When Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania got an emergency call about I-95 last June, his first thought turned to semantics. “When you say ‘collapse,’ do you really mean collapse?” he recalled wondering. Highways don’t typically do that, but then tractor-trailers don’t typically flip over and catch fire, which had happened on an elevated section of […]
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John Fetterman Claims Democrats Criticizing Biden Are Basically MAGA
The president and CEO of Resolve: The National Infertility Association, Barbara Collura, said she was “heartbroken” by the UAB decision. “Would-be parents have invested their hearts, time and resources” in lengthy and potentially emotionally draining IVF treatment, she said in a statement. “Now, less than a week after the Alabama Supreme Court’s devastating ruling, Alabamans […]
Read MoreStorm Brings up to a Foot of Snow to Parts of Northeast
A fast-moving storm system brought several inches of snow to parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions for the second time this week, leaving two inches of snow in Central Park but double-digit accumulations in other areas, such as parts of Long Island. Zack Taylor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in College Park, […]
Read MorePennsylvania Democrats Just Won a Big Election—And It Deserves Your Attention
“I think there are some Republicans who support Trump out there saying, ‘Oh, it’s, you know, it’s not a big deal. He’s not going to do it, so on and so forth.’ I’m telling you, I was there in Brussels when he damn near did it,” Bolton said, referring to the 2018 NATO summit. According […]
Read MoreTrump Said Dems Will Rename Pennsylvania—and Even Weirder Things
And Vice President Kamala Harris offered her own aggressive defense of the president Friday, calling for the special counsel to have a “higher level of integrity” after the report accused the 81-year-old president of having a memory with “significant limitations.” “What I saw in that report last night, I believe, is—as a former prosecutor—the comments […]
Read MoreGroup Focused on Child Care Plans $40 Million Effort to Help Democrats
A liberal political organization that promotes economic policies for working families, the Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy, will spend $40 million backing President Biden’s re-election bid and other Democratic candidates for the House and Senate. Announced on Monday morning, the program is the largest political investment by the Democratic-allied organization, which aims to assist […]
Read MoreTrump, Whose Brain Is Definitely Not Mush, Thinks Democrats Will Change The Name Of Pennsylvania For Some Reason
Joe Biden’s age and mental faculties have come under increased scrutiny of late. But what about the guy who will likely square off against him in November? For months Donald Trump has been having one bizarre gaffe after another, including forgetting World War II already happened and showing he knows less about magnets than Insane […]
Read More6 Bodies Found at Burned Pennsylvania House Where 2 Officers Were Shot
The remains of six family members have been recovered from a burned home in southeastern Pennsylvania, including those of a man who is believed to have shot two police officers on Wednesday, the authorities said on Friday. Jack Stollsteimer, the Delaware County district attorney, said at a news conference on Friday afternoon that the recovery […]
Read MoreMoms for Liberty Completely Collapses in Former Strongholds
“I was embarrassed for our conference, for our party because we can do better than we did last night,” said Texas Representative Lance Gooden. “When you are handed the keys to the, you know, to the kingdom, as it were, then when you have the majority, there is an expectation that you will be able […]
Read MoreAt Least 6 Missing After Fire at Pennsylvania Home Where 2 Police Officers Were Shot
At least six people, including children, were unaccounted for in a house fire in southeastern Pennsylvania where two police officers were shot on Wednesday afternoon, the authorities said. Jack Stollsteimer, the Delaware County district attorney, said at a news conference that police officers responded to a call at 3:47 p.m. reporting that an 11-year-old girl […]
Read MoreProvidence Officials Approve Overdose Prevention Center
More than two years ago, Rhode Island became the first state in the nation to authorize overdose prevention centers, facilities where people would be allowed to use illicit drugs under professional supervision. On Thursday, the Providence City Council approved the establishment of what will be the state’s first so-called safe injection site. Minnesota is the […]
Read MoreAmid a Fraught Process, Penn Museum Entombs Remains of 19 Black People
There was very little that could be said about the 19 people who were eulogized on Saturday morning in a service at the University of Pennsylvania. Their names were lost, and not much about their lives was known beyond the barest facts: an old age spent in the poorhouse, a problem with cavities. They were […]
Read MoreIf Trump is Strong and Biden is Weak, Why Do Dems Keep Winning?
A frightening new batch of polls this week showed President Biden trailing Donald Trump in all the key battleground states. And yet, as bleak as the polling has looked for many months, Democrats racked up an impressive winning streak in special elections all throughout 2023. This disconnect is why political pros are closely watching an […]
Read MoreIs Trump Slowly Imploding? Here’s a Place to Look for Hidden Clues.
A frightening new batch of polls this week showed President Biden trailing Donald Trump in all the key battleground states. And yet, as bleak as the polling has looked for many months, Democrats racked up an impressive winning streak in special elections all throughout 2023. This disconnect is why political pros are closely watching an […]
Read MoreMan Decapitates His Father, Calls for Uprising Against “Biden Regime”
But in his statement Tuesday, Schwerin said Biden had not been involved, either as a public official or a private citizen, in Hunter’s business dealings, nor had he ever been asked to take action on Hunter’s behalf. Schwerin said that in his role as Hunter’s business partner, he never asked Biden to get involved with […]
Read MoreIvy League Campus Wars Aren’t About Gender … Are They?
