
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."
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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.
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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.
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Listen 1:38What 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Listen 1:41What 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.
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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.
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Listen 1:11Head 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.
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Listen 1:08Philly 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.
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Listen 2:32Attorneys 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.
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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.
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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.
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Listen 1:07Trump 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.’”
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