Philadelphia City Council members on Thursday criticized President Donald Trump following a week of chaos for state and local governments as officials responded to the whiplash of the White House attempting to freeze a wide swath of federal spending in a vague memo that was rescinded a day later.

Philadelphia City Council passed a resolution during its second meeting of 2025 ‘condemning’ President Donald Trump’s early actions as president — from his flurry of executive orders to his federal aid freeze and ICE raids.

Churches were among the few so-called "sensitive areas" where ICE agents could not make arrests -- until now. President Donald Trump has revoked a 2011 directive that banned immigration arrests and raids in sensitive areas, including churches, courthouses and schools.

Republican lawmakers from the Philadelphia area celebrated Monday's inauguration, as Mr. Trump's return to Washington gives the GOP control over the White House and Congress. The president took quick action to sign a slew of executive orders.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised mass deportations. That could include thousands of people living in Philadelphia.

According to a city spokesperson, the Parker administration's stance on the issue of immigration in Philadelphia has remained unchanged since the November election.

With the stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 granted clemency -- either a pardon or commuted sentence -- to all of the more than 1,500 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021,

President Trump signed a series of executive orders ... Community activist Deja Alvarez, the deputy director of TPAC/WHCI, a Philadelphia center providing health care and services to marginalized ...

Sylvester Stallone, Donald Trump's neighbor and friend, spent some teen years in Philadelphia and made the city a big part of his Rocky franchise.

A Nigerian man has been extradited to the US to face charges in the “sextortion” of a South Carolina teen who died by suicide in 2022. Prosecutors allege the scammer posed as a young woman, persuaded 17-year-old Gavin Guffey to send him nude photos and then threatened to publicize them if Guffey didn’t send money.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s long record of doubting the safety of childhood vaccinations persisted as a flash point for him Thursday in a confirmation hearing.