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What Everyone Is Avoiding Saying About Hillary Clinton’s Email Scandal

Like everybody else, I’ve been reading way too much about Hillary Clinton’s emails. I’ve read that her use of a private in-house server violated federal […]

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Joe Biden Gets Emotional in Gripping Stephen Colbert Interview

Veep, former Delaware Senator and son of Scranton Joe Biden got deep on the third episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. In an interview […]

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Poll: Joe Biden Passes Bernie Sanders, Gains on Hillary Clinton

A new Monmouth University poll shows that still-not-a-candidate Joe Biden is gaining momentum, having passed (democratic) socialist Bernie Sanders and gained ground on problem emailer Hillary Clinton among voters […]

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Prosecutors One Step Closer to Seeing Fattah’s Emails

[Updated at 1:08 p.m.] Federal prosecutors cleared a major hurdle in their attempt to pore over several years’ worth of Democratic U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah’s personal emails […]

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Is There a Middle Way on Cop Anonymity?

Let me confess to a failing: When John McNesby speaks, I almost always decide to take the opposite position. It’s a knee-jerk instinct, and it’s […]

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Rendell: Kane Should Take Leave from AG’s Office

Kathleen Kane should step away from the attorney general’s office while she faces criminal charges, former Gov. Ed Rendell said today, but she shouldn’t necessarily […]

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Kane Supporters Fight Effort to Take Her Law License

Nearly 1,000 people have signed a Change.org petition opposing reported efforts to suspend the law license of Attorney General Kathleen Kane. The petition emerged after […]

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Pa. Senator Wants to Legalize UberX, Lyft in Philly

Hailing an UberX may now be worse than taking a Philly cab these days, but the service’s popularity is undeniable. The problem? UberX (as well as […]

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Kane: There’s Still More Porn

Turns out 400 pages of porn is just the beginning. Embattled attorney general Kathleen Kane said Thursday she’ll seek court guidance whether to release even more pornographic […]

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Online Voter Registration Coming to Pennsylvania

Pennsylvanians can now register to vote online by going to register.votespa.com. Gov. Tom Wolf announced the policy change at a press conference today. He said […]

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Here’s What’s in All Those Porngate Emails Kathleen Kane Keeps Talking About

Here’s the bottom line: A binder full of porn — about 400 of pages of it, several inches thick in total — is anything but erotic. It’s […]

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Catholic Org: Pope Visit Being Organized by Pro-Choice Politicians

A key leader for the World Meeting of Families has come under attack from a conservative Catholic “investigative group” that says he donated campaign funds […]

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What Can Joe Biden Learn From Five Pennsylvania Presidential Losers?

Pennsylvania has long been regarded as a kingmaker when it comes to presidential politics — we still get awarded “swing state” status by pundits even […]

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Biden Pondering Presidential Run

Vice President Joe Biden — the Scranton native and former longtime U.S. Senator from Delaware — is pondering a late entry into the 2016 presidential […]

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Report: Planned Parenthood Isn’t Harvesting Fetal Tissue in Pa.

Planned Parenthood clinics in Pennsylvania do not participate in the controversial practice of fetal tissue donation, the state’s top health officer says. “Although donation of […]