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‘Act of Terrorism’: 1 Killed in Blast Outside California Fertility Clinic
The clinic’s IVF lab and offsite stored embryos were not damaged.
AP
May 17, 2025
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DHS Asks for 20,000 National Guard Troops for Immigration Roundups, Pentagon Reviewing Request
How the troops would be used may depend on whether they remain under state governors’ control. Under the Posse Comitatus Act, troops under federal orders cannot be used for domestic law enforcement, but units under state control can.
AP
May 17, 2025
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Centennial School District Parents and Residents Decry School Board’s Selection of Abram Lucabaugh as Next Superintendent
Some Centennial meeting attendees called out a federal complaint filed by the ACLU against Central Bucks and Lucabaugh’s actions, citing “discriminatory and punitive” policies directed at LGBTQ+ students “and their allies.”
Melinda Rizzo
May 17, 2025
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Old Adversaries Unite in Langhorne to Urge Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick to Vote Against Any Budget That Cuts Medicaid
Long-term nursing care facilities could close – as have 30 other PA homes in the last five years – leaving elderly, ill or injured local patients in dire consequences.
Pat LaMarche
May 16, 2025
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ICE Approves Bucks County Sheriff’s ‘Task Force Model’ Partnership, ACLU Lawsuit ‘Forthcoming’
Despite the threat of legal action, the Bucks County Sheriff’s office moves forward with the 287(g) program that will allow local deputies to act as de facto ICE agents.
Melinda Rizzo
May 15, 2025
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Rep. Ro Khanna Returns ‘Home’ to Bucks County as Part of His ‘Benefits Over Billionaires’ Town Hall Tour
The Democratic congressman hopes his Republican colleague Brian Fitzpatrick will vote against a budget that looks to gut social programs like Medicaid and SNAP that millions of families rely on.
Cyril Mychalejko
May 15, 2025
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Governor Shapiro Warns Pennsylvanians Will Lose Health Care, Hospitals Will Close Under GOP Cuts to Medicaid
“There are no dollars available at the state level to make up for these cuts at the federal level. So if they cut someone off Medicaid, they’re off. We will not be able to fix that for them,” said Shapiro.
AP
May 15, 2025
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Court-Ordered Pause on Sweeping Federal Funding Cuts Does Little to Assuage Library Funding Fears in Pennsylvania
A federal judge on Monday temporarily halted broad and sweeping funding cuts to federal governmental agencies; a hearing is set for May 22 to consider a longer injunction.
Melinda Rizzo
May 14, 2025
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Pennsylvania Democrats Pass Sweeping Election Overhaul Through the House
The measure includes in-person early voting and procedural updates for mail ballots that election officials have wanted for years. However, the exclusion of voter ID requirement makes its prospects in the GOP-controlled state Senate at best uncertain.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
May 14, 2025
‘Ban This! How One School Fought Two Book Bans and Won’ Authors Set to Speak in Newtown and Doylestown
Melinda Rizzo
October 11, 2025
“We are all looking for some kind of hope; for someone who has been successful in taking on the far right,” said Barbara Simmons, executive director of The Peace Center in Langhorne.
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