{"id":18266,"date":"2025-10-29T01:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/18266\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T01:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:37:07","slug":"gov-shapiro-joins-lawsuit-against-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/18266\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Shapiro joins lawsuit against Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and 10 other states, including New Jersey and Delaware, are suing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency<\/a> to reverse cuts that they say could affect safety during events for America\u2019s 250th anniversary.\n<\/p>\n

Cutting funds could impact safety during 2026 festivities<\/p>\n

The lawsuit<\/a> comes weeks after a federal judge accused the Trump administration of trying to \u201cbully\u201d states<\/a> into accepting conditions that would require them to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to receive disaster funding. Shapiro said Pennsylvania could lose $18 million in Urban Area Security Initiative funding, which could prove critical with a packed event schedule<\/a> in the state next year.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump Administration is cutting funding for homeland security initiatives that help us prevent acts of terrorism, respond to natural disasters, and major emergencies,\u201d Shapiro said in a statement. \u201cWithholding that funding from Pennsylvania would be dangerous under any circumstances, but to do this just as our law enforcement officers and first responders are preparing for major events in Pennsylvania in 2026 \u2014 from the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh<\/a> to the FIFA World Cup<\/a> and the MLB All Star Game<\/a> in Philadelphia \u2014 is completely irresponsible.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

Shapiro was joined by a number of other Democratic officials, who wrote statements opposing the cuts.\n<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker called public safety \u201cthe number one priority.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

In 2024, the city received more than $27 million in grants and reimbursements from the state for public safety programs and initiatives, according to Parker.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no more important issue facing Philadelphia than ensuring our residents feel safe in their homes, their neighborhoods, and at work,\u201d Parker said. \u201cMy promise to Philadelphia is a safer, cleaner and greener city, with access to economic opportunity for all. Public safety investments like these help us deliver on that vision, for every resident of Philadelphia, and for every visitor planning to come to our city for the Semiquincentennial in 2026.\u201d\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[451,2676,28,30,29,4001,724],"class_list":["post-18266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-governor-josh-shapiro","tag-lawsuit","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-philadelphia-250","tag-trump-impact"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}