The Latest Breaking News from Pennsylvania

Vice President Kamala Harris visits Philly to push for protection of abortion and voting rights

PHILADELPHIA — During a visit to Philadelphia on Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris cast the outcome of Pennsylvania’s November elections as a crucial inflection point that could determine whether the nation’s government heads down a path of restricting or expanding civil rights.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 16, 2022

Small donors give John Fetterman a big financial lead over Mehmet Oz in Pa. Senate race

PITTSBURGH — Fueled by a massive advantage in donations from those who gave less than $200, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman heavily out-raised Republican Mehmet Oz from late April through the start of July, entering the opening act of the general election for U.S. Senate with a significant cash advantage.

Tribune News Service · Jul 16, 2022

Sidelined by a health scare, Fetterman readies a return to the Senate campaign trail

Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman's expected return to the campaign trail comes as issues such as abortion rights and gun violence have taken on a new intensity.

WEKU · Jul 16, 2022

LZ Granderson: Herschel Walker is unfit to serve in the US Senate

The current incarnation of anti-intellectualism in Republican politics — epitomized by the campaign of former football star Herschel Walker for U.S. Senate in Georgia — started in earnest in the winter of 2012 with a quip from former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who was seeking the Republican presidential nomination.…

Los Angeles Times · Jul 15, 2022

Jersey Shore star taunts Dr Oz amid claims the Senate hopeful is a stranger to adopted state Pennsylvania

Republican is trailing Democrat John Fetterman in polls of the critical race

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

Fetterman absence raises stakes for Dems in key Senate race

John Fetterman has been fundraising, advertising on TV and grabbing attention with snarky social media posts, but he has yet to return to Pennsylvania's campaign trail in a significant way since a May 13 stroke

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

Seeing Pa. as battlefield, Never Trumpers unite against Doug Mastriano

PITTSBURGH — A political committee with connections to the Never Trump movement and to a high-profile neoconservative, will dip into Pennsylvania's gubernatorial race, "playing heavily" — its political director said — to convince college-educated suburban voters to buck Republican Doug Mastriano.

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022

A ‘blockbuster’ movie about Doug Mastriano is ready to premiere — if a theater will show it

PHILADELPHIA — It’s been billed as a summer “blockbuster,” a hagiographic documentary about State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, that is set to premiere Saturday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 13, 2022

The latest battle over abortion rights in Pa. is all about the state constitution. Here’s what to know

Pennsylvania is in the middle of a new fight over the future of abortion, and it’s all about the state constitution.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 13, 2022

These suburbs started closing their streets on weekends during the pandemic, and they might never stop

PHILADELPHIA -- When Orbi Bitraj sees weekend crowds now flocking to Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, on summer nights — some stumbling upon his corner Italian restaurant for the first time, others arriving in groups for reserved tables — he feels an immense sense of gratitude.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 13, 2022