The top administrator painted a dire portrait of Penn Medicine’s future amid a “chaotic pace of government regulations and executive orders.”
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to criticism from Gov. Josh Shapiro that House Democrats "are failing to address the real concerns that people have."
The Democratic governor sued the Trump administration earlier this month over what he argued was an unconstitutional freeze of more than $2 billion in funds already approved by Congress.
The White House has restored federal funding to Pennsylvania government that was withheld earlier this year, generating a suit against Trump by Shapiro.
Shapiro joins the council at a challenging time for governors — particularly Democratic ones — as Trump’s administration tries to slash the size of the federal government and freeze federal funds.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said the Trump administration has agreed to unfreeze over $2 billion in state funding that he claimed was unlawfully withheld, in part citing his recent lawsuit against the administration.
President Donald Trump has appointed Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to a bipartisan council that works with federal officials on issues related to the National Guard, national security, and disaster preparedness and response.
The absence of the state’s top law-enforcement officer arguably gave Josh Shapiro the chance to play good cop and bad cop with the White House.
Governor Josh Shapiro says the state once again has access to more than $2 billion of federal money that had been frozen last month by the Trump administration. The announcement Monday comes days after Shapiro attended an event last week at the White House.
Voters, activists and even some governors, like Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, are growing exasperated with congressional Democrats’ restrained approach.
All of Pennsylvania’s frozen federal funds are accessible again, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced on Monday. Shapiro said President Donald Trump ’s administration released more than $2.1 billion in federal funds that had been frozen or on temporary hold,