House Republicans are pushing to pass a budget resolution before the August recess that adds up to $67 billion in unoffset Pentagon funding and possibly the SAVE America Act, but Speaker Johnson's floor stays frozen amid Freedom Caucus resistance.

Democratic midterm civil war escalates in Michigan

A Democratic intraparty fight is intensifying in Michigan's Senate primary, where Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will campaign for progressive Abdul El-Sayed against Rep. Haley Stevens, who is backed by Chuck Schumer and retiring Sen. Gary Peters.

Graham's sister appointed to his Senate seat, sworn in today

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to fill his seat; she is sworn in at 2:30 p.m. today, triggering a Senate GOP committee reshuffle including the Budget gavel.

⚡PA budget's fine print: data-center rules in, skill games and revenue out

Analysis of Pennsylvania's new $50.8 billion budget shows it added new data-center regulations and more school funding but skipped skill-games regulation and any new revenue, leaving the structural deficit and several thorny policy fights unresolved.

PA Defense & Innovation Summit opens in Carlisle; Trump joins Wednesday

The two-day Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit opens today at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, hosted by Sen. Dave McCormick, with President Trump joining a roundtable Wednesday amid warnings that U.S. weapons stockpiles have hit new lows.

PA taxpayers paid $34M for redundant legislature tech

Pennsylvania taxpayers paid $34 million for the legislature's four caucuses to run separate, redundant technology systems, part of a broader pattern of multi-million-dollar no-bid contracts awarded with vague documentation, PennLive found.

Bresnahan pushes CDL reform after trooper killed in Schuylkill crash

Rep. Rob Bresnahan renewed his push for commercial-driver's-license reform after a fiery Schuylkill County crash killed a Pennsylvania state trooper, backing a bill to bar people in the country illegally from obtaining CDLs.

Act No. 21 of 2026, July 12, 2026

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Presented to the Governor, July 12, 2026 (keywords: solar, solar energy)

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PJM issued its sixth Hot Weather Alert of the summer for July 14-17 after setting an all-time peak-load record of 168,158 MW on July 2 (topping the 2006 mark); Tuesday-morning real-time load was about 101,400 MW with the RTO LMP at $19.24/MWh.

⚡New York imposes nation's first statewide data-center moratorium

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is imposing the nation's first statewide large-scale data-center moratorium, pausing construction permits up to a year to write energy and environmental rules, a move expected to spur similar state-level action elsewhere.

Texas adopts 'ride-through' reliability rules for large data centers

Texas regulators adopted new 'ride-through' rules requiring large data centers to stay online through grid disturbances rather than dropping load, an emerging large-load reliability model as data-center growth strains grids nationwide.

The Pirates enter the All-Star break 50-47 and two games back of an NL wild-card spot, with the front office signaling it will buy at the trade deadline behind a strong offense and a rotation fronted by Paul Skenes.

Bullpen is the Pirates' deadline priority

Pittsburgh's deadline priority is the bullpen, whose relief corps ranks 23rd in MLB with a 4.53 ERA; the club has been linked to relievers including Luke Weaver, Aroldis Chapman and Garrett Whitlock.