The House rejected a Massie amendment to slash $3 billion in Israel aid, but 103 Democrats — including six of Pennsylvania's seven — backed it as leadership divided, with Whip Katherine Clark voting yes against Jeffries and Aguilar.

House Budget panel opens markup of $95B reconciliation 3.0

The Budget Committee began its 9 a.m. markup of the defense-heavy $95 billion package, but fiscal hawks balked at the lack of pay-fors, with Rep. Eric Burlison saying of leadership's promised cuts, "We've been lied to."

Blanche AG confirmation hinges on undecided Cornyn

Todd Blanche returns to Senate Judiciary for a second hearing as his path to attorney general could turn on Sen. John Cornyn, with GOP leaders pressing to clear the vote before the August recess.

Quinnipiac: Shapiro leads Garrity 53-40 as gap narrows

Gov. Josh Shapiro holds a 53-40 lead over Treasurer Stacy Garrity in a new Quinnipiac poll, down from 55-37 in February; Garrity leads among men 48-46 while Shapiro leads among women 60-33.

IFO: PA still faces ~$5B underlying deficit despite balanced budget

The Independent Fiscal Office found the enacted 2026-27 spending plan avoids tapping reserves but leaves an underlying roughly $5 billion structural deficit, since lawmakers authorized no new revenue sources.

McCormick's Carlisle defense summit draws ~$10B in investment

Sen. Dave McCormick's PA Defense and Innovation Summit at the U.S. Army War College catalyzed nearly $10 billion in announced investment and 4,000-plus jobs, with Trump addressing the gathering and Shapiro touting Pennsylvania's defense role.

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PJM extended its Maximum Generation Alert and secured DOE authorization letting generators exceed environmental permit limits through July 21, with real-time PJM-RTO prices at $35.97/MWh and load near 113 GW against a forecast peak of roughly 160 GW at 8:08 a.m.

The Virginia SCC is examining how to allocate Dominion's data-center-driven transmission costs, with a commission attorney warning of "glaring cross-class subsidization" benefiting new large-load customers regardless of the methodology chosen.

FERC's July 23 technical conference will examine PJM's governance structure, which a former PJM board member argues is the real institutional bottleneck to scaling grid flexibility, not the underlying technology.

New York enacted the first statewide moratorium on new data-center development, signaling a regulatory turn against the AI-driven load growth straining PJM and neighboring grids.

Paul Skenes earned a third straight All-Star selection but was ineligible to pitch in Tuesday's July 14 All-Star Game at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park under the MLB rule barring pitchers who started the first-half finale; the Pirates enter the break 50-47, two games back in the NL wild-card race.