News
"But without federal funding, the road ahead becomes more challenging — not just in sustaining what we do now, but in continuing to grow and innovate,” said Bill Marrazzo, President & CEO for WHYY.
The poll shows a disconnect between the Trump administration’s targeting of universities and an American public that sees them as key to scientific research, new ideas and innovative technology.
Democrats denounced the hearing, calling it political theater that does little to fight discrimination.
Proposed funding cuts in the draft budget “would impact our ability to do similar investigations and ensure student safety in the future,” said Jennifer Garman, CEO of Philadelphia-based Disability Rights Pennsylvania.
Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do” and slamming his hands on a desk, according to one person who was briefed on what occurred.
Opinion
Big corporations facing federal enforcement actions donated heavily to Trump’s inaugural fund. Just a few months later, federal cases against them are being dropped.
We the People must choose to work tirelessly to save American democracy, writes Newtown’s Steve Cickay.
Sixty percent of families in this country are living paycheck to paycheck.
Descriptions of personal responses to the rise of fascism in 1930s Germany echo what I heard in my research talking to voters across the United States leading up to Trump’s re-election, writes Melissa Butcher.
Trump’s erratic tariffs aren’t a recipe for an industrial comeback. They’re a recipe for corruption.
Education
Democrats denounced the hearing, calling it political theater that does little to fight discrimination.
At the first two hearings, some folks brought receipts, and some brought excuses, while the cyber charters themselves declined to appear at all.
Still, teachers, families and advocates remain concerned about the stability of Head Start. The Trump administration is closing several regional offices and laying off the staff who support the program, which has led to funding delays that threatened to close individual preschools.
“We should be expanding access, not taking it away. Every child deserves a fair and equitable start, and I’ll fight in Congress to protect programs like Head Start that make that possible,” said Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, a Democratic candidate for Congress in PA-01.
An independent abuse report found non-verbal Jamison Elementary School students were subjected to physical punishment and neglect. Whether people will be fired or criminally charged is up in the air.
Elections
Gallego travels to Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District and will be joined by Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, who is running against Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, “to engage the constituents Fitzpatrick is ignoring as he backs his party’s reckless budget resolution.”
There’s new consensus on voter ID in Pennsylvania. That doesn’t mean an election deal is coming.
It is the latest example of the DOJ dropping or withdrawing from a voting rights case begun under former President Joe Biden.
This bill will disenfranchise millions of voters, especially rural voters, voters of color, and married women who have chosen to change their last names, as numerous nonpartisan organizations have pointed out. But for Fitzpatrick it just didn’t matter.
The first round of lawsuits all cite the plain text of Article 1, which gives the president no power to regulate elections.
“The reason I win tough races is simple – I listen to people and I fight for them,” Harvie said.
Recent Votes:
- H.R. 276: Gulf of America Act May 8, 2025Vote: Passed 211/206 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Aye
- On Motion to Recommit: H.R. 276: Gulf of America Act May 8, 2025Vote: Failed 203/213 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Nay
- H.R. 881: DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act May 7, 2025Vote: Passed 266/153 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 1503: Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025 May 7, 2025Vote: Passed 406/1 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
