Congressional negotiators say they have reached an agreement in principle to avert a government shutdown at the end of this week. The four lead bipartisan negotiators, emerging from talks Monday night, declined to get into details on how the agreement was struck, but when asked whether it included barrier funding and a resolution to the […]
When members of City Council pushed for an audit in 2016 to determine whether the Philadelphia Parking Authority was withholding money from city schools, PPA Board Chairman Joseph Ashdale was quick to voice his public opposition. But private conversations, caught on an FBI wiretap, suggest just how far he was willing to go to reward […]
Tax season has just begun and some Americans have already filed their taxes for 2018. And while many people generally expect a hefty refund, several have found themselves with a surprise tax bill from the IRS. “I literally screamed when I saw my refund,” says Elissa Crooks. The 41-year-old from Orlando says that her refund […]
The nation faces the real possibility of another government shutdown at the end of the week, after bipartisan talks aimed at averting that outcome broke down in a dispute over immigration enforcement, lawmakers and aides said Sunday. President Donald Trump’s border wall demands, which precipitated the record-long 35-day shutdown that ended late last month, were […]
Sunday night was quiet. We went to see some friends who live in Center City. Talked politics and family, solved the problems of the world, and did it all while munching on hoagies in their apartment. When we left to come back to our home in East Mt. Airy, my wife got a phone call. […]
Virginia lawmakers on Monday will reluctantly face the unprecedented prospect of impeaching the state’s second most powerful leader as they struggle to address revelations of past racist behavior and allegations of sexual assault roiling its highest levels of office. At least one lawmaker said he will try to pursue impeachment of Democratic Lt. Gov. Justin […]
A week after pleading not guilty to federal corruption charges, City Councilman Bobby Henon returned to Council chambers Thursday, saying he won’t surrender his post as majority leader and plans to run for reelection this year as he defends himself in court. “I have done nothing wrong and I continue to serve this caucus as […]
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff has hired officials with experience at the National Security Council to help with his panel’s oversight of President Donald Trump’s administration, according to a committee aide. The aide declined to say how recently the newly hired officials worked at the council, whether they served under Trump or to identify […]
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos claims a lawyer for the National Enquirer emailed his counsel with a threat to post sexual pictures he had sent to his girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez. In a blog post published Thursday, Bezos accused AMI, which owns the National Enquirer, of blackmail and extortion. “In the AMI letters I’m making public, you […]
On the first Wednesday of every month, the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council meets at its hall in the Northeast, But this Wednesday was not business as usual. Its leader, John J. Dougherty, was indicted on federal charges of embezzlement, bribery, and theft a week ago, and the 159-page indictment included transcripts of conversations between […]
The two law firms that represented Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser Christine Blasey Ford are involved in another high-profile sexual assault accusation — this time in Virginia. The law firm that represented Kavanaugh during his contentious confirmation hearings last fall is representing embattled Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax as he defends himself […]
The region’s top federal law enforcement official has filed a lawsuit to stop Philadelphia from becoming home to the nation’s first supervised drug injection site, even as backers of the idea continue to move forward with their plans. U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain has scheduled a news conference for 10:30 a.m. to announce the steps […]