Shapiro joins the council at a challenging time for governors — particularly Democratic ones — as Trump’s administration tries to slash the size of the federal government and freeze federal funds.

The last 10 minutes of the nearly 45-minute meeting devolved into a tense back and forth between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Pennsylvania governor accused Trump and Vance of advancing "Russia’s propaganda directly from the White House."

The White House has restored federal funding to Pennsylvania government that was withheld earlier this year, generating a suit against Trump by Shapiro.

The absence of the state’s top law-enforcement officer arguably gave Josh Shapiro the chance to play good cop and bad cop with the White House.

Governor Josh Shapiro says the state once again has access to more than $2 billion of federal money that had been frozen last month by the Trump administration. The announcement Monday comes days after Shapiro attended an event last week at the White House.

Eleven days after Gov. Josh Shapiro sued the White House to unfreeze billions in federal funding for Pennsylvania, the money is flowing again.

President Donald Trump tapped Gov. Josh Shapiro to be one of 10 new members to lead the bipartisan Council of Governors, the White House announced Wednesday.

The Pennsylvania governor issued a statement Friday afternoon after the unprecedented Oval Office exchange between Trump and the Ukrainian president.

Shapiro said the attack on Volodymyr Zelenskyy served to "undermine the safety and security of America and our national security interests."

The last 10 minutes of the nearly 45-minute meeting devolved into a tense back and forth between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Pennsylvania governor accused Trump and Vance of advancing "Russia’s propaganda directly from the White House."