Politics

Republicans went to court in Pennsylvania amid vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, as the campaigns prepare for a recount and press counties for favorable ballot-counting decisions.

On Thursday, Philadelphia City Council voted unanimously to rename Taney Street as LeCount Street, making history in the process.

The U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania between Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick is headed for a statewide recount, as counties continued Wednesday to sort through outstanding ballots and the campaigns jousted over which ones should count. A noon deadline passed Wednesday for Casey to waive his right to a statewid...

Burgum ran for president in the 2024 election cycle.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted claims about vaccines that contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists.

With President-elect Donald Trump headed for the White House, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is hurriedly restarting the congestion pricing plan to fund the MTA — but faces staunch bipartisan opposition from lawmakers in surrounding boroughs and NYC suburbs.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Trump, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Republican senators are preparing for a robust vetting of Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, with a keen interest in details from a House Ethics Committee investigation into the former congressman from Florida.

A street that runs from South Philadelphia to North Philadelphia and will officially have a new name.

Federal prosecutors say some evidence that a judge had excluded from the bribery trial of former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was inadvertently put on a computer given to jurors, but they say it should not affect the Democrat’s conviction. Prosecutors told a federal trial judge in a letter Wednesday that they recently discovered the error. Th...

Sen. Marco Rubio’s nomination as secretary of State will see him become the world’s most important diplomat.

The U.S. Senate race between Bob Casey and Dave McCormick in Pa. is neck and neck. The close outcome automatically triggered a law that requires a recount. The candidates are about 29,000 votes apart with Senator McCormick in the lead. Both candidates reacted to the news of the recount.

Is your provisional ballot under review or being challenged? Philadelphia voters can meet with City Commissioners on Friday, Nov. 15 to provide testimony and get their vote to count.