With less than six weeks until Election Day, let’s take a look at one of the more competitive congressional races in Pennsylvania that could cost Republicans their narrow US House majority: the race between five-term incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick and Democratic challenger Bob Harvie.

🍂 Not interested in talking midterms yet? Keep scrolling for our fall foliage guide.

Fitzpatrick is one of the few Republicans representing a congressional district won by Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. He has done as much as any House Republican to distance himself from President Trump: Fitzpatrick voted against the president’s tariffs, his signature tax legislation, and his power to wage war against Iran without congressional approval. The lawmaker even skipped Trump’s recent midterm convention in Dallas.

But that may not be enough to overcome the collateral damage of the president’s sagging approval rating and soaring fuel prices because of the war.

Mary Ryan, a 60-year-old medical writer from Bucks County, has consistently backed Fitzpatrick until now.

This year, Ryan is so fed up with Trump and his grip on Congress that she is planning to vote in November for Harvie, a twice-elected countywide commissioner who is a former social studies teacher.

Even though Fitzpatrick has pitched himself as a voice of reason in Washington, Ryan told the Associated Press that “I don’t see it happening.”

We’ve got more on the race between Fitzpatrick and Harvie below.

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Beautiful autumn reflections at Lake Jean in Ricketts Glen State Park. (Shutterstock)

While New England is recognized as a hotbed for fall foliage tourism, plenty of seasoned leaf-peepers travel to Pennsylvania to view the equally stunning fall colors dotting our landscape.

No matter where you live in the state, you won’t have to drive too far to witness dazzling, bright canopies of reds, oranges, golds, and yellows that will soon begin to drape Pennsylvania trees.

Here are our recommendations on where and when you’ll find some of the most breathtaking foliage this fall in Pennsylvania.

• A new state audit found serious shortcomings in Pennsylvania’s oversight of elder abuse investigations, warning that missed deadlines and a lack of accountability could leave older adults vulnerable to neglect and mistreatment. Get the details here.

• Earlier this month, the president of Drexel University announced the Academy of Natural Sciences is closing its 200-year-old public museum due to financial issues. Philadelphia councilmembers are stepping in. Read more here.

• Despite entering the US legally 10 years ago and applying for asylum, Pastor Molis Augustave, who worked for CASA as an organizer in York, was deported on Thursday. Learn more here.

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Priscilla Auer from Port Trevorton in Snyder County shared this photo of her morning view. Not bad.

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Thanks for reading. This newsletter was written by Patrick Berkery with stories from The Associated Press, USA Today via Reuters Connect, and Public News Service. It was edited by Paula Solis.

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