Amid growing panic over the risks posed by rapidly developing AI technology, potential 2028 Democratic candidates are scrambling to respond — trying to show they are doing something, even as they acknowledge they need a reluctant Washington to step up.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells anti-vaccine activists from an organization he once chaired that they have a friend in the White House.

An increasing number of Democratic leaders have begun to push back against their party’s unflinching support for the transgender community this midterm season.

A Pennsylvania woman's death is the state's third this year involving the measles virus.

A Pennsylvania coroner confirms that the two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths.

Sen. John Fetterman is on shaky ground with Democrats in his home state of Pennsylvania.

Gavin Newsom’s secret is no secret here in South Carolina.

Across the country and up and down the ballot, candidates from both parties are increasingly on the attack over Flock cameras.

The recent announcement of Pennsylvania’s first measles-related deaths in decades has ignited a public feud among politicians and health officials who disagree over the role of the contagious disease in the fatalities.

In the small Nebraska village of Murdock, now-paused plans for two potential data centers have sparked the kinds of debates that have raged in cities and towns across the country — and often cut across ideological lines.

Pennsylvania health officials report that two unvaccinated residents have died after being infected with measles.

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.

The stage is in battleground Pennsylvania.

Democratic Texas governor's race nominee Gina Hinojosa is focusing on artificial intelligence data centers as a key issue in her campaign against Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Jewish adults in the U.S. don’t feel well represented by political leaders at a troubling moment for many in their community.

A White House report brands the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, especially at the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who cannot be trusted.

The Boston Celtics are trading 2024 NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George and a slew of draft capital in yet another blockbuster offseason move in the NBA, a person with knowledge of the terms said Wednesday.

A federal judge has halted President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot.

President Donald Trump visited a battleground congressional district in the swing state of Pennsylvania to tour a Mack Trucks facility.

Gov. Mike DeWine says he believes Ohio should abolish the death penalty.

Vice President JD Vance writes about his religious journey in a new book, "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith."

Salt Lake City and its county have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to open a giant warehouse in the city that would be used to detain up to 10,000 immigrants.

State leaders across the U.S. are extending bar and restaurant hours during the World Cup.

Primary elections have been held in Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Oregon, Idaho and Pennsylvania.

President Donald Trump has scored another win against a Republican rival, purging Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky’s primary and knocking out one of his most outspoken critics on Capitol Hill.

Democrats in Pennsylvania backed by Gov. Josh Shapiro won their primaries 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.

Pennsylvania Democrats will pick nominees to unseat a trio of vulnerable Republican members of Congress in a state primary on Tuesday.

The artificial intelligence boom is leading to fights in some states over growing utility profits.

Building trades unions have long been considered a voice of the American worker.

State lawmakers across the U.S. are increasing security measures as political violence rises.

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.

A Pennsylvania court has ruled that the state's constitution guarantees a right to abortion.

Democratic presidential prospects touted the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion policies as a way to advance American values during the National Action Network conference in New York.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she’s actively considering another presidential bid.

The Democratic Party’s most ambitious politicians are courting African American activists in New York this week as the party’s unofficial 2028 presidential nomination contest begins to take shape.

Vice President JD Vance has a new book about his religious faith and adult conversion to Catholicism.

Rahm Emanuel is proposing a far-reaching measure to crack down on betting in predictive markets in Washington as part of an effort to call attention to what he sees as a culture of corruption gripping the nation’s politics.

Democrats are starting to treat Vice President JD Vance, not Donald Trump, as their number one focus among Republican leaders.

There are races in 30 states this year for attorney general, and groups that support those candidates prepared for the elections by raising record amounts in 2025.

Authorities say a Pennsylvania State Police trooper is dead after he was shot and killed by a man he had pulled over in a traffic stop.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is opening up about his Jewish faith at a pivotal moment in his political rise.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro may be the nation’s most prominent Jewish politician as antisemitism surges across America.

An armed man was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

Emergency crews battled a blaze and evacuated patients from a northeastern Pennsylvania hospital after a fire broke out.

The White House and a bipartisan group of governors are taking aim at power shortages and price spikes from data centers for artificial intelligence.

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.

Crews are using construction equipment to clear the rubble of a Pennsylvania nursing home after an explosion killed two people and hospitalized 20 others.

Pennsylvania's governor says an explosion at a nursing home just outside Philadelphia killed at least two people.

Idalia Bisbal moved from New York City to Allentown, Pennsylvania, hoping for a cheaper life.

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego is emerging as a key figure for the Democratic Party as it aims to regain Latino support lost in 2024.

The language of politicians has become more vulgar in recent years.

There was a time when presidential hopefuls were coy about their ambitions.

Democratic Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii predicts Americans will want a peacemaking leader by 2028.

