Politics

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 ...

The House rejected a bill Thursday to keep the government funded temporarily, after Republican leaders reneged on an earlier bipartisan deal and made modifications to appease President-elect Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk and an internal GOP revolt.

Atlantic County prosecutors allege that Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small asked his daughter to contradict her previous claim of being abused while knowing he was about to be indicted on the original child abuse charge

The House Ethics Committee has voted to publicly release its findings following a multi-year investigation into alleged sexual misconduct and illicit drug use by former congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Florida.

“Mayor Parker was right, the Eagles are better than the Steelers and we also discovered that Wawa now is better than Sheetz,” a laughing Sen. John Fetterman said while wearing a Philadelphia Eagles hat

Electors gathered in state capitals around the country to take the next step in getting President-elect Donald Trump to become the 47th president of the United States. All the states electoral votes will be counted on Jan. 6, 2025. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has more.

President-elect Donald Trump shares his thoughts on the drones that keep appearing in the Northeast.

Hogg and classmates founded the gun safety group March For Our Lives, which now boasts of having helped pass more than 250 gun safety laws.

Biden signed a proclamation establishing a national monument honoring Frances Perkins, the first woman appointed to serve in a presidential Cabinet

Reps. Abigail Spanberger and Jennifer Wexton are hoping the electoral change they were part of in the 2018 midterms continues.

Michael Untermeyer, the special prosecutor hired to investigate and prosecute crimes on SEPTA initially plans to focus on assaults and thefts – not pursuing cases involving more serious offenses such as homicide — on the transit system.

In the latest episode of Battleground Politics, Lauren Mayk talks to SEPTA special prosecutor Michael Untermeyer in his first interview since being appointed to the job. Earlier in the year, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed into law Act 40, which directed the appointment of a special prosecutor by the attorney general’s office to handle cr...