Politics

Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered flags at half-staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter who died at the age of 100. See reactions from other local leaders to Carter’s death.

Trump allies, including Elon Musk, vigorously defended the program to other MAGA adherents this week.

A multiday firestorm has erupted over comments made by two incoming advisers to President-elect Donald Trump about H-1B temporary worker visas.

The President-elect’s priorities could run into the realities faced by agents focused on enforcement and removals: The number of people already on its lists eclipses the number of officers available to do the work.

First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland.

After Musk helped tank a bipartisan bill to fund the government, Trump told conservative activists that he hadn’t “ceded the presidency” to the tech billionaire.

Donald Trump is suggesting that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal.

Cherelle Parker reflected on her first year as Philadelphia’s mayor and looked ahead to next year in her State of the City address at Temple University on Friday.

If the government shuts down days before Christmas, holiday travel could be hit but holiday shipping spared.

A Delaware County woman is accused of trying to fraudulently register four people – including her dead father and a person who died inside her home — to vote in the 2024 presidential election.  

The Biden administration announced on Friday that it would forgive another $4.28 billion in student loan debt for 54,900 borrowers who work in public service.

It was government shutdown season in Washington, and all through the House, many creatures were stirring — most notably Elon Musk.

Federal government employees will be able to spend Christmas Eve with their families this year following a new executive order issued by President Joe Biden on Thursday. Christmas Eve — December 24 — is not a federal holiday, even though Christmas Day is, according to the Office of Personnel Management. “All executive departments ...