The Trump administration has threatened to withhold nearly $75 million in funding if Pennsylvania does not immediately revoke what the administration claims are illegally issued commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants.

Voter anger over rising electricity costs is shaping next year's midterm elections.

Within hours of Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York’s first Muslim mayor, there were swift and harsh reactions from his Jewish critics.

Democrats are hopeful again.

Maine Democratic Rep. Jared Golden says he will not seek reelection.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill has been elected governor of New Jersey.

All three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices who sought reelection will get another term, ensuring Democratic jurists keep their majority on the presidential battleground state’s highest court.

Millions of low-income families may face delays in receiving home heating aid due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Democrats and their allied groups are pouring in more money and sending in the national party chairman in the final week of campaigning for a Pennsylvania Supreme Court election.

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is focusing on economic concerns rather than bold promises and anti-Donald Trump rhetoric in her race for Virginia governor.

Control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court hangs in the balance in statewide elections next week, when voters will cast ballots on judges for the state’s three highest courts.

Authorities say gunfire erupted during outdoor festivities at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University, killing one person and wounding six others.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's memoir is coming out in January.

A man who scaled a security fence in the middle of the night and set fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and other charges.

Republicans and Democrats have begun pouring money into an election this November for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Political analyst Daniel Cronrath joins me on this week's episode of Politics & Power to analyze former Vice President Kamala Harris' book, "107 Days," and what’s next for Harris.

For Jews worldwide, the High Holy Days are always a compelling mix of celebration and repentance.

A prosecutor says a suspected stalker armed with a rifle hid inside his ex-girlfriend’s home in Pennsylvania and ambushed police officers who came to arrest him, killing three of them.

Four Democratic-led Western states announced joint recommendations Wednesday about who should be vaccinated for seasonal respiratory viruses, including the flu and COVID-19, saying the Trump administration has jeopardized public health by politicizing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Authorities say three police officers were fatally shot and two wounded in southern Pennsylvania, and the shooter was killed by police.

Political violence has rocked the U.S. multiple times in recent months, culminating with the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university.

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania says that the nation must “turn the tide” against political violence and the belief that government can’t solve problems.

The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at an event in Utah had particular resonance for public figures who have experienced political violence themselves.

The widening debate over vaccine mandates in the U.S. and recent moves to get rid of them for schoolchildren in Florida are pushing some states to take steps to protect vaccines for children and adults.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mayor Paige Cognetti is announcing a bid for Congress.

Pennsylvania’s two-term elected state Treasurer Stacy Garrity will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s reelection bid in 2026.

The explosion this week at U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh-area plant has reignited debate about its future.

Workers were heating coal and preparing for routine maintenance when an explosion rocked a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh.

Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.

Police say a 61-year-old man fatally shot a neighbor in rural Pennsylvania and then ambushed responding state troopers, wounding two while firing dozens of rounds from a semiautomatic weapon.

Storms are lashing the East Coast from Virginia to Connecticut, flooding roadways and delaying flights from Boston to Washington, D.

Vice President JD Vance made the Trump administration’s first big pitch to sell the public on President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget-and-policy package in the swing political turf of northeastern Pennsylvania.

President Donald Trump is touting tens of billions of dollars of energy and tech investments at a new summit focusing on energy and innovation.

The voters in early presidential nominating states are used to seeing contenders months or even years before most of the country.

Rutgers star Ace Bailey remains a mystery heading into the NBA draft.

The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another has been taken into custody, ending a nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge.

Demonstrators came out in cities across the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called President Donald Trump's military intervention in Los Angeles an assault on democracy.

Amazon says it will spend $20 billion on two data center complexes in Pennsylvania, including one it is building alongside a nuclear power plant that has drawn federal scrutiny over its arrangement to essentially plug right into the power plant.

The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend without plugging a $770 million hole in the transportation budget.

President Donald Trump says he’s doubling the tariff rate on steel to 50%, a dramatic increase that could further push up prices for a metal used to make housing, autos and other goods.

U.S. Sen. David McCormick says an arrangement for Japan-based Nippon Steel to invest in U.S. Steel will guarantee an American CEO, a majority of U.S. board members and U.S. government approval over certain corporate functions.

Pennsylvania’s two largest cities will hold primaries Tuesday for high-profile municipal offices.

Chris Van Hollen has emerged, for now, as a leading figure in the resistance to President Donald Trump.

The arsonist who broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s residence while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept upstairs faced little resistance as he smashed windows, ignited Molotov cocktails and crawled inside.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mansion was the target of an arson attack last weekend, but the attacker's motives are unclear.

Authorities investigating why a man set fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence are probing whether the suspect targeted the Democrat because of his Jewish faith or positions on Israel’s war in Gaza.