Two more candidates filed paperwork Thursday to appear on Pennsylvania's primary ballots for U.S. Senate as Democratic Sen. Bob Casey runs for a fourth term and Democrats try to maintain a majority in the narrowly divided chamber.
Democrats retained their slim majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday after voters elected a former school board member to represent them in a Philadelphia suburb that has been trending more to the left.
Trump is seeking to delay a trial until after the November election. If he were to defeat President Joe Biden, he could presumably try to use his position as head of the executive branch to order a new attorney general to dismiss the federal cases he faces or potentially could seek a pardon for himself.
Bucks County D.A. Jennifer Schorn said Friday that Justin Mohn “was of clear mind in his purpose and what he was doing” when he allegedly beheaded his father Tuesday, then posted a video filled with extremist rants online.
Justin Mohn, 32, was charged with first-degree murder and abusing a corpse after he beheaded his father, Michael, and publicized it in a 14-minute YouTube video where he called his father a traitor to his country and encouraged violence against government officials.
Justin Mohn reportedly murdered his father in the home they shared, then posted a video where he said his father “is now in hell for eternity as a traitor to his country” and called for “a second American Revolution.”
Aspects of the plan will include lowering tuition at state-owned universities, streamlining degree programs and funding institutions based, at least in part, on performance metrics. It also would mean more grant money, including for students who attend private universities in Pennsylvania.
Democrats in majority control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives advanced several gun control measures Wednesday.
The National Park Service has decided against removing a statue of William Penn at a Philadelphia historical site after receiving backlash.
Speaking near where George Washington and the Continental Army spent a bleak winter nearly 250 years ago, Biden said the 2024 presidential race — a likely rematch with Trump, who is the far and away GOP frontrunner — is “all about” whether American democracy will survive.
