Establishment Democrats sweep primaries; Trump loses first 2026 endorsement

In June 2 primaries, establishment Democrats won from New Jersey to California while Trump-endorsed Rep. Randy Feenstra narrowly lost Iowa's GOP gubernatorial primary to Zach Lahn -- Trump's first endorsement defeat of the cycle.

Senate Democrats threaten FISA deal over Trump's DNI pick

Senate Intelligence Vice Chair Mark Warner asked Majority Leader Thune on June 2 to reverse Trump's installation of Bill Pulte as acting DNI, threatening to sink the bipartisan FISA Section 702 renewal before its June 12 deadline.

Sen. Katie Muth (D-Montgomery) introduced a bill June 1 barring data centers from being classified as public utilities, paired with her three-year moratorium on 20-MW-plus hyperscale data centers co-sponsored by Republican Sens. Rosemary Brown and Elder Vogel (co-op: Central Electric).

PA budget endgame turns on Rainy Day Fund, Big Tech tax

Ahead of the June 30 deadline, Pennsylvania's budget fight centers on tapping the Rainy Day Fund to balance Gov. Shapiro's roughly $53 billion plan, as a proposed Big Tech tax pitched to help close the structural deficit gets a Capitol hearing this week.

New Jersey joined six other Northeast states June 2 in suing the Trump administration and TotalEnergies over a $928 million deal to cancel offshore wind leases off New York, arguing it skipped a legally required hearing.

The New England States Committee on Electricity told FERC on June 2 the region 'severely lacks' oversight of asset-condition transmission projects, citing Eversource's X-178 -- a governance fight with read-across to PJM transmission-cost scrutiny.

The Department of Energy issued guidance June 2 ending federal rebates for converting gas appliances to electric, limiting support to upgrades from existing electric equipment to more efficient electric models.

PA summer default-service prices reset as PJM stays soft

The PA PUC flagged that summer 'price-to-compare' default electric-service rates reset June 1, even as PJM wholesale prices stayed soft -- the RTO real-time LMP averaged $13.95/MWh (Western Hub $14.32) with load near 83.8 GW Wednesday morning.

Oneil Cruz (419-foot, 3-run) and Brandon Lowe each hit three-run homers and Endy Rodriguez added a two-run shot (3 RBIs) as the Pirates beat Houston 10-6 Tuesday; Bubba Chandler earned the win over five innings.

Steelers open mandatory minicamp, sign S Darnell Savage

The Steelers opened mandatory minicamp June 2 and signed veteran safety Darnell Savage to a one-year deal, with Joey Porter Jr. and Nick Herbig in attendance but not fully participating.