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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- When the U.S. Department of Homeland Security publicized the arrest of a Nigerian man for indecent exposure this week, it included a political attack that's drawing complaints from Democrats and a nonpartisan government watchdog.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A federal judge on Monday blocked the authority of President Donald Trump's administration to withhold some federal counterterrorism funding from states that don't meet its election administration demands.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Around this time two years ago, Sen. John Fetterman was in high demand on the campaign trail, going county-to-county in Pennsylvania to help Democrats up and down the ballot.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Election-season trading on prediction markets, including in this fall's biggest races, is skyrocketing while states fight to outlaw the platforms as unlicensed casinos and begin to worry about how high-stakes odds will affect American democracy in unpredictable ways.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The snowballing opposition to data centers in communities across the United States has transformed the midterm election landscape, thrown a wrench into the plans of the world's richest companies and brought perhaps the industry's biggest booster, President Donald Trump, to its defense.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- More governors are shifting their stances or taking more steps to squeeze data centers as the midterm elections near and public opinion sours on the energy-hungry behemoths tech giants are building to fuel artificial intelligence products and cloud computing.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A federal judge has temporarily blocked Minnesota's first-in-the-nation law banning prediction markets just days before it was to take effect, the latest clash between President Donald Trump's administration and states over who regulates operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Democrat Paige Cognetti is taking a shot at artificial intelligence data centers in her challenge to freshman Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, saying "we're not for sale" in a new TV ad in a swing Pennsylvania congressional district where communities are fighting data center projects.
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) -- When Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, began her campaign last year, candidates weren't talking about -- or hearing about -- data centers that power artificial intelligence.
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) -- When Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, began her campaign last year, candidates weren't talking about -- or hearing about -- data centers.
A federal judge in Arkansas has thrown out a handful of state laws that put extra restrictions on citizen efforts to gather signatures for ballot initiatives, agreeing with challengers that they violated the constitutional free speech rights of voters.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Six months after President Donald Trump warned states not to regulate artificial intelligence, they are increasingly doing just that.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- It looked like progressive Chris Rabb had a mountain to climb to win the Democratic nomination for a congressional district in Philadelphia.
WARMINSTER, Pa. (AP) -- Democrats in Pennsylvania backed by Gov. Josh Shapiro won their primaries Tuesday to shape a congressional slate in which they hope to flip the state's four swing districts and, ultimately, capture a U.S. House majority.
WARMINSTER, Pa. (AP) -- Democrats in Pennsylvania were settling primary fights Tuesday to shape their congressional slate for the fall election, in which they hope -- with Gov. Josh Shapiro's help -- to capture the state's four swing districts and ultimately a U.S. House majority.
WARMINSTER, Pa. (AP) -- Janelle Stelson won the Democratic Party's nomination Tuesday to run for a congressional seat in southern Pennsylvania and mount her second straight challenge to Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry.
WARMINSTER, Pa. (AP) -- Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and Republican Stacy Garrity will face each other in November after winning their uncontested primaries in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, setting up a November contest for the executive suite in a premier presidential battleground state.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Democrats in Pennsylvania will settle primary fights on Tuesday to shape their congressional slate for the fall election when they hope to capture the state's four swing districts and ultimately a U.S. House majority.
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) -- Josh Shapiro may be heavily favored to win reelection as Pennsylvania governor, but that doesn't mean there isn't a lot on the line for him this year.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania's treasurer refused Thursday to approve payments for more than $1 million in security systems and other upgrades to the private home of Gov. Josh Shapiro, changes that were made after an intruder set fire to the state-owned governor's residence last year in an attempt to kill the Democrat.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- As outrage spreads over energy-hungry data centers, politicians from President Donald Trump to local lawmakers have found rare bipartisan agreement over insisting that tech companies -- and not regular people -- must foot the bill for the exorbitant amount of electricity required for artificial intelligence.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is running for a second term in the pivotal battleground state after a first term that put him on the Democratic Party's radar as a potential presidential contender in 2028.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will run for a second term in the pivotal battleground state after a first term that put him on the Democratic Party's radar as a potential presidential contender in 2028.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Many political candidates like to talk up their resume in their stump speech.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Two Pennsylvania counties had to replace poll books at all polling places in the middle of in-person voting during Tuesday's election because of what officials described as mistakes made in creating the voter data.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- All three of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices who sought reelection Tuesday will get another term, ensuring Democratic jurists keep their majority on the presidential battleground state's highest court -- one at the center of pivotal fights over voting rights, redistricting and elections.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania voters on Tuesday will decide whether to keep a Democratic majority on the state's highest court -- the center of pivotal fights over voting rights, redistricting and elections -- or potentially plunge the court into a partisan deadlock in a premier presidential battleground.
