The Senate approved a temporary budget in August to allow funding to flow to schools and counties while lawmakers continued negotiations over transit and education funding, two of the major sticking ...

On the first day of the federal government shutdown, the Trump administration froze "roughly $18 billion" in infrastructure projects for New York City, home to two of Trump's Democratic congressional ...

Grab a beer at Oktoberfest Pittsburgh, celebrating creativity and the industrial arts at the Festival of Combustion or enjoy some local music at the Monongahela Pop Festival — here's what to do in ...

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Most of the federal government is shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding agreement. We asked two House members — a Democrat and Republican — where they think talks go from here ...

The collision of a state budget impasse with a federal government shutdown is unprecedented in the commonwealth.

Trump's pick to lead the agency tracking unemployment and inflation has withdrawn after withering criticism from across the political spectrum. The White House says a new nominee will be named soon.

The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, a move that critics say would have compromised the central bank's independence ...

The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.

With a crucial gubernatorial race just over the horizon, Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party has a new leadership team in place — and now has a close associate of Gov. Josh Shapiro at the helm. The party ...

PEN America released its list of the most-banned books of the 2024-2025 school year on Wednesday – and warned that the number of books challenged or banned in public school districts across the ...

Redistricting is central to the messaging that asks voters to approve or reject new terms for three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices.