As the government shutdown drags on, the widespread destruction of the country under Donald Trump and the Republicans who control all three branches of the federal bureaucracy is coming into full view.

Roughly 42 million Americans — including nearly two million in Pennsylvania — won’t receive SNAP benefits in November if the shutdown ...Read more

A great many Americans today wonder, with good reason, whether America’s democracy can survive Donald Trump’s presidency.

Now it’s becoming increasingly clear that another question we should all be asking is whether America can afford Trump’s presidency.

The latest stunt from the most corruptly self-dealing president in U.S. history is...Read more

Every morning as I bring my daughter to school, I worry for her safety. Like many parents, I would do anything to protect her. Yet the fact is that gun violence in the United States is not an avoidable problem — it is woven into our daily lives, a constant source of stress and vigilance.

Just a few weeks ago, my 6-year-old daughter came home ...Read more

If the 2028 presidential election were held today, JD Vance and Pete Buttigieg would be on the ballot.

That’s according to the latest Granite State Poll out of the University of New Hampshire’s political center, where Vice President Vance received 51% of his party’s vote and former Transportation Secretary Buttigieg 19% from the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Two Maryland lawmakers are introducing bills that would suspend student loan payments for federal workers during the government shutdown, providing relief for employees who missed their first full paycheck last week.

The bills are being introduced by Sen. Angela Alsobrooks and Rep. Sarah Elfreth. Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California issued a more permanent ruling Tuesday blocking the Trump administration from laying off federal workers because of the government shutdown, saying in part those terminations were intended for “political retribution.”

Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of ...Read more

NEW YORK — President Trump has appealed the guilty verdicts against him in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, blasting the prosecution as politically motivated and seeking to wipe clean the criminal record he racked up before his return to power.

The president’s legal team, in a 96-page brief filed late Monday, rehashed several arguments ...Read more

President Donald Trump hailed the U.S.’ alliance with Japan, reaffirming ties with a longstanding partner and praising new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her plans to ratchet up defense spending as the pair met in Tokyo.

“I want to just let you know anytime you have any question, any doubt, anything you want, any favors you need, anything...Read more

WASHINGTON — A demand Monday by the main union representing federal employees to end the partial government shutdown exposes a central trade-off for Democrats on Capitol Hill — fighting to extend health care subsidies to millions of Americans has left more than 1 million federal workers without pay.

It’s a bit of a catch-22 for Democrats....Read more

WASHINGTON — Bill Essayli was approaching a 120-day limit as an interim U.S. attorney when he hinted to conservative commentator Glenn Beck that he might not be leaving just yet.

“We’ve got some tricks up our sleeves,” the former Republican state lawmaker said in a July podcast.

Essayli would later become one of several interim U.S. ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Attorney General Rob Bonta said Monday that he anticipates the Trump administration, which last week announced plans to use federal election monitors in California, will use false reports of voting irregularities to challenge the results of the Nov. 4 special election.

Bonta, California’s top law enforcement officer, ...Read more

Donald Trump appears to have finally fallen out of love with Vladimir Putin, which is good news, long time coming.

If you cut through all of the back-and-forth over the past week regarding the war in Ukraine, the central issue remains the same. And unresolved.

Putin invaded a sovereign nation. That country fought back harder than the Russian ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Appropriators could finish drafting a compromise version of a three-bill spending package for fiscal 2026 in “two or three days” once the partial government shutdown is over, House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., said last week.

The shutdown has stalled work on full-year appropriations for more than three weeks, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are continuing to sound the alarm over staffing cuts at the nation’s cybersecurity agency and underscoring the need for the federal government to be prepared for cyberattacks.

The Department of Homeland Security, which includes the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has laid off some ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is in Asia this week, while back in Washington the partial government shutdown shows no sign of ending.

The Senate this week is expected to take up three joint resolutions that would terminate emergency declarations by the president that have been used to impose tariffs. That’s in addition to judicial ...Read more

President Donald Trump ruled out the idea of running as a vice presidential candidate in the 2028 election, as some of his supporters urge him to find ways to circumvent the Constitution’s prohibition on a president being elected to three terms.

“It’s too cute,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday, saying he would not ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump urged California voters on Sunday not to cast mail-in ballots or vote early in the California election about redistricting — the direct opposite of the message from state GOP leaders.

Repeating his false claim that former President Biden beat him in 2020 because the election was rigged, Trump argued that...Read more

In April, the fight over control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court was seen as so critical nationally that Elon Musk, a top ally of President Donald Trump earlier this year, ran onto a rally stage in Green Bay donning a cheesehead hat as Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" pumped up the crowd, before he pushed to flip the court's liberal majority.

The ...Read more