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- Democrats and their allied groups are pouring in more money, cutting a fresh television ad with Gov. Josh Shapiro and sending in the national party chairman in the final week of campaigning for a Pennsylvania Supreme Court election, possible signs of concern for a race that could reshape the highest court in the largest presidential battleground.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- There are no $1 million giveaways to voters, cheesehead hats or even candidate debates. Elon Musk is nowhere to be found.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania said Tuesday that the nation must "turn the tide" against political violence and the belief that government can't solve problems while also rejecting vengeance.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti on Tuesday announced a bid for Congress in Pennsylvania, adding yet another competitive Democrat to the 2026 midterm election lineup in a state that gives her party perhaps its best chance to gain multiple seats without redrawing congressional lines.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that it is unconstitutional for the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania to throw out mail-in ballots simply because the voter didn't write an accurate date on the return envelope.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that it is unconstitutional for the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania to throw out mail-in ballots simply because the voter didn't write an accurate date on the return envelope.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Stacy Garrity, Pennsylvania's two-term elected state treasurer, said Monday that she will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro 's reelection bid, setting up what could be a contest between a low-profile officeholder and a potential White House contender in 2028.
Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday will head to the swing political turf of northeastern Pennsylvania to begin selling President Donald Trump's sweeping budget-and-policy package in a working-class district that could see a ferocious congressional campaign next year.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Democrat Janelle Stelson, who lost to Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry by barely a percentage point in 2024, will run again in the right-leaning congressional district in Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The brash and chaotic first days of President Donald Trump 's Department of Government Efficiency, once led by the world's richest man Elon Musk, spawned state-level DOGE mimicry as Republican governors and lawmakers aim to show they are in step with their party's leader.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser will not seek the Republican nomination for governor of Pennsylvania, despite having President Donald Trump's recent promise of support if he were to run.
ENOLA, Pa. (AP) -- Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania isn't even up for reelection until 2028, but already a one-time primary foe, former U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, is crisscrossing Pennsylvania and social media, looking and sounding like he's preparing to challenge Fetterman again.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- President Donald Trump will control the so-called "golden share" that's part of the national security agreement under which he allowed Japan-based Nippon Steel to buy out iconic American steelmaker U.S. Steel, according to disclosures with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel said Wednesday they have finalized their "historic partnership," a year-and-a-half after the Japanese company first proposed its deal to buy the iconic American steelmaker for nearly $15 billion.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers are getting down to crunch time, with big questions still outstanding about how to balance the Democrat's spending request.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday, saying the agency, under President Donald Trump, had illegally cut off funding to it through a program designed to distribute more than $1 billion in aid to states to purchase food from farms for schools, child care centers, and food banks.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Challenger Corey O'Connor ousted Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey in Tuesday's Democratic primary election, beating an incumbent in a race that hinged on how Gainey was handling city finances, affordable housing and public safety.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Challenger Corey O'Connor ousted Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey in Tuesday's Democratic primary election, beating an incumbent in a race that hinged on how Gainey was handling city finances, affordable housing and public safety.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Progressive stalwart Larry Krasner has won Philadelphia's Democratic primary election Tuesday to continue serving as district attorney for another four years in the heavily Democratic city after withstanding an impeachment attempt and years of criticism by President Donald Trump and other Republicans.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Voters on Tuesday will choose new candidates to run for some of the top jobs in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, with the winners of the Democratic primaries all but assured of victory in November in the two heavily Democratic cities.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, the lawmaker known for his unconventional and irreverent brand of politics, is in the news again after a blowup at a closed-door meeting with union allies and former staff aides who aired concerns about his mental health.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The Trump administration said Monday that the University of Pennsylvania violated laws guaranteeing women equal opportunities in athletics by letting a transgender swimmer compete on the school's women's team and into team facilities.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl -- separating them indefinitely -- and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S. citizens along with their Honduran-born mothers, their lawyers said Saturday.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl -- separating them indefinitely -- and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S. citizens along with their Honduran-born mothers, their lawyers said Saturday.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl -- separating them indefinitely -- and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S. citizens along with their Honduran-born mothers, their lawyers said Saturday.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have in recent days deported a Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl, separating them indefinitely, and in another case a 2-year-old girl who is a U.S. citizen along with her Honduran-born mother, their lawyers say.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have in recent days deported a Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl, separating them indefinitely, and in another case a 2-year-old girl who is a U.S. citizen along with her Honduran-born mother, their lawyers say.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have in recent days deported the breastfeeding Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl, separating them indefinitely, and in another case a 2-year-old girl who is a U.S. citizen along with her Honduran-born mother, their lawyers say.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Coal-fired power plants, long an increasingly money-losing proposition in the U.S., are becoming more valuable now that the suddenly strong demand for electricity to run Big Tech's cloud computing and artificial intelligence applications has set off a full-on sprint to find new energy sources.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn its lawsuit that accused a heavily Hispanic city in Pennsylvania of illegally diluting the political power of its growing Hispanic population.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The Philadelphia prosecutor who became a campaign trail punching bag for Republicans amid rising crime in U.S. cities during the coronavirus pandemic is running for reelection on the back end of a withering effort to oust progressive district attorneys nationwide.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A man is facing charges after authorities say he broke into the Pennsylvania governor's mansion in the middle of the night, set a fire that left significant damage and forced Gov. Josh Shapiro, his family and guests to evacuate the building during the Jewish holiday of Passover.