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DNC launches website on impact of ‘Trump tax’ bill, tariffs on Pa.
The Democratic National Committee is launching a new website Wednesday to show the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and spending bill on Pennsylvanians. TrumpTax.com “includes Pennsylvania data about the Trump Tax with one underlying truth — if you’re not a billionaire, the Trump Tax will screw you over,” said...
Trump joins McCormick at CMU to tout $90B energy and AI investment wave
As the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit drew to a close Tuesday at Carnegie Mellon University, event organizer U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick said the day could wind up being remembered as the start of an “economic renaissance” in Pennsylvania. That prediction came on the heels of nearly two dozen companies...
Here are the blockbuster deals unveiled at the Pa. Energy and Innovation Summit
U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick said Tuesday during the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh that companies are planning to invest more than $90 billion in data centers, energy and power infrastructure, and workforce and AI training projects across Pennsylvania. Fifteen of the companies plan to invest at least $1...
Independents who want to vote in Pennsylvania’s closed primaries seek help from state’s high court
HARRISBURG — Voters hoping to open up Pennsylvania’s closed primary system to independents asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to declare the current system violates the state constitution’s right to free and fair elections. Four independent voters asked the justices to take up the case directly, arguing that in...
Trump tells Texas Republicans to redraw the state congressional map to help keep House majority
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to create more House seats favorable to his party, part of a broader effort to help the GOP retain control of the chamber in next year’s midterm elections. The president’s directive...
Senate votes to move ahead with Trump’s request for $9 billion in spending cuts
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s request to cancel some $9 billion in previously approved spending, overcoming concerns from some lawmakers about what the rescissions could mean for impoverished people around the globe and for public radio and television stations in their home states. The Senate...
Trump urged supporters to see conspiracies everywhere. With Epstein, that’s coming back to haunt him
NEW YORK — As his supporters erupt over the Justice Department’s failure to release much-hyped records in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation, President Donald Trump’s strategy has been to downplay the issue. His problem? That nothing-to-see-here approach doesn’t work for those who have learned from him that they must not...
Trump touts $90B in energy, AI deals announced during Pittsburgh summit
Tech and energy investors announced a flurry of multibillion-dollar development deals across the state Tuesday during the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University. U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, serving as host of the inaugural summit, said the deals — totaling more than $90 billion combined — will create...
Gov. Josh Shapiro, DNC chair Ken Martin say Sharif Street should step down as state party leader while running for Congress
Gov. Josh Shapiro and Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said this week they think State Sen. Sharif Street should consider stepping down as Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party chair as he runs for U.S. Congress. The comments from the two top Democratic heavyweights come as Street this month announced his campaign...
U.S. imposes 17% duty on fresh Mexican tomatoes
The U.S. government said Monday it is placing a 17% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations ended without an agreement to avert the tariff. Proponents said the import tax will help rebuild the shrinking U.S. tomato industry and ensure that produce eaten in the U.S. is also grown...
MAGA faithful are angry about the Epstein case. Here’s what to know
A broken promise to release more information about the Jeffrey Epstein case has sparked outrage among some of President Donald Trump’s loyal supporters. The Justice Department last week said Epstein, who was facing charges of sex trafficking, did not leave behind a “client list.” Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested in...
Janelle Stelson, who narrowly lost to GOP Rep. Scott Perry, wants another chance to beat him in 2026
HARRISBURG — Democrat Janelle Stelson, who lost to Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry by barely a percentage point in 2024, will run again in the right-leaning congressional district in Pennsylvania. Stelson, a one-time local TV anchor and personality, mounted a challenge to Perry, the former leader of the hardline House...
Trump, McCormick to tout $70B in energy, AI investments across Pa. in CMU event
More than $70 billion worth of investments into Pennsylvania’s energy and artificial intelligence sectors will be highlighted during a summit Tuesday at Carnegie Mellon University, with industry leaders and politicians including President Donald Trump and Gov. Josh Shapiro participating. U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, a lead organizer for the inaugural Pennsylvania...
Nursing homes struggle with Trump’s immigration crackdown
NEW YORK — Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with President Donald Trump’s attack on one of their few reliable sources of workers: immigration. Facilities for older adults and disabled people are reporting the sporadic loss of employees who have had their legal status revoked by...
‘Who’s got next?’ Democrats already lining up for 2028 presidential race in early voting states
SENECA, S.C. — The first presidential primary votes won’t be cast for another two and a half years. And yet, over the span of 10 days in July, three Democratic presidential prospects are scheduled to campaign in South Carolina. Nearly a half dozen others have made recent pilgrimages to South...
A Senate vote this week will test the popularity of DOGE spending cuts
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans will test the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts this week by aiming to pass President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in public media and foreign aid spending. Senate Democrats are trying to kill the measure but need a few Republicans...
Trump says he wants to deport ‘the worst of the worst.’ Government data tells another story
President Donald Trump has pledged to deport “the worst of the worst.” He frequently speaks at public appearances about the countless “dangerous criminals” — among them murderers, rapists and child predators — from around the world he says entered the U.S. illegally under the Biden administration. He promises to expel...
Trump plans to tour Texas flood damage as scope of disaster tests his pledge to shutter FEMA
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Friday for a firsthand look at the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding, he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises to do away with the federal agency in charge of disaster relief. The Trump administration isn’t backing away from...
Trump wants mass deportations, but U.S. views of immigration are more positive since he took office
WASHINGTON — Just months after President Donald Trump returned to office vowing mass deportations, the share of U.S. adults saying immigration is a “good thing” for the country has jumped substantially — including among Republicans, according to new Gallup polling. About 8 in 10 Americans, 79%, say immigration is “a...
As Trump seeks to be a peacemaker, Netanyahu leaves Washington without breakthrough on Gaza deal
WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington this week netted President Donald Trump another nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize he covets, but the ceasefire the U.S. leader sought for the war in Gaza didn’t emerge. Despite Trump throwing his weight behind a push for a 60-day...
Missouri governor repeals paid sick leave law approved last year by voters
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Eight months after voters approved it, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the repeal of a law Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage. The move marked a major victory for the state’s largest business group and a...
Trump praises Fetterman for saying calls to abolish ICE are ‘inappropriate and outrageous’
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D.-Braddock, is still tweeting about ICE after earning President Donald Trump’s praise Wednesday for slamming calls to abolish Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Fetterman said “ICE performs an important job for our country” in the first of a pair of posts uploaded to X on Thursday. “Any...
Senate Republicans block attempt to roll back massive tax hike on professional gamblers
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked an attempt to reverse a little-noticed provision from their tax and spending cuts law that professional gamblers warn could be the end of their industry. Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada sought unanimous passage of a bill that would roll back the...
Deluzio skewers Medicaid cuts as Dems seek winning message on Trump megabill
With cuts to Medicaid and food stamps now law, Democrats are looking to minimize their impact and punish Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections for what they frame as an attack on vulnerable people. “I’m going to do everything I can between now and 2026 to remind voters, Democrat and...
Freed from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million claim against Trump administration
NEW YORK — On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child’s birth in New York. For a moment, the outspoken Palestinian activist...
