GOP ACCOUNTABILITY
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Pennsylvania joins 15 other states suing Trump administration again over billions in withheld electric vehicle charging funds
A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday is the latest legal battle that Democratic-led states are pursuing over funding for EV charging infrastructure that they say was obligated to them by Congress under former President Joe Biden, but that the Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration are “impounding.”
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Perry says Democrats ‘hate the military’ and serve to get a credential to run for office
Discussing the government shutdown on a conservative podcast, Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry argued that Democrats “hate the military” and only serve in the armed forces to “get the credential” to run for public office.
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Trump’s ‘beautiful’ bill brings changes to SNAP in Pa. Here’s what to know.
State officials have estimated that about 144,000 SNAP recipients will lose their benefits because of the new rules. However, advocates say people who rely on the program can take steps to protect their access to food assistance.
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Trump administration suspends $175 million in federal funding for Penn over transgender swimmer
The University of Pennsylvania has been facing an Education Department investigation focusing on its swimming program. That inquiry was announced last month immediately after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls and women’s sports.
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How one small Pa. business is navigating Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs on Canadian goods
The Trump’s administration’s on-again, off-again 25% tariffs on imports from Canada — which went into effect last Tuesday only to be suspended on some items for a month two days later — are giving Bryan Szeliga, owner of Philadelphia’s Fishtown Seafood, whiplash.
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From psychosis to sleep to drug resistance, these Pittsburgh research efforts are threatened by Trump spending cuts, orders
A Trump administration decision to slash indirect cost funding in science and health grants, plus federal staff cuts, have Pitt researchers wondering how, and whether, they can continue.
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13 wildest lies Trump told in the debate with Kamala Harris
Ex-President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris met for their first presidential debate—and Trump unleashed a barrage of lies and misleading claims.
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Biden policy to help IRS collect up to $851 billion in back taxes from ultra-wealthy
Using funds provided by the Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS has already collected more than $520 million from 1,600 millionaires who had unpaid tax bills of more than $250,000. The IRS could collect as much as $851 billion in additional tax revenue over the next decade.
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At Valley Forge, President Biden blasts Trump for Jan. 6 Capitol riot: ‘We nearly lost America’
Speaking near where George Washington and the Continental Army spent a bleak winter nearly 250 years ago, Biden said the 2024 presidential race — a likely rematch with Trump, who is the far and away GOP frontrunner — is “all about” whether American democracy will survive.
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VIDEO: Former DC police officer Michael Fanone calls for more criminal accountability for those who spread disinformation and tried to overturn the 2020 election
Former DC police officer Michael Fanone called for more criminal accountability for those who spread disinformation and tried to overturn the 2020 election in an interview with The Keystone in Harrisburg on Tuesday. Fanone said the upcoming 2024 election will be a test for American democracy and whether or not Americans want to preserve it.…
