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Donald Trump sits in front of an American flag
Government
National
Politics

What’s in Trump’s big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more

Republicans are moving to advance a bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding. They have labeled the legislation “THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL."

2 months ago

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka makes his point at the New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial primary debate at NJ PBS Studios
Immigration
New Jersey
Protests

Newark mayor returns to immigration detention center days after trespassing arrest

Ras Baraka, who is running for governor of New Jersey, was turned away Tuesday from Delaney Hall; he departed and stayed about a half hour away from the building.

2 months ago

Daniel Elkin speaking at a podium at the press conference
Delaware
Economy
Government Accountability

Delaware nonprofits warn cuts to national service, food deliveries hurting underserved residents

Delaware leaders warn that $1.1 million cuts to AmeriCorps and USDA food aid will impact services for the state's most underserved communities.

2 months ago

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Ras Baraka speaks to protesters outside of Delaney Hall
Criminal Justice
Immigration
New Jersey
Protests

What to know about the Newark mayor’s arrest at an immigration detention center

Ras Baraka's May 9 arrest outside an ICE detention center in New Jersey has created tensions between three congressional Democrats and the Trump administration.

2 months ago

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., speaks with an officer demanding she be let into the ICE Detention office
Crime
Immigration
New Jersey
Protests

Newark mayor denies trespassing at immigration detention center following arrest

Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said Ras Baraka committed trespass and ignored warnings from Homeland Security personnel to leave the Delaney Hall facility.

2 months ago

people playing in Kensington's Cure Violence basketball league
National
Philadelphia
Politics
Billy Penn

Kensington basketball league among projects hit by DOJ grant cuts

The U.S. Department of Justice cut over $800 million in grants nationwide, including $1.5 million for the hoops and anti-violence program. Others in Philly are affected, too.

2 months ago

the back of A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer
Delaware
Immigration
Policing

Camden’s short-lived ICE agreement sparks alarm and action in Delaware

Camden Mayor Larry Dougherty says he was not directly involved in the agreement and didn't see it as a significant issue at the time.

2 months ago

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Security officers outside of the detention center
Government Accountability
Immigration
New Jersey
Policing

What to know about the newly opened immigration detention center in New Jersey’s biggest city

The opening of the Newark facility has sparked protests outside the fenced-in building, including from Mayor Ras Baraka.

2 months ago

Bucks County Sheriff Fred Harran listening to residents speak out against his decision
Immigration
Pennsylvania
Politics
Protests

Bucks County Commissioners meeting gets heated as residents react to sheriff’s agreement with ICE

Many residents expressed concern over public safety and community relations. Others argued that the county could be impacted financially.

2 months ago

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A student participates in a reading and writing lesson at a Head Start program in Florida
Government Accountability
Kids
Philadelphia

Head Start escapes elimination in 2026 proposed budget from Trump administration

In 2024, the U.S. Head Start budget was $12.2 billion. “We recognize that we have no certainty,” said the executive director of the Pennsylvania Head Start Association.

2 months ago

Listen 1:08
Leigh Goldenberg standing in the Wilma Theater
Government Accountability
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Philly theaters reel from sudden loss of NEA funding

Arts organizations in Philadelphia and elsewhere scramble to cope with an abrupt cancellation of promised federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

2 months ago

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Wind turbines of South Fork Wind are seen off the coast of Block Island, Rhode Island
Delaware
Environment
Law
New Jersey

17 states, including New Jersey and Delaware, sue Trump administration for blocking the development of wind energy

Attorneys general from 17 states and D.C. are challenging an executive order that paused approvals, permits and loans for all onshore and offshore wind energy projects.

2 months ago

President Donald Trump holds a document with notes about Kilmar Abrego Garcia as he speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, April 18, 2025, in Washington.
Criminal Justice
Government Accountability
National

Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights

“I don’t know. I’m not, I’m not a lawyer. I don’t know,” Trump said when pressed by NBC's Kristen Welker.

2 months ago

Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order
Government
Media
Politics

Trump files late night executive order calling for an end to funding for NPR, PBS

The order cutting funding for NPR and PBS is “significant,” and puts smaller public media stations at greater risk.

2 months ago

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President Donald Trump gives a commencement address
Media
National
Politics

Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR

The White House, in a social media posting announcing the signing, said the outlets “receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.’”

2 months ago

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