1 hour ago Top Republican warns families of 'largest tax hike in history' next year if Trump budget fails

Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger is warning of a tax increase if the GOP fails to extend Trump's tax cuts.

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2 h. ago Live updates: The Trump administration’s ongoing battle with Mass. colleges

The Trump administration is threatening to cut school funding and revoke student visas in a stated effort to combat antisemitism. The post Live updates: The Trump administration’s ongoing battle with Mass. colleges appeared first on Boston.com.

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3 h. ago How Trump's cuts to U.S. foreign aid are imperiling Syria's war crimes investigations

When former leader Bashar al-Assad fell, new Syria war crimes investigations began. But U.S. budget cuts have halted some work. For families of the disappeared, it means justice delayed or denied.

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6 h. ago Unaccompanied minors, organizations in Washington face challenges after Trump cuts legal aid

Unaccompanied minors, organizations in Washington face challenges after Trump cuts legal aid  The Spokesman-Review

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8 h. ago MORNING GLORY: How the Senate and House finds two trillion dollars

The government needs to raise money to expand and extend the Trump 2017 tax cuts, and there's a way to do it without raising taxes on anyone.

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8 h. ago MORNING GLORY: How the Senate and House find 2 trillion dollars

The government needs to raise money to expand and extend the Trump 2017 tax cuts, and there's a way to do it without raising taxes on anyone.

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17 h. ago Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half

The draft plan is part of a process involving the agency and the White House. It would eliminate almost all funding for international organizations that include the United Nations and NATO.

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19 h. ago Harvard won’t comply with Trump admin’s demands amid threats of cutting federal funding

Harvard University President Alan M. Garber assured the community that the university would not comply with the Trump administration's threats to cut federal funding.

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21 h. ago Trump administration wants to halve State Dept budget, slash foreign aid 75%

Trump administration wants to halve State Dept budget, slash foreign aid 75%  Reuters

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23 h. ago Pete Marocco, mastermind behind dismantling of USAID projects, leaves State Department

Pete Marocco, who led the dismantling of USAID under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, departs as critics accuse him of chaos and foreign aid cuts that gutted U.S. global development programs.

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28 h. ago Harvard professors sue Trump administration over threat to cut funding

Professors say the threat to cut billions in federal funding for the university violates free speech and other First Amendment rights. The post Harvard professors sue Trump administration over threat to cut funding appeared first on Boston.com.

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31 h. ago SEN MAGGIE HASSAN: Trump could be surrendering one of our strongest weapons in the fight against fentanyl

The Trump administration is poised to potentially cut Medicaid Expansion, and in doing so, cut a vitally important resource for people to get addiction treatment.

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32 h. ago How Trump's cuts to U.S. foreign aid have hobbled Syria's war crimes investigations

When Syria's Assad regime fell, victims gained access to archives on 130,000 missing people. Organizations compiling those documents lost U.S. funding under Trump, hobbling war crimes investigations.

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3 d. ago Libraries serve everyone who walks in. Why is Trump cutting them off? | Op

Libraries serve everyone who walks in. Why is Trump cutting them off? | Op-Ed  The Seattle Times

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3 d. ago National Endowment for the Humanities grants to Washington organizations are being cut under Trump

National Endowment for the Humanities grants to Washington organizations are being cut under Trump  KUOW

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3 d. ago Washington's libraries face 'deep and dramatic' funding cuts as Trump abruptly terminates federal grants

Washington's libraries face 'deep and dramatic' funding cuts as Trump abruptly terminates federal grants  KUOW

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3 d. ago Trump’s deep cuts to health research put lab animals at risk, scientists say

Trump’s deep cuts to health research put lab animals at risk, scientists say  The Washington Post

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3 d. ago GM cuts 500 jobs because of weak demand for BrightDrop electric vans

General Motors is laying off 500 workers at a factory in Canada because of weak demand for its all-electric BrightDrop vans, according to CNBC. GM told CNBC that the cuts were not related to the ongoing trade war being waged by President Donald Trump. The company is cutting one of the two shifts at the […]

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4 d. ago Another DC Plane Collision Puts Trump and Musk’s FAA Cuts in the Spotlight

Another DC Plane Collision Puts Trump and Musk’s FAA Cuts in the Spotlight  Truthout

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4 d. ago Social Security Lists Thousands of Migrants as Dead to Prompt Them to ‘Self

By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.

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