NATIONAL POLITICS

Republicans have resorted to blaming undocumented immigrants for the ongoing government shutdown, even though they are ineligible to receive subsidized health care under the Affordable Care Act. 

The FBI in 2023 analyzed phone records of more than a half dozen Republican lawmakers as part of an investigation into efforts by President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Young people helped elect Sen. John Fetterman in 2022, but now, they are his largest group of detractors according to a new poll.

Pennsylvanians are expected to continue seeing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments in October despite the federal government shutdown. The status of future SNAP payments if the partial shutdown persists is still uncertain.

Nearly 30,000 people in Southwestern Pennsylvania are projected to lose government food assistance under new federal changes. More than 2 million Pennsylvanians are enrolled – over half are families with children.

Partisan spending disputes occasionally shut down parts of the government for a few days or a few weeks. Traditionally, “essential” workers such as military troops or air-traffic controllers are exempt from a shutdown, while visitors to national parks notice custodial workers are “non-essential” and trash piles up.

Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.

Washington is bracing for what could be a prolonged federal shutdown after lawmakers deadlocked and missed the deadline for funding the government.

Democrats pursue a shutdown to bargain as Republicans in Congress want ACA tax credits to expire at the end of this year. 

ACA tax credits are at the center of government shutdown conversations. Up to 270,000 Pennsylvanians are at risk of losing Pennie coverage with skyrocketing premiums.