Mayor Cherelle Parker pitches her $6.7 billion budget plan as Trump’s ‘grave’ threat to cut aid to cities looms
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s second budget address to Philadelphia City Council sounded in many ways like an ordinary mayoral speech, with Parker waxing poetic about heroic first responders, touting wins during her first year,
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker's 2026 budget includes tax cuts, preparations for 2026
Mayor Cherelle Parker is introducing her 2026 budget for the city of Philadelphia in a City Council session Thursday.
Philly Mayor Parker’s budget proposes city wage and business tax cuts
Mayor Cherelle Parker said it’s about balancing the city’s books during a time of financial uncertainty while offering some relief to businesses.
Mayor Cherelle Parker will propose cutting taxes and borrowing $800 million for housing in Philly’s next city budget
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker ’s proposal for the next city budget will include cutting Philadelphia’s business tax, spending $100 million more on a new drug recovery center in Holmesburg, and borrowing $800 million for a major housing initiative,
Mayor Cherelle Parker calls for historic tax cuts in Philadelphia budget address
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker laid out her proposed spending plan on Thursday, delivering her second budget address to City Council.
Senate to take up Trump spending bill as clock ticks down to government shutdown
A vote to end debate on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown will take place on Friday ...
More than 2,000 laid off at Johns Hopkins University amid Trump budget cuts
Johns Hopkins University announced Thursday it's laying off over 2,000 employees amid budget cuts made by the Trump ...
Lutnick says Trump wants to waive taxes for those earning under $150,000 when budget balanced- Fox News
U.S. President Donald Trump would like to waive taxes for Americans earning under $150,000 once he balances the budget, ...
Schumer backs down on fight against GOP’s government funding bill as Democrats face reckoning over Trump strategy
Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...
Trump Heaps Praise on Schumer Over Spending Bill: 'Took Guts'
"Took 'guts' and courage!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Friday morning, celebrating the probable aversion of a partial government shutdown in comments that will likely drive a deeper wedge ...
Trump looks to press ahead with more layoffs even as courts order some reinstatements
President Donald Trump's administration is expected on Friday to move ahead with a second wave of mass firings and budget ...
Swing-state Democrats oppose GOP budget despite Senate leadership approval
Many Senate Democrats in states that voted for President Donald Trump plan to vote against the Republican-led government ...
Trump administration opens investigations at more than 50 universities, including MIT, as part of anti-DEI campaign
The Education Department announced the new investigations one month after issuing a memo warning America’s schools and ...
US budget deficit for Trump's first full month in office reaches $307 billion
The U.S. budget deficit totaled $307 billion for President Donald Trump's first full month in office, up 4%, or $11 billion, ...
Trump praises Dem leader over shutdown vote: Live updates
WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump praised a longtime adversary, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, after the New York ...
DC mayor treads carefully as Trump and Hill GOP threaten capital city’s budget, autonomy
As DC Council members roamed the halls of Congress on Monday, lobbying GOP lawmakers against a federal funding bill that ...
‘Reign of terror.’ Universities freeze hiring, rescind offers, start layoffs amid Trump cuts
More than a dozen schools, including Harvard, MIT, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania, have frozen hiring.