Editorial Cartoon: Court packing

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.

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.

It’s easy to mock hyperbolic claims about voter fraud — but Pennsylvania election officials are doing the quiet, careful work of actually protecting the vote.

The Latvian Society of Philadelphia has long a beating heart for Philly's tight-knit Latvian community. On Saturday, Latvian citizens came to the society to cast votes in a critical election.

The United States has the worst rate of maternal deaths among high-income countries. The early stages of pregnancy can be the most dangerous, and need better treatment systems.

Alerts about missing or lost pet birds in Philadelphia have been appearing all over Facebook. Here's what local experts had to say about it.

Hacks by rogue artificial intelligence systems have generated calls for greater oversight and regulation, and also tee up a fight over liability.

Since The Inquirer published her story of abuse while a student at Curtis, in 2019, several women came forward with their stories. St. John's documentary "Dear Lara" serves as a searing examination.