Biden, Obama step up in Pennsylvania campaigning with Fetterman and Shapiro as election looms
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With the 2022 midterm election just days away, President Biden and former President Barack Obama were on the campaign trail Saturday with key Democratic candidates Josh Shapiro and John Fetterman.

Twitter announces subscription service including blue check for $7.99 monthly fee

Twitter said users who “sign up now” for the new “Twitter Blue with verification” can receive the blue check next to their names “just like the celebrities, companies and politicians you already follow.”

Obama to Democrats: 'Sulking and moping is not an option'

By day's end, voters in the Keystone State also were to have heard directly from Biden as well as former President Donald Trump. And former President Bill Clinton was campaigning in New York.

Philadelphia is jammed-packed with events and businesses are beefing up security for everyone's safety
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It's an exciting weekend with the Phillies playing for the championship, along with other high-profile events and businesses are stepping up security measures for the safety of all.

Trump given extension on subpoenaed documents by Jan. 6 panel

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has extended the deadline for former President Donald Trump to turn over documents as part of a subpoena issued last month.

Paul Pelosi released from San Francisco hospital

Paul Pelosi has returned home after being hospitalized due to serious injuries allegedly inflicted by a home intruder, his wife Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.

Twitter's blue check: A history of the platform's verification system

The story of Twitter's blue checkmarks — a simple verification system that's come to be viewed as an elite status symbol — began with some high-profile impersonations, just as the site began taking off in 2008 and '09.

Wolf signs bills, including to decriminalize fentanyl strips

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed a flurry of bills Thursday, including energy tax credits, decriminalization of fentanyl test strips and help for autonomous vehicles, as the two-year legislative session winds down.

David DePape, alleged Pelosi attacker, was in country illegally, feds say

The man charged with attempted murder in connection with a violent hammer attack against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, is in the United States illegally and could be deported to Canada.

Biden talks student loan relief at New Mexico community college

The speech comes a little more than 10 days after an appeals court temporarily halted the administration's student loan relief plan from moving forward.

Police respond to trespassing call at Trump's Mar-a-Lago; Secret Service conduct sweep

Police vehicles were seen outside the club on Thursday morning but have now departed, according to local media. A Secret Service team also reportedly conducted a sweep of the grounds after police left.

After Pelosi attack, House chair Zoe Lofgren wants answers from police

House Administration Committee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., sent a four-page letter to Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger on Wednesday, saying the attack on Paul Pelosi raises “significant questions about security protections for Members of Congress.”

First Lady Jill Biden joins Stand Up to Cancer tribute at World Series

First lady Jill Biden joined the Stand Up to Cancer tribute in the middle of the fifth inning of Game 4 of the World Series, where she paid tribute to her son Beau, her sister's father-in-law, and Phillies minor league pitcher Corey Phelan.

Biden urges voters to save American democracy from lies and violence

Six days before major midterm elections, President Joe Biden is imploring voters to save American democracy from Trump supporters' election-denying lies and the violence he says they have inspired.

Cameras at Nancy Pelosi's house not monitored by Capitol Police during attack

The United States Capitol Police was not monitoring security cameras at Paul and Nancy Pelosi's house when an intruder attacked Paul with a hammer on October 28, the department admitted Wednesday. 

Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as 'key' to fighting 2020 election

The emails from December 2020 show the lawyers discussing ways to delay the certification of results in Georgia, a closely contested state won by Democrat Joe Biden.

Chief Justice Roberts delays handover of Trump tax returns to House panel

The House Ways and Means panel first requested Donald Trump’s tax returns in 2019 as part of a probe into the Internal Revenue Service’s audit program and tax law compliance by the former president.