In the first weeks of the war between Israel and Hamas, Nancy Andrews read about American college presidents under fire and something nagged at her. Why, she wondered, did it seem like so many of those presidents were women? Dr. Andrews, who was the first female dean of Duke Medical School and until last year […]
Read MoreAt Least 70 Deaths in U.S. Are Connected to Severe Winter Weather
At least 70 people across the United States have died from weather-related causes after more than a week of frigid winter storms and brutally cold temperatures, according to reports from state officials, police departments, medical examiners and news outlets. The number is likely to grow as the authorities scramble to assess the death toll from […]
Read MoreExtreme Cold in the South Puts Millions Under Icy, Freezing Conditions
Bitter cold is gripping large parts of the South once again this weekend, creating hazardous conditions for millions in a region not accustomed to freezing temperatures. On Saturday morning, it was 5 degrees in Louisville, Ky., 9 degrees in Nashville, 20 degrees in Little Rock, Ark., and 21 degrees in Atlanta. Several states were under […]
Read MoreJohn Fetterman Endorses Andy Kim in High-Stakes New Jersey Senate Primary
Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is endorsing Representative Andy Kim of New Jersey in the primary to unseat Senator Bob Menendez, the embattled veteran Democrat who is under indictment in a federal corruption case, taking the rare step of wading into a high-stakes intraparty fight to oust a colleague. Mr. Fetterman, the harshest Democratic critic […]
Read MoreJohn Fetterman Speaks: I Haven’t Changed a Lick
Fetterman stopped reading, slid his phone into the kangaroo pouch of his black cotton hoodie. “I’ve been told that they’re not going to be put in harm’s way, but if the border talks did put them in harm’s way, I can never and would never vote against their interest,” he said. “To be clear,” he […]
Read MoreBiden to Set Stakes for 2024 Election in Pennsylvania Speech
President Biden is returning to the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Friday to try to define the 2024 presidential election as an urgent and intensifying fight for American democracy. Mr. Biden is expected to use a location near the famous Revolutionary War encampment of Valley Forge and the looming anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol […]
Read MoreNotorious House Jan. 6 Plotter Could Be Next to Be Kicked Off 2024 Ballot
Some of the biggest purchases included members on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee scooping up health care stocks in 435 separate transactions, buying financial services stocks in 328 separate transactions, and technology stocks in 272 separate transactions. The House Armed Services Committee saw similar conflicts, with members scooping up health care stocks in 392 […]
Read MoreIn Philadelphia, Chinatown’s Champions Fear New Arena for 76ers
Deborah Wei first wore a “No Stadium in Chinatown” T-shirt emblazoned with red English letters and Chinese characters in 2000, when she helped to scuttle a proposed baseball stadium for the Phillies. She wore an updated version a decade later, with the word “Stadium” crossed out and replaced by “Casino,” when local opposition derailed a […]
Read More“Parental Rights” Activist Allegedly Threw Drunken Underage Party—and Punched Teen
But by endorsing different candidates, Gaetz could force the GOP into a messy season of hard-fought primaries, instead of allowing the party to present a united front. What’s more, Gaetz’s faves are all candidates who don’t have strong chances of winning in the general election. Both Majewski and Bailey, in fact, have already notched electoral […]
Read MoreJohn Fetterman Finally Announces He’s Not the Progressive He Pretended to Be
In the waning hours of the administration, Trump ordered a host of documents, including the binder, to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for mass declassification in a scheme to prove that the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation into his 2016 campaign ties was a hoax. Republican aides spent days scrubbing the binder, redacting the most sensitive details so that […]
Read MoreRepublicans Reject Funding for Penn’s Veterinary School
The News Republicans in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives voted this week to withhold millions of dollars from the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school amid an uproar over the school’s response to antisemitism on campus. The money, more than $30 million, would have been part of an annual appropriation to the School of Veterinary Medicine, which […]
Read MoreThe Fall of Penn’s President Magill Brings Campus Free Speech to a Crossroads
The toppling of the University of Pennsylvania’s president, Elizabeth Magill — four days after her testimony before Congress on whether to punish students if they called for genocide — was a victory for those who believe that pro-Palestinian protesters have gone too far in their speech. To many Jews, protest slogans like “intifada revolution” and […]
Read MorePennsylvania Governor and Senator Denounce Antisemitism at Rally
Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and other officials in Pennsylvania denounced antisemitism at a rally in Philadelphia on Sunday, a demonstration of support for Jews one day after the resignation of the president of the University of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Magill, who was heavily criticized for not condemning antisemitism forcefully enough. “I have seen Pennsylvanians take […]
Read MoreWhat to Know About Elizabeth Magill, the Penn President Who Resigned
The president of the University of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Magill, resigned on Saturday, four days after she came under fire for her responses at a congressional hearing on Tuesday in which she was pressed, along with the presidents of Harvard and M.I.T., on whether students calling for the genocide of Jews should be disciplined. Ms. Magill […]
Read MorePenn’s President Resigns, After Her Responses About Antisemitism
The president of the University of Pennsylvania, M. Elizabeth Magill, resigned on Saturday, four days after her testimony at a congressional hearing in which she seemed to evade the question of whether students who called for the genocide of Jews should be disciplined. The announcement, in an email sent to the Penn community from Scott […]
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