12 h. ago PBS, NPR stations working to cope with — and survive — government funding cuts

A month after Congress voted to strip public media of public money, PBS and NPR stations are working to cope — and survive

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28 h. ago Trump wants to ax an affordable housing grant that's a lifeline for many rural communities

President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to cut new funding for a housing grant that many rural areas rely on to help fund affordable housing

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30 h. ago Trump administration cut funding to shooting prevention programs in Minnesota weeks before school shooting

In Minnesota, $800,000 in federal grants to local agencies, including the state Department of Public Safety and Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, were cut last month, undermining efforts to prevent mass violence

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59 h. ago AmeriCorps gets $184 million in funding back after lawsuit challenged Trump cuts, officials say

AmeriCorps was started in 1993 and was tasked with supporting state and local civic programs with members and volunteers from across the country

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61 h. ago Trump moves to scrap $4.9bn in already allocated US foreign aid

US president makes new effort to assert power over Congress with bid to cut ‘woke’ funding

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3 d. ago Vulnerable people at risk of homelessness as 1 in 10 specialist homes face closure

More than a decade of funding cuts has pushed specialist homes to the brink, with 50,000 at risk of closing their doors, a survey by the National Housing Federation (NHF) found

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6 d. ago Maine clinics denied Medicaid funds during lawsuit after Trump cuts to abortion providers

A judge is denying a request from a network of Maine clinics to force the federal government to restore Medicaid funding

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6 d. ago ‘Debilitating consequences’ in Uganda after USAID cuts – photo essay

The hollowing out of USAID has far-reaching impacts in northern UgandaIn northern Uganda, the unfolding consequences of US funding cuts to international humanitarian aid are palpable. Thousands of families have been living in refugee camps along the border with South Sudan for almost a decade, and newcomers are reported every day as the never-ending conflict within the country intensifies.Uganda has long been a crossroads of migration, shaped by historical and contemporary population movements. Today, it hosts over 1.9 million refugees and asylum seekers – one of the largest refugee populations in the world. Persistent violence in South Sudan and the eruption of armed conflict in Sudan have displaced millions. As both countries spiral further into instability, Uganda remains one of the few safe havens in the region. Continue reading...

Culture

9 d. ago Protests at Glacier as national parks reel from Trump cuts: ‘They’ve gutted staff, gutted funding’

As Republicans tout their stewardship of public lands, Montana protesters say their park is suffering – and help is urgently neededDozens of former rangers, park volunteers, and local residents protested at the gateway to Montana’s Glacier national park on Wednesday against the staff cuts and hiring freezes that have thrown many national parks into crisis, including Glacier.Current and former staffers and watchdog groups say the cuts have meant staff are not able to keep up the facilities and infrastructure. Some say the park has been left with inadequate infrastructure and too little staff to be able to respond to emergencies. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Influencers like MrBeast can help plug funding gap left by aid cuts, says international charity

A new campaign – #TeamWater – with WaterAid partnering with content creators around the world, has managed to raise more than $30 million in August, which the charity calls ‘unprecedented’

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1 week ago RFL under pressure to produce rugby league action plan to avoid funding cuts

Sport England threatens to withhold part of £16m fundingRFL asked to produce timeline on exits of board membersThe Rugby Football League has been asked to produce an action plan detailing how it will comply with Sport England’s Code for Sports Governance, with critical funding for the sport due to be released next month remaining in the balance.Sport England has threatened to withhold the next instalment of a £16m funding package as a result of concerns over the RFL’s governance. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Grantmaker warns proposed cuts to London councils’ funding could impact charities

Grantmaker warns proposed cuts to London councils’ funding could impact charities  Civil Society Media

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1 week ago Premier League cuts funding deal with Kick It Out from three years to one

League wants to take more control of its campaignsNo plans to end ties completely with anti-racism charityThe Premier League has reduced the length of its funding deal with Kick It Out from three years to 12 months, leading to concerns about the long‑term security of the charity’s income and the independence of the anti-racism movement.Kick It Out receives funding from a number of other stakeholders within the sport – including the Football Association, Professional Footballers’ Association and Sky Sports – but the Premier League is increasingly taking charge of its own initiatives and programmes around diversity and inclusion. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago Scottish arts organisations to hold 'State of Nation' summit over funding cuts and uncertainty

The arts sector said it wanted to collaborate and stabilise before the next round of multi-year funding begins.

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1 week ago California’s hidden homeless children: living in garages, doubled

Student homelessness in Monterey county soars as families struggle with high rent and scarce housing amid funding cutsFor the past year, nine-year-old Brigitte has lived with her parents in a converted garage, behind a house, in Salinas, California. Her bedroom is just about big enough to bust out some K-pop dance moves, though not spacious enough for her parents to agree to get her the cat she dreams of.There’s no outdoor space, or a living room, but the family no longer has to share a kitchen, bathroom or fridge with two other families, like they did when they first moved here from Oaxaca, Mexico, three years ago. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Maine clinics hope to get blocked Medicaid funds restored as they sue Trump administration over cuts

A network of clinics that provides health care in Maine is expected to ask a judge to restore its Medicaid funding while it fights a Trump administration effort to block federal money for abortion providers

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2 w. ago Trump’s foreign aid cuts have ‘strengthened tyranny’ in Myanmar, rights groups say

USAID funding cuts have given Myanmar’s military rulers ‘carte blanche’ to escalate human rights abuses

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3 w. ago Nepal's LGBTQ+ community holds first Pride rally since US funding cuts

Nepal's LGBTQ+ community and supporters have rallied in Kathmandu in the annual Pride parade

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3 w. ago This country won the battle against its maternal deaths crisis. Trump’s aid cuts could ruin all that

Twenty years ago, a shake-up of Ethiopia’s abortion law led the maternal mortality rate to dramatically fall. Doctors tell Rachel Schraer that progress could be about to go into reverse because of US funding cuts.

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3 w. ago Even Trump’s former Surgeon General has hit out at RFK Jr’s plans to gut vaccine research: ‘Going to cost lives’

Warning comes after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced cuts of nearly $500m in funding for mRNA vaccine projects, the technology that powered two major Covid vaccines

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