The Latest Breaking News from Pennsylvania

‘Turn the page.’ Barnette says she wouldn’t support McConnell as GOP leader

WASHINGTON — Kathy Barnette, who has taken Republican leaders by surprise with her late break run toward the GOP Senate nomination in Pennsylvania, said she would not support Mitch McConnell to lead her party if she makes it to Washington.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 14, 2022

Trump leans toward endorsing highly controversial Doug Mastriano for Pa. governor

According to three sources familiar with his private deliberations.

Axios · May 13, 2022

See the Kathy Barnette tweets targeting Muslims, LGBTQ and Obama

Trump warned Republicans Thursday that Barnette's history will preclude her from winning a general election in PA.

Axios · May 13, 2022

Will Bunch: Who is Kathy Barnette, and can Pa. figure it out before she wins the GOP Senate nod?

For about an hour Wednesday night, the crunchy green artificial turf of the big indoor practice field at Newtown Athletic Club in Bucks County offered a kind of a safe space for Kathy Barnette to revel in her new status as sudden-shock co-front-runner in Pennsylvania’s GOP U.S. Senate primary, in…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 13, 2022

John Fetterman will likely be Pa.’s Democratic Senate nominee. So why do so few elected Democrats back him?

PHILADELPHIA — John Fetterman is president of the Pennsylvania Senate, but he doesn’t have a lot of friends among the senators.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 13, 2022

US oil refineries spewing cancer-causing benzene into communities, report finds

Analysis shows alarming level of benzene at fence-line of facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana and US Virgin Islands

The Guardian - US · May 12, 2022

Trump attacks Pennsylvania candidate amid Republican backlash over his Dr Oz endorsement

Comes as Kathy Barnette surges in polls

The Independent UK · May 12, 2022

Pennsylvania pension fund may sue its consultant for botching profits figure

Pennsylvania's beleaguered pension fund for educators has hired yet another outside law firm — this time to consider suing the consulting firm that admitted botching a key profits calculation in an error that has triggered an ongoing FBI investigation.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 12, 2022

What to know about the GOP Senate candidate who Trump has warned against

Barnette is soaring in the polls ahead of the closely watched contest for Pennsylvania's Republican Senate Primary.

Axios · May 12, 2022

Donald Trump questions Kathy Barnette’s electability in Pennsylvania Senate race

PHILADELPHIA — Former President Donald Trump jumped back into Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary, warning that the surging underdog Kathy Barnette “will never be able to win the General Election against the Radical Left Democrats.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 12, 2022