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John Cole on how President Trump’s low approval ratings appear to be weighing on GOP candidates in advance of Tuesday’s midterm election.

Winters on the GOP’s ongoing efforts — including a public invitation from President Trump — to encourage Sen. John Fetterman to switch from the Democratic party and join the Republicans.

John Cole on City Council’s reluctance to abolish the Philadelphia sheriff’s office despite a litany of scandals, including revelations that $20 million from deed sales went missing for months.

As a young artist working at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Signe Wilkinson had a front-row seat to the wonders it contained. For the city to lose this institution would be a travesty.

John Cole on how Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity has entered the final month of the race trailing badly in polls — and seemingly desperate to avoid mentioning You Know Who.

John Cole on Sheriff Rochelle Bilal’s court testimony about how she became aware of the problems plaguing her office, an agency where a super-hero may be needed to untangle all of the dysfunction.

John Cole on the potential perils of President Trump’s hands-off approach to A.I. regulation.

John Cole on Pennsylvania voters wondering which political party, exactly, Sen. John Fetterman belongs to.

After Sen. John Fetterman’s appearance at the Republican Midterm Convention this week, Winters weighs in on his increasingly cozy fit with the GOP.

John Cole on President Donald Trump's plan to use the U.S. Postal Service to determine who is eligible to vote by mail.

John Cole on the Pennsylvania GOP’s soft spot for Democratic Sen. John Fetterman.

Winters on Gov. Josh Shapiro calling out Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine misinformation after two children die of measles amid rising cases in Pennsylvania.

John Cole on the governor’s new executive order clamping down on data center growth — and the competing pressures that may have been behind his change of heart.

John Cole on how data centers are rewiring Pennsylvania’s landscape.

John Cole on reports that President Trump hid in a catering cart to secretly board another transport to slip out of Turkey after a credible threat to Air Force One.

John Cole on President Trump turning a New Jersey voter registration glitch into a mountain — and a pretext for passing the SAVE America Act.

John Cole examines who stands to suffer most from the perjury allegations facing Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office.

Sen. John Fetterman has threatened to leave the Democratic Party. John Cole imagines the day they stop talking him out of it.

John Cole on the rising body count of President Trump’s immigration enforcement, which has left four people dead at the hands of ICE agents this year.

Virginia Union downed Lincoln, 62-0, on Friday night. Despite the outcome, both schools shared a special moment in the spotlight as fans, students, and alumni brought the vibes to the Linc.

The Sixers beat the Knicks, 98-93 in an NBA Cup round game at the Xfinity Mobile Arena on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026.

Parker, a 1994 graduate of Lincoln, said the university played a significant role in shaping her success. Friday night was about celebrating the long history of HBCUs: “It’s only going to get bigger.”

James played his best game as a Sixer, knocking down a clutch fadeaway and following VJ Edgecombe's big three-pointer with a tip-in to close the night.

It marks another blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to assert control over local elections.

Shaun M. Stebbins, who worked as an aide at Woodbine Elementary School, already had been charged in Atlantic County with sexually assaulting young children and making child porn.