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The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg.

House Democrats say they’ll fight for health care and higher minimum wage in 2025

Medicine bottles

Big Pharma pushes repeal of drug price negotiation that lowers costs for consumers

Pennsylvania State Representative Stephanie Borowicz speaks during a rally against vaccine mandates in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on December 14, 2021.

Reproductive Rights

Republican lawmaker to reintroduce bill effectively banning abortion at 6 weeks

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump

Sexual misconduct charges and allegations dog many of Trump’s appointees

Women's rights demonstrators

Reproductive Rights

‘We are going to keep fighting’: How Pennsylvanians are preparing for Trump’s second term

A general view of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 20, 2023.

Nonpartisan scorekeeper: Trump’s tax cuts for the rich would not bring economic growth

Mike Johnson

Narrow 220-215 GOP House majority may have a tough time governing

Supporters listen and hold up signs as President Donald Trump speaks during the annual "March for Life" rally on the National Mall, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Washington.

Reproductive Rights

Abortion opponents eye renewed attacks on reproductive rights in Trump’s second term

A person counting money.

GOP plan to privatize mortgage firms could cost new borrowers $2,800 more annually

Donald Trump

Trump fills Cabinet with lawmakers who voted against the interests of working families

David Elliott and Karen Yust speak about their son, Dakota Ryan Elliott, during a gun safety rally at the Pennsylvania State Capitol on May 7, 2024.

Gun violence is down in Pennsylvania. Advocates worry that won’t be the case under Trump.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responds to the CNN presidential debate questions during "The Real Debate" in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, June 27, 2024.

Reproductive Rights

RFK Jr. has a history of opposing and spreading misinformation about abortion