” with millions of lost jobs but that President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan could generate enough growth to restore full employment by next year

The Wyoming Republican Party has voted overwhelmingly to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol

Stacey Plaskett couldn’t cast a vote last month when the House impeached former President Donald Trump

John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s larger-than-life lieutenant governor, has filed a statement of candidacy as he continues to ponder a run for the U.S. Senate.

Embattled Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who’s facing a House vote to strip her of committee assignments, says she regrets some “words of the past.”

President Joe Biden says the days of the U.S. “rolling over” to Russian President Vladimir Putin are over and he is calling for the immediate release of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Donald Trump’s lawyer said the former president will not testify during the Senate impeachment trial scheduled next week.

Dozens of immigrants from Massachusetts to Colorado who have taken sanctuary as a last resort to stay in the U.S. are newly hopeful under President Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump delivered his second State of the Union speech Tuesday, hailing the country’s booming economy and warning of human traffickers flooding across the border. Here’s a closer look at some of the statements from his address.

President Joe Biden has called for a confrontation of the “political extremism” that inspired the U.S. Capitol riot in remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast

The Pennsylvania Legislature’s spending grew by more than 8% last year, adding some $28 million to its own reserves.

Legal briefs filed in the impeachment case against former President Donald Trump lay out radically different positions ahead of next week’s Senate trial.

The parents of a Connecticut teenager who accidentally shot himself to death at a friend’s home are hoping the new Democratic-controlled Congress will pass a federal law requiring gun owners to store their firearms in secure containers to prevent children from harming themselves.

The agreement, awaiting approval in a Senate vote, means Democrats can take control of the committees and set up other operations that have stalled during the standoff.

Under Gov. Tom Wolf’s next budget, the lowest earners would pay less and the top third of earners would pay more, raising funds for public schools and plugging a deficit.

A teary-eyed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday recounted hiding in her office bathroom as a man repeatedly yelled “Where is she?” during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and also revealed a sexual assault in her past as she talked about trauma.

The Senate has approved Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary, which makes him the first openly gay person confirmed to a Cabinet post

Victims of child sexual abuse might have to wait two years or more to pursue legal claims because of a major bureaucratic bungle that prompted angry denunciations across the political spectrum and the resignation of a top Pennsylvania state official

President Joe Biden has told Republican senators he’s unwilling to settle on too small a COVID aid package after meeting for two hours over their slimmed down proposal

Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell is blasting newly elected Rep_ Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling the far-right Georgia Republican’s embrace of conspiracy theories and “loony lies” a “cancer for the Republican Party.”

A firebrand conservative Virginia state senator seeking the Republican nomination for governor has filed a federal lawsuit over her legislative colleagues’ recent decision to censure her

Republican efforts to restrict voting access are taking shape in statehouses across the country with a flurry of legislation aimed at limiting measures that led to record turnout in the 2020 presidential election.

Former Vice President Mike Pence is beginning to build a political future without Donald Trump, including making plans to form a policy-focused fundraising committee that would help him maintain a relationship with donors, according to multiple sources familiar with his plans.

As the coronavirus pandemic takes a mental toll on young people, more states are considering expanding opportunities for students to take mental health days to try to lessen stigma and reduce youth suicide