April 19, 2026
· 5 min read
- Local Journalism Is Where Democracy Becomes Real
- The Bucks County Beacon Has a New Podcast: Behind the Beacon
- Souderton Area School District: Where Some Leaders Choose Loyalty Over Truth
- DOGE Cuts Left U.S. Unable to Help Americans Stranded in Iran War Zone
- Dark Money and Special Interest Groups Are Sinking Pennsylvania Politics
- 1 in 3 Kindergarten Classrooms in This Southwestern Pennsylvania County Lack Herd Immunity for Measles Because of Declining Vaccination Rates
- Trump Orders US Navy Blockade of Strait of Hormuz After Peace Talks Collapse
- Trump: Fine, We’ll Blockade the Strait Too
- Viktor Orbán Concedes to Péter Magyar
- Did Pa. governor candidate Stacy Garrity need to register as a lobbyist? Her work for a defense contractor raises questions
- Inside the Shapiro administration’s ‘absolutely ambitious’ plan to prevent maternal deaths
- Pa. primary election 2026: How to serve as a poll worker on May 19
- Pennsylvania county bans poll workers from using election prediction markets
- Pennsylvania county bans poll workers from using election prediction markets
- What SCOTUS’ Decision to Overturn Colorado’s Conversion Therapy Ban Means for Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ+ Youth
- Stop Flock
- Pennsylvania’s Delaware County Bans Poll Workers From Using Election Prediction Markets
- FBI Extracts Suspect’s Deleted Signal Messages Saved in iPhone Notification Database
- A New York City SantaCon Organizer Has Been Arrested for Alleged Wire Fraud
- The Dam Breaks: Democratic Senators Overwhelmingly Reject Arms Sales to Israel
- Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data.
- ICE Smashed Her Car Windows on the Way to the Doctor. Now She’s Fighting Back.
- Ballots become battlegrounds for voting rules, redistricting, election power
- Competence Porn
- Trump nominates Erica Schwartz, former deputy surgeon general, to serve as CDC director
- Trump nominates former deputy surgeon general to lead CDC
- RFK Jr. faces barrage from Democrats in House hearings
- Concerns rise in Hazleton over partnership with ICE through 287 (g) program
- Notable links: April 17, 2026
- AI is helping VA speed up claims processing, but Dems worry about errors
- Progressive Democrat Analilia Mejia Wins Special Congressional Election in New Jersey
- Democrats Need to Solve the Tactical Problems with Impeachment before Relying on It
- FAA Scraps Civil and Criminal Penalties for Flying Drones Near ICE Vehicles
- Limits on speech rights for military retirees at issue in Sen. Kelly case against DOD
- Bucks County police chiefs say Quakertown officers’ actions during anti-ICE student protest were ‘justified and within police policy’
- Maine Said No to New Data Centers. Other States Are Racing to Follow.
- Is Hasan Piker the Left’s Biggest Problem—or Its Best Shot?
- 2 environmental organizations seek to join legal fight against ICE’s plans for warehouse detention centers in Pa.
- New Jersey election 2026: These 4 Republicans hope to unseat U.S. Sen. Cory Booker
- Should governments regulate unhealthy food like tobacco? Some Penn researchers say yes
- New Jersey election 2026: Meet the Democrats looking to flip a longtime GOP seat in Congress