27 h. ago Actress Charlize Theron warns 'people will lose their lives' over Trump's foreign aid cuts

Actress Charlize Theron called the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts to foreign aid “dangerous" at a charity event.

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3 d. ago USNS Harvey Milk renamed amid Trump administration efforts to cut DEI

"People want to be proud of the ship they're sailing in," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in announcing the ship named after the gay rights leader would now be called the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.

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4 d. ago Cuts under the Trump administration have gutted the PEPFAR program

In 2003 George W. Bush set up the global health initiative PEPFAR in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.  Over the last couple of decades, it's saved millions of lives for relatively little money. But cuts under the Trump administration have gutted the program. An estimated 70,000 people have died already due to the cutbacks.  We speak to journalist Jon Cohen who visited Eswatini and Lesotho to learn about the suspended program's effects on the ground.

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4 d. ago Harvard Kennedy School announces layoffs after Trump cuts billions in funding

Harvard Kennedy School will implement staff layoffs and cost-cutting measures in response to Trump administration's funding cuts and threats to the university's tax-exempt status.

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4 d. ago How the Republican Agenda Could Hit Johns Hopkins University

The university is not a direct target of the Trump administration but faces some of the biggest cuts, as Republicans seek to trim government spending.

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9 d. ago Judge blocks the Trump administration’s National Science Foundation research funding cuts

The universities argued the move threatened critical work in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, semiconductors and other technology fields. The post Judge blocks the Trump administration’s National Science Foundation research funding cuts appeared first on Boston.com.

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9 d. ago Judge blocks Trump administration's science research funding cuts

The change could have stripped universities of tens of millions in funding.

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1 week ago Tuition Increases and Layoffs Are Coming to a Broad Set of Universities

Schools say the Trump administration’s cuts to higher education are forcing them to consider extreme cost-cutting measures, even as more students than ever are heading to college this year.

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1 week ago Tuition Hikes and Layoffs Are Coming to a Broad Set of Universities

Schools say the Trump administration’s cuts to higher education are forcing them to consider extreme cost-cutting measures, even as more students than ever are heading to college this year.

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1 week ago Trump administration cuts specialized suicide prevention service for LGBTQ+ youth

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Prevention Lifeline included a service that provided specialized suicide prevention support by phone and text for LGBTQ+ kids. That's ending.

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2 w. ago Democratic senators to hold hearing on how aid cuts are impacting American farmers

The Trump administration has cut international aid with little push back from the GOP-led Senate. So on Thursday, two Democratic senators are holding their own hearing on how it's affecting farmers.

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2 w. ago Trump administration cuts program that was developing a promising new HIV vaccine

For nearly 15 years, Dennis Burton worked on creating an HIV vaccine considered to be one of the leading vaccine efforts. In late May, he learned the Trump administration was ending the project.

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3 w. ago Should federal rental aid come with a time limit? Here's how it works in one place

The Trump administration wants to allow a cutoff date for housing subsidies. The plan is deeply controversial, but Delaware offers a potential model for success.

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3 w. ago How the Trump administration’s aid cuts may be putting children's lives at risk

The Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid have resulted in children in Ugandan orphanages losing access to medication, according to local workers.

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3 w. ago Trump admin seeking to pull funding from local governments slapped with judge's preliminary injunction

Denver and other plaintiffs won a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration after a judge ruled that threats to cut federal grants likely exceeded the Executive Branch’s authority.

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3 w. ago The U.S. military will cut 7 out of 8 bases in Syria, Trump administration envoy says

The U.S. military will cut 7 out of 8 bases in Syria, Trump administration envoy says  NBC News

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4 w. ago Harvard Argues Cutting Off Its Government Funding Is Wasteful

Harvard officials, in a new court filing on Monday, detailed the extent of cuts that the Trump administration had made to a broad swath of university research projects.

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