Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election is close to wrapping up, Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said Monday. “I’ve been fully briefed on the investigation and I look forward to Director Mueller delivering the final report,” he said at a press conference. “Right now the investigation is […]
The first criminal charges in the long-running FBI investigation into the Philadelphia region’s largest Electricians union local were revealed Monday, as a New Jersey electrical contractor with extensive ties to labor leader John Dougherty admitted to unlawfully providing thousands of dollars in benefits to an unnamed union leader. George Peltz, owner of MJK Electrical, pleaded […]
Kelly’s attorney Steve Greenberg tells us, “Mr. Kelly has not violated the law. Certainly not the Mann Act. The story has flawed factual predicates. Beyond that, we remain unaware of any investigation, anywhere.” Kelly allegedly arranged a coast-to-coast trip for Azriel Clary when she was underage, and the FBI is now looking into the trip […]
When the FBI raided Roger Stone’s Florida home on Friday, most Americans only had one question: Who’s Roger Stone? Despite the longtime Trump associate pulling one political trick after another, most people know more about R. Kelly than they do about R. Stone. But when the FBI showed up before dawn with shotguns, vests, and […]
For the 800,000 federal employees who were forced to work without pay or furloughed, President Donald Trump’s announcement Friday that he would temporarily end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history signaled a return to normality. Trump promised that those workers would receive back pay “very quickly, or as soon as possible.” But when will […]
The White House is preparing a draft proclamation for President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency along the southern border and has identified more than $7 billion in potential funds for his signature border wall should he go that route, according to internal documents reviewed by CNN. Trump has not ruled out using his […]
The United States will return the first group of migrants seeking U.S. asylum to the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Friday, a Mexican government spokesman said on Thursday. In a major policy change, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said on Dec. 20 it would send non-Mexican migrants who cross the U.S. southern border back […]
On Friday, the 35th day of the partial government shutdown and the day that 800,000 federal workers will miss their second paycheck of 2019, Philadelphia union members and labor advocates plan to rally at Philadelphia International Airport in support of Transportation Security Administration workers. The rally will begin at 11 a.m. at the bus stop […]
Philadelphia officials have agreed to pay $127,500 to a former female employee of the Sheriff’s Office who last year sued the city claiming that repeated sexual harassment by Sheriff Jewell Williams rendered her emotionally broken and caused her to quit her job. “The City of Philadelphia was the defendant in this case. The decision to […]
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen is postponing his Feb. 7 testimony to the U.S. Congress because of threats against his family from Trump, his adviser said on Wednesday. Cohen, who has pleaded guilty to crimes including campaign finance violations during Trump’s 2016 election campaign and is cooperating with investigators, had received “ongoing […]
President Donald Trump will NOT be giving his State of the Union speech on the House floor next Tuesday. That much now seems definite, following an exchange of hugely passive-aggressive letters between Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday — a battle of words that ended with Pelosi informing Trump that she would not […]
Just two days after being named host of the Academy Awards, Kevin Hart stepped down following an outcry over past homophobic tweets by the comedian. Hart, a Philadelphia native, wrote on Twitter that he was withdrawing as Oscars host because he didn’t want to be a distraction. “I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for […]