All posts tagged "Philadelphia"

Judges signaled skepticism of the Department of Justice's defense for scrubbing references to slavery at a historic site, according to reporting by the New York Times.

In January, the Trump administration removed placards and videos commemorating the history of slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. After a lawsuit by the city of Philadelphia, the National Park Service had to restore the displays, but the DOJ's appeal of the ruling isn't going well, the Times reported.

Two of the three judges on the appeals court panel "appeared skeptical" of the administration's position during a Tuesday hearing. Judge L. Felipe Restrepo, an Obama appointee, questioned whether the government was seeking "unfettered discretion" over the site. The third judge, Peter J. Phipps, a Trump appointee, appeared more sympathetic to the government's arguments....

Philadelphia has prepared an "ambitious plan" to protect its city from ICE and help local law enforcement feel empowered to arrest federal agents, an analyst explained Wednesday.

Salon's Amanda Marcotte, who lives in Philadelphia, described how the city is worried they will be next after ICE's violent attacks in Minneapolis. And while Gregory Bovino was pushed out of his role in the Twin Cities, the administration is has continued to plot its future moves as "the political blowback against the operation is clearly bothering Donald Trump."

"ICE has already been on the ground, grabbing immigrants and scaring people. But locals are also terrified the city will soon be singled out for a full-scale invasion like Minneapolis is experiencing," Marcotte wrote. "Trump has always spoken of Philadelphia with deep contempt, and folks haven’t forgotten his repeated efforts to stop the vote counting here in 2020 as part of his concerted effort to steal the presidential election from Joe Biden."...

Donald Trump Saturday stunned critics watching his MAGA rally in Philadelphia by having numerous "misfires" during his speech.

Trump delivered his remarks at the rally in Philadelphia after an event earlier in the day in Washington, D.C. At the first event, the former president came under fire for a purportedly "incoherent" defense of a rant he said the press had previously deemed "rambling."

His second event of the day stood out to social media users for a number of so-called "misfires." ...

Levittown (United States) (AFP) - Three people were killed by gunfire in a Philadelphia suburb on Saturday morning and the suspect was on the loose following a carjacking, local media and the police reported. Police in Middletown Township, just north of Philadelphia, confirmed on their Facebook page that shots had been fired in nearby Falls Township, leaving "several gunshot victims." The police said it was unknown whether the shootings were "targeted or random." But they identified the suspect as a 26-year-old homeless man, Andre Gordon. They said he was believed to be carrying an assault rif......

PHILADELPHIA — Mütter Museum curator Anna N. Dhody opened a package Tuesday morning that arrived at the museum by mail. Inside was a glass jar containing two preserved fetuses, and a letter from someone claiming to be a retired physician who wanted to make a donation. “I saw the letter and was like, ‘Oh no, no no, I have to make a few calls,’” said Dhody, who promptly called the police. “This is not normal procedure.” The package was addressed to Dhody, but did not have a return address. The letter was scant and included no other details about the sender or the fetuses, Dhody said. Police are ......

By Nathan Layne CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, told his supporters on Saturday to "go into" Philadelphia and two other Democratic-run cities to "guard the vote" in 2024, repeating his unfounded claims of widespread election fraud in 2020 as justification for the call to action. Speaking at a campaign event in Iowa, Trump said it was important to scrutinize the vote in the battleground states likely to determine the general election. He singled out the biggest cities in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. "So the most imp......