The opening of the Newark facility has sparked protests outside the fenced-in building, including from Mayor Ras Baraka.

Many residents expressed concern over public safety and community relations. Others argued that the county could be impacted financially.

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.

Arts organizations in Philadelphia and elsewhere scramble to cope with an abrupt cancellation of promised federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Attorneys 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.

“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.

The order cutting funding for NPR and PBS is “significant,” and puts smaller public media stations at greater risk.

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.’”

Philly boasts a long history as a “sanctuary city,” but its current status will be put to the test as leaders face being cut off from federal funding.

The Vermont senator has been touring the country attacking the president and his “rich” supporters while demanding that Democrats stand up to him.

The administration’s position sprang from Trump’s executive order calling for the federal government not to support gender transition for people under age 19.

Close to a dozen residents of the flood-prone neighborhood met with members of Congress Tuesday.

More than 350 grants worth over $800 million were ended midstream. New Jersey's attorney general said nearly $13 million in ongoing program funding to the state was canceled.

The U.S. Education Department wants Penn to strip swimmer Lia Thomas of awards and apologize to female swimmers. The school has said it followed NCAA and Ivy League policies.

The Trump administration has flirted with the idea of selling the U.S. Postal Service to the highest bidder. Postal workers in the Philly region believe it's a bad idea.