The freeze is already impacting some services. The governor says portals for Medicaid, CareerLink and Head Start are down in Pennsylvania and other states.

The White House says more guidance is coming on Trump's potentially illegal order to pause federal funding for ideological review.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's access to federal payment systems for Medicaid and Head Start were restored late Tuesday, hours after they were shut off following the White House said it had put a freeze on funding of a wide range of government programs.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro on Tuesday said he has reached an agreement with grid operator PJM Interconnection to settle his recent complaint about its power market rules and save consumers over $21 billion in energy costs over two years.

Shapiro’s term so far has come with challenges, as one of few governors in the country with a GOP-controlled Senate and a narrow Democratic majority in the state House.

"They were very purposeful in trying to wreak havoc on our communities and stop these federal dollars from flowing to our states," the governor said.

Shapiro says thousands of Pennsylvania workers risk being furloughed if the freeze continues. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Governor Josh Shapiro responded to President Donald Trump's sweeping freezes in federal aid for nearly all federal programs that were announced on Monday night.

New analysis from The Washington Post is placing two prominent Pennsylvania Democrats among the top candidates for president in 2028. The list of a dozen potential presidential candidates is headlined by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro,

PHILADELPHIA ( WHTM) — Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is an avid Philadelphia sports fan — so much so that he claims he calls in to sports talk radios under the guise of an everyday fan.

If the Pennsylvania governor doesn’t finally start leading, an iconic Pittsburgh-based company may die, writes Nathan Benefield of the Commonwealth Foundation.

In Pennsylvania, the vast majority of school funding comes from local property taxes and the state. Still, Trump’s order was cheered by conservative activists pushing expanded school choice programs.