Sean Kitchen is the Keystone’s political correspondent, based in Harrisburg. Sean is originally from Philadelphia and spent five years working as a writer and researcher for Pennsylvania Spotlight.
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Advocates call on Penn State Health and UPMC to resume gender affirming care for minors
Two Pennsylvania health care providers caved to President Donald Trump’s anti-trans executive order by banning gender affirming care for minors. LGBTQ advocates are calling Penn State Health and UPMC to reverse their decision.
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Chris Deluzio calls on Democrats to take on ‘oligarchs,’ ‘robber barons’ and ‘corporate jagoffs’
Congressman Chris Deluzio called on Democrats to restore the American Dream by taking on oligarchs and robber barons after touring Pennsylvania with US Sen. Bernie Sanders last week. He’s offering supporters a populist path forward for the party.
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Bernie Sanders rips Trump for ignoring due process, rule of law at PA rallies
US Sen. Bernie Sanders wrapped up a three day trip to Pennsylvania with his Fight Oligarchy Tour in Bethlehem on Saturday. Trump’s disregard for the rule of law and refusal to give immigrants due process were the main issues for many rallygoers.
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Thousands of Philly area union members rally with Bernie Sanders on May Day
Thousands of Philadelphia workers and union members gathered outside of City Hall on Thursday with US Sen. Bernie Sanders to celebrate May Day, an unofficial holiday in the labor movement, and protest President Donald Trump’s attacks on workers throughout the beginning of his second term.
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‘A masterclass of incompetence and cruelty’: Looking back on Trump’s first 100 days in office
President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office officially comes to a close on Tuesday with him holding one of the lowest approval ratings ever for a president during that period. Pennsylvanians have also begun to push back against Trump’s tariffs, the increase in costs, and the attacks against federal government workers and programs.
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Scott Perry threatens to impeach and defund federal judges over anti-Trump rulings
US Rep. Scott Perry called on House Republicans to start impeaching and defunding federal judges standing in the way of President Donald Trump’s agenda. Perry is upset that federal judges are issuing nationwide injunctions, which are hampering Trump’s ability to carry out his right-wing agenda.
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She has 23 medical conditions and Medicaid helps keep her alive. Republicans want to gut it.
More than 3 million Pennsylvania residents benefit from Medicaid, but the US House Republicans’ plan to make massive cuts to the program puts 800,000 of them at risk of losing their coverage.
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Pennsylvania Dems sound alarm over Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s unlawful detention in El Salvador
Pennsylvania’s Congressional Democrats are sounding the alarm over President Donald Trump willfully ignoring a unanimous Supreme Court order to bring home Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a legal resident who was sent to a foreign prison after being wrongly accused of being a gang member.
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Suspect in arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence planned to beat him, documents say
During a police interview, authorities said Cody Balmer told them after he was taken into custody that he would have beaten Shapiro with a small sledgehammer if he had found him.
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Josh Shapiro hammers Trump’s erratic tariff policies
Gov. Josh Shapiro claimed that President Donald Trump “blinked” after mounting pressure forced him to walk back and pause many of his tariffs on Wednesday.
