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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.

John Cole on how sports betting sites use personalized pitches from celebrities like Phillies slugger Bryce Harper to hook their biggest spenders — known as “whales” — and keep them on the line.

John Cole takes note of President Trump’s support of the SAVE America Act — a measure that critics fear could create barriers to voting for eligible citizens.

John Cole looks back on America’s rocky road to 250.

John Cole takes note of a City Hall couple that found a loophole in Philadelphia’s Deferred Retirement Option Plan worth $750,000: quit for a day, then go right back to work.

President Trump promised to “drain the swamp.” John Cole wonders why he’s now immersed in one.

John Cole takes note of how Philadelphia has so far received high marks for its infrastructure and organization while serving as one of the American host cities for the 2026 World Cup.

John Cole on President Trump’s Iran nuclear deal, which critics say borrows heavily from an earlier agreement by President Obama and, so far at least, delivers less.

In their private conversation, Xi also urged Trump to “prudently handle the Taiwan issue,” according to the Chinese state media outlet Xinhua.

From Red October's return to the Birds to "King James" becoming a Sixer and more, there's no shortage of exciting moments coming to Philly and its sports teams.

Matt Campbell is preparing Penn State for its first Big Ten matchup of the season, but will be without its top offensive playmaker and face tougher competition upfront.

Regent Surgical, a Tennessee firm that will manage the Penn-IBX locations, called the corporate structure a pioneer for involving a health system, insurer, and management firm.

“I really do feel like I escaped something big,” Ashley Rivera said. “He could have kidnapped me. He could have done the same thing to me that he did to those women.”

The program has drawn criticism because many immigrants have been sent to countries with records of human rights violations.