Federal Government

Pennsylvania, New Jersey join lawsuit against federal rules restricting gender-affirming care for minors

Looking Back at 2025

Looking back at 2025: How Penn scrambled to navigate pressure from the Trump administration

Donald Trump vs. Penn

Federal audit finds N.J. nursing homes let workers start without background checks

nursing home background

Trump reclassifies marijuana, easing federal restrictions but stopping short of legalization

Trump marijuana

Shapiro opposes tech giants' push to dismiss case about how data centers connect to electric grid

Data centers pjm grid

New Jersey budget reserves could be wiped out by major disaster

Congress members urge judge to reject Trump's US attorney pick for New Jersey

Fewer than half of ICE arrests under Trump are convicted criminals

Environmental groups challenge Trump administration's order to keep Delco power plant open

eddystone legal challenge

New Jersey among states challenging Trump plan to redistribute machine-gun conversion devices

Protesters call for the release of Philly asylum seeker

ICE protest

Trump administration likely violated Constitution in Columbia activist case, judge says

Sen. Bernie Sanders brings tour to Philly for May Day rally to criticize President Trump's policies

Deportations, tariffs and federal workforce cuts define Trump’s first 100 days of his second term

More than 50 local researchers sign letter protesting Trump administration for 'gutting' science

Trump open letter

Despite Trump rollbacks, experts say electric vehicles are 'here to stay' in America's automotive future

Gov. Shapiro encourages fired federal workers to apply for thousands of state job openings

Proposed $2 trillion U.S. spending cuts could slash food benefits used by about a third of Philadelphians

SNAP benefits budget cuts

Shapiro sues Trump administration to unlock $1.2 billion in frozen federal funds for Pa.

More than 2,100 hourly federal workers in Pennsylvania will get pay raises after years of wage disparity

Alzheimers blood test

New finger-prick blood test could help in diagnosing Alzheimer's disease

Common Cold Study

Why do colds cause the sniffles in some people and severe illness in others?

Teenagers Sleep Depression

Sleeping in on weekends may benefit teenagers' mental health

Mental illness genes

Psychiatric disorders share more genetic overlap than scientists realized, study shows

Weighted Vests Benefits

Wearing a weighted vest can promote bone health and weight loss, but it's not a cure-all

Processing grief and healing after loss

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