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Trump guts the Education Department with massive layoffs; shock waves reach California
The Trump administration has begun dismantling the U.S. Department of Education by laying off about half of the agency’s employees,…
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Trump's 1% policy wars: Transgender people, USAID funding and now Canadian fentanyl?
When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called President Trump this week to discuss the imposition of stiff U.S. tariffs, Trump linked…
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Federal Judge Blasts Trump’s “Ill-Conceived” Funding Freeze
A federal judge extended a block on the Office of Management and Budget’s sweeping order to freeze trillions in congressionally…
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Judge stiffens hold on Trump's funding pause, warning of 'potentially catastrophic harm'
A federal judge stiffened her order blocking President Trump from carrying out his general government funding pause by issuing a…
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Trump’s Funding Freeze Creates Narco Dream at Mexico Border
Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign aid is hurting one of his major campaign promises: taking on fentanyl and ending overdose deaths from the…
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Trump, Macron spar over Ukraine funding during Oval Office meeting
President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday sparred over the amount of money European nations provided to Ukraine to…
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Executive Order to Cut Funding for Diversity Programs, Citing Free Speech Violations
A federal judge has halted an executive order by former President Donald Trump that aimed to end government support for diversity, equity,…
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Trump thanks Senate GOP for border funding plan
President Trump on Thursday thanked Senate Republicans for their efforts to fund his border agenda, tacitly greenlighting their decision…
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Judge won't immediately block Trump administration's abrupt halt to Catholic refugee funding
A federal judge on Thursday refused to immediately block the Trump administration's abrupt halt to funding of the nation's largest private…
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California officials detail Trump funding freeze 'chaos,' warn another could cripple state
Maricela Ramirez was at an education conference in Washington, D.C., at the end of January when she and other attendees heard the…
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Trump’s Funding Freezes Bruise a Core Constituency: Farmers
Skylar Holden, a cattle rancher in Missouri, had signed a $240,000 cost-sharing contract with the Agriculture Department to add fencing…
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Senate Budget panel Republicans defend plan to move on border, defense funding ahead of tax cuts
Senate Republicans on Wednesday began consideration of their budget blueprint that sets instructions for forthcoming legislation featuring…
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White House fires USAID inspector general after warning about funding oversight, officials say
The dismissal comes a day after his office warned that the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID had made it all but impossible to…
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FEMA Tries to Appease Trump by Ignoring Court Order on Funding Freeze
“There is … a very Christian concept that you love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and…
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Judge Shuts Down Trump’s Funding Freeze—and Orders Immediate Reversal
“Our Service Academies have been infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues over the last four years. I have ordered the immediate dismissal…
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Bonta says Trump is 'spitting in the face of our democracy' as federal funds remain frozen
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta joined a coalition of more than 20 states Friday in asking a federal court to once again intercede and…
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Trump Administration Move to Freeze E.V. Charger Funding Confounds States
A new federal order that freezes a Biden-era program to build a national network of electric vehicle charging stations has confounded…
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House lawmakers push forward legislation to cut funding on animal testing abroad
House lawmakers introduce d bipartisan legislation Thursday that would eliminate U.S. funding of experiments on animals abroad. Source link
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Trump leaves scientists "panicking" as they face research funding cuts
President Trump's threats of federal freezes have left scientists panicking, as they face funding cuts for critical research in areas…
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Trump’s Funding Freeze Hits Its First Targets: Young Kids
“Plaintiffs legitimately fear that the information being compiled will be accessed by persons who are not authorized to have access to…
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SoftBank in talks to lead OpenAI funding round at US$300 billion valuation, sources say
SOFTBANK is in talks to lead a funding round of up to US$40 billion in OpenAI at a post-money valuation of US$300 billion, sources told…
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Court Shuts Down Trump’s Funding Freeze Chaos—Again
“What is so disturbing to me is that out of 330 million Americans, we’re being asked to put somebody in this job who has spent 50 years of…
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White House orders freeze on 'financial assistance,' unleashing anger, confusion, lawsuit
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration caused a rush of confusion and anger Tuesday among Democratic leaders, state officials and federal…
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Justice Dept. halts legal programs for detained immigrants, cuts off advocates' access to facilities
Lawyers providing detainees with basic legal information in federal immigration detention centers were shut out of facilities last week…