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As Election Day approaches, John Cole reflects on the fine print that comes with casting a ballot.

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.

Today's advice from Dear Abby.

James took a sip of Clemons’ wine after crashing into the Philadelphia native during the third quarter of the Sixers' win over the Bulls on Monday.

The Sixers down the Bulls, 126-107 at the Xfinity Mobil Arena on Monday, November 2, 2026.

The Sixers shot 53% from the floor while all five starters finished with at least 15 points, led by Maxey’s 26 points to go along with 11 assists.

Philadelphia’s Department of Sanitation recommends people self-compost their pumpkins or utilize a free food composting service.

In addition to Horizon, New Jersey's largest insurer, Jefferson is in high-stakes contract talks with at least two other major insurers, Highmark and Independence Blue Cross.