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March 22, 2018

Britain's departure from the European Union could unravel the Belfast Agreement, a US congressional committee has been warned.

Speaking at a special hearing of the Helsinki Commission – a US government agency which promotes human rights – Brian Gormally of the Belfast-based Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) said, while it was unlikely that any one particular effect of Britain's exit would destroy the peace settlement, "the cumulative impact could begin to unravel it".

March 22, 2018

Donald Trump is replacing national security adviser HR McMaster with the hawkish former Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton in the latest administration shake-up.

In a sign of the administration's unusually high rate of turnover, the pro-Iraq war hardliner will become Mr. Trump's third National Security Adviser.

March 22, 2018

Congressional Democrats on Thursday were quick to condemn President Trump's decision to name former United States Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton as his next national security adviser.

Trump tweeted early Thursday evening that Bolton, the hawkish former Bush administration official, will take over for H.R. McMaster beginning April 9.

March 21, 2018

Washington (CNN) -- Former Vice President Joe Biden was back on Capitol Hill meeting with Democrats on Wednesday ahead of the midterm elections, attempting to bridge a divide in his party between progressives and blue-collar voters.

Biden, repeating an argument he's been making of late, said there should be "no reason for any conflict" between the two wings of the party. "There's no distinction in the Democratic Party between our social agenda and our agenda in terms of the economy," he told reporters.

March 20, 2018

U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa, grew up in the Olney neighborhood of upper North Philadelphia. There, the congressman's mother worked as a crossing guard shepherding school children across bustling North 5th Street, the neighborhood's shop-lined commercial spine. Back then, Olney was mostly Irish and Italian, but today it is one of the most racially and linguistically diverse areas in the city.

March 17, 2018

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The annual St. Patrick's Day commemoration ceremony was held at Philadelphia's Irish Memorial on Saturday. The ceremony focused on the challenges faced by immigrants of the past as well as the present.

Speaker after speaker discussed the struggles and sacrifices of Irish immigrants and tied it into current day challenges faced by immigrants to this country.

Among them was Congressman Brendan Boyle.

March 16, 2018

Life Sciences Pennsylvania, a Wayne-based trade group, handed out its annual industry awards this week. Here is who was honored:

Three organizations received patient impact awards.

▪CSL Behring of King of Prussia was honored for Haegarda, a treatment that reduces painful swelling attacks in different body parts including the abdomen, face and the larynx in patients with hereditary angiogram.

March 15, 2018

A federal administrative law judge signed a letter this week ruling that Adrianne Gunter's multiple sclerosis has left her too sick to work, qualifying her for the government assistance known as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) — three months after she finally got a remote hearing via TV hookup and more than two years after she applied.

Issues:Health Care
March 8, 2018

WASHINGTON D.C. — Legislation that would rename two U.S. Post Office facilities in the Commonwealth after Pennsylvanians who were killed in action while serving their country is one signature away from becoming law.

Senators Pat Toomey and Bob Casey announced Thursday that the legislation has passed the U.S. Senate and is headed to President Donald Trump's desk.

Issues:Veterans
February 9, 2018

Rep. Brendan Boyle said Friday the tax cuts, combined with the new spending bill, are setting up the U.S. for economic disaster.

"This is a $2 trillion plan that is coming in the eighth year of an economic expansion," Mr. Boyle, Pennsylvania Democrat, said on MSNBC.

He said that despite House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's lengthy eight-hour address on the House floor this week promising that she her caucus would not support the budget, Mr. Boyle said, she didn't whip votes for or against the bill.