Progressives target Pa. legislative races as part of $10m digital ad blitz | Analysis

A trio of progressive groups will spend $10 million between now and Election Day on digital ads to boost 75 largely obscure candidates running for state legislature. The primary goal is to give Democrats control of chambers that will play an outsized role in the next round of reapportionment, so the money will be spread across just five states: Pennsylvania, Florida, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.

Trump hails ‘brave patriots’ aboard Pennsylvania 9/11 flight

President Donald Trump on Tuesday remembered the "band of brave patriots" aboard a Sept. 11 flight that crashed in Pennsylvania, praising passengers and crew members who resisted hijackers and sent a message that the nation would "never, ever submit to tyranny."

Thousands of Amazon workers receive food stamps. Sen. Bernie Sanders wants Amazon to pay up.

In this Jan. 17, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will soon introduce legislation that would require large employers like Amazon, Walmart and McDonald's to fully cover the cost of food stamps, public housing, Medicaid and other federal assistance received by their employees.

OpinionRepublicans are trying to rig the game for the wealthy. Don’t let them | Opinion

By favoring the wealthy and corporations over working families, Washington's recent tax and budget decisions follow Harrisburg's bad example. The newly enacted Trump-GOP tax law, for instance, gives most of the benefits to the rich while driving up federal debt, threatening funding for vital public services like Medicare and Medicaid.

Rising backlash as US firms seek Trump’s steel tariff waiver

A truck carries a load at the Nucor Steel plant in Seattle, Feb. 25, 2016. U.S. companies pursuing exemptions from President Donald Trump's tariff on imported steel are accusing American steel manufacturers of spreading inaccurate and misleading information, and they fear it may torpedo their requests.

Corker compares revoking security clearances to Venezuela’s…

White House readies plan to extend about $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump's escalating trade war - An announcement could come as soon as Tuesday, according to two people briefed on the matter. This is the latest sign that growing tensions between the United States and other countries will not end soon.

The States Are Now the Best Route to Gerrymandering Reform

Sara Fitzgerald, left, and Michael Martin, both with the group One Virginia, protest gerrymandering in front of the Supreme Court while the justices hear arguments on a gerrymandering case t's been a tough few weeks for gerrymandering reform. Two decisions in the closing days of the Supreme Court's term, Gill v.

From ketchup to toilet paper: Canada launching retaliatory tariff broadside

When Sen. Patrick Toomey looks at the future of the ketchup market in his home state of Pennsylvania, he sees real blood on the floor. On Sunday, Canada's $16.6-billion worth of retaliatory tariffs on dozens of U.S. products is set to kick in - the country's answer to the crushing steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

Republicans risking conservative backlash over immigration

Attorney General Jeff Sessions took his department's tough policy on illegal immigration to the graduating class of Pennsylvania police cadets. Democrats called on Republicans to find a solution for DACA recipients on the 6th anniversary of the program being installed.

Forget the “Big Sort”: Republicans’ advantage in Congress was carefully engineered

We'll soon know how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in two key partisan gerrymandering cases, one from Wisconsin and the other from Maryland, which have the potential to remake how our congressional districts are drawn. Whatever the court determines, multiple lower and state court decisions should finally put to rest one important debate: Is the durable Republican congressional advantage across otherwise competitive purple states a natural geographic edge, or an unnatural upper hand obtained via extreme gerrymandering? In Wisconsin, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Republicans and their expert witnesses have defended GOP supremacy on legislative and congressional maps as the result of natural sorting.

New Mexico Could Elect First Native American Woman to Congress

For Deb Haaland, the New Mexico lawyer seeking to make history in her bid to become the first Native American woman elected to Congress, proclaiming defiance to the Trump administration has echoes in the brutal history of the Southwest. "How can we not be outraged by the separation of families?" Ms.

Barletta, Casey on separate sides in Trump, Eagles feud

Republican U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania plans to attend a White House ceremony without the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles after President Donald Trump canceled their visit, but Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is skipping it. Barletta, who's challenging Casey's re-election bid in November, said he'll be at the White House on Tuesday "representing the proud Pennsylvanians who stand for our flag."

Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Lou Barletta new target of conservative group

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, the Republican nominee in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race, talks to supporters during an election night results party on May 15 in Hazleton, Pa. I cover national politics and policy from Washington D.C., with a focus on Pennsylvania and New Jersey lawmakers and issues.

Trump backs 2 successful US Senate nominees in primaries

President Donald Trump backed two successful U.S. Senate nominees in Pennsylvania and Nebraska, which were among four states holding primaries Tuesday. The primaries began to settle swing state Pennsylvania's chaotic congressional landscape after a court fight ended with redrawn districts just three months ago.

The Latest: Little wins GOP nomination for Idaho governor

Monday, May 14, 2018, the day before the Pennsylvania primary where he faces two other Republicans, Scott Wagner and Laura Ellsworth. . Paul Mango, right, Republican candidate for Pennsylvania Governor, attends a campaign rally with lieutenant governor candidate Diana Vaughn, in Canonsburg, Pa., Monday, May 14, 2018, a day before the Pennsylvania primary wher... Idaho Lt.