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Joe Bidens Catholicism is all about healing - now, he will lead a suffering America Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post Jan. 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Joe Biden with his granddaughters Natalie and Finnegan Biden on their way to morning church services at St. Joseph On the Brandywine in Wilmington, Del., on Oct. 25, 2020.Washington Post photo by Demetrius Freeman Pitching himself as president, Joe Biden promised to heal Americas hurting soul. His experiences with suffering and healing w...

The two sides of Joe Biden: Ambition combined with empathy make for an uncommon politician Marc Fisher, The Washington Post Jan. 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Joe Biden, like any president, is a man of great ambition. This is a guy who started developing a detailed plan for a presidential campaign when he was in college. Actually, trace it back even further: Biden once visited his old Catholic school, and a student asked whether hed always wanted to become president. Biden demurred, but a nun ...

SCRANTON, Pa. -- In the downtown here, if you pass Courthouse Square on Adams Avenue, then merge onto Washington Avenue, you’ll eventually enter Green Ridge, a neighborhood seemingly preserved in ’50s-era America. “It’s a Norman Rockwell kind of scene,” Sarah Piccini, assistant director of the Lackawanna Historical Society, told me. Indeed, stately old residences line this leafy stretch of North Washington Avenue, where “Scranton Loves Joe” signs adorn lawns and a large, ornamenta...

Joe Biden, 78, will lead an American gerontocracy Dan Zak, The Washington Post Jan. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5President-elect Joe Biden will be the oldest president in U.S. history. Some other powerful D.C. figures are older still.Washington Post photo by Melina MaraShow MoreShow Less 2of5Nancy Pelosi turned 80 in March. She is the highest-ranking Democrat in Congress.Washington Post photo by Demetrius FreemanShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5Mitch McConnell turned 78 in Februa...

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — A number of the commonwealth’s state and federal prosecutors are planning to press charges against anyone from Pennsylvania found to have been involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol Wednesday that temporarily disrupted the certification of the nation’s Electoral College votes. AP Photo/Matt Rourke At least a dozen people from Pennsylvania have been arrested by DC Metro Police in the wake of the riots. One Schuylkill County man in his 50s is among the four who ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The head federal prosecutor based in Harrisburg announced Monday he's quitting the job later this week. U.S. Attorney Dave Freed said he's resigning after serving more...

Mate says shes ready for the fight. >> i fought against transnational criminal organizations, i took on the biggest banks, and helped take for-profit colleges.est i know a predator when i see one. >> reporter: president trump today counterprograming in pennsylvania, stopping for pizza -- >> they supposedly have the best pizza. >> reporter: he didnt wear a mask, though pennsylvania health authorities say they should be worn in restaurants. earlier he ripped into his rival at a rally just outside ...

Expand the states. so theyre facing deficits they have to win. michigan has been on the verge of being gone for a while. pennsylvania, we were surprised the polls didnt have joe biden up more. particularly considering the strength around scranton and that area, hes from scranton, its been discussed. now we are seeing the margins grow there as well. lets circle back to florida, maybe the margin is 7 or 8. florida is a state, theres no path without florida. hes not re-elected if he doesnt win flor...

Time and again, working families are paying the price for this administrations incompetence. >> reporter: biden stopping by his childhood home in nearby scranton. >> well, i couldnt come to scranton without coming by the old house. >> reporter: and outlining his plan for an economic comeback, including investing $300 billion in new technologies and $400 billion to power demand for american-made products. a plan biden says will create 5 million new jobs and be paid for by reversing trumps tax cut...

Popular vote in 2016 and has a loyal following. she and biden go way back. theyve worked together for 25 years. as vice president and secretary of state, they met once a week. a private breakfast every tuesday. clinton today recalling their family ties back in scranton, pennsylvania. >> and my grandfather and then my father grew up in a house on diamond avenue, and while the rodhams were living on diamond avenue, the bidens were over on north washington street. >> reporter: today she officially ...