3 h. ago Trump administration live updates: Trump pauses $175m in funding to UPenn over transgender swimmer

Paused funds sourced from Defense Department and Department of Health and Human Services, report says, university claims no official notification

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6 h. ago Trump administration pauses $175m in funds to UPenn over trans athlete policy

White House official reportedly calls funding freeze ‘just a taste of what could be coming’ for Ivy League universityUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has paused $175m in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s college sports.Citing an unnamed “senior administration official”, Fox Business said the pause was “not a direct result” of a Title IX investigation into the University of Pennsylvania’s transgender athletes policy that was announced by the federal Department of Education in February. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Trump administration live updates: Trump calls judge a ‘radical left lunatic’ for pausing deportation flights

President’s allies round on district court justice overseeing case of alleged Venezuelan gang members flown to El Salvador and accuse him of overstepping his authority

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6 d. ago FEMA sued over hold on funds for upgrading nation's emergency alert system

The federal government’s steward of funding for public broadcasting stations has sued the Trump administration over its pause in grant payments for upgrading the nation’s emergency alert system

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1 week ago Judge pauses GOP states' lawsuit to limit people in the US illegally from census count

A federal judge has agreed with Trump administration lawyers to pause a lawsuit filed by four Republican state attorneys general that attempted to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states

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2 w. ago Donald Trump halts US military aid to Ukraine and demands 'commitment to peace' from Volodymyr Zelensky

JD Vance says Europe needs to be ‘realistic’ on the Ukraine war after Trump administration announces pause to military aid

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2 w. ago What military aid was the US giving Ukraine before the Trump administration pause?

The US has provided $65.9 billion in military support to Ukraine since Russia’s February 2022 invasion The US has provided $65.9bn in military support to Ukraine since Russia’s February 2022 invasion but further contributions hang in the balance after Donald Trump ordered a pause Monday on aid to Kyiv.Then-president Joe Biden approved the assistance, reaffirming what the state department called America’s “unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump live: Chief Justice John Roberts pauses order for administration to pay $2bn foreign aid

Supreme Court’s intervention comes hours before midnight payment deadline arrives

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2 w. ago Trump live: Supreme Court pauses order for administration to pay $2bn foreign aid

The intervention by the nation’s highest court comes hours before the midnight deadline for the administration to pay up

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2 w. ago Trump live updates: Supreme Court pauses order for administration to unfreeze foreign aid payments

The intervention by the nation’s highest court comes hours before the midnight deadline for the administration to pay up

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3 w. ago Confusion at US agencies over whether to comply with Elon Musk email demanding workers justify their jobs – US politics live

Government agencies give conflicting advice after email from Elon Musk demanding employees list accomplishments from past weekThe Trump administration has blocked a crucial step in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) process for funding medical research, likely in violation of a federal judge’s temporary restraining order on federal funding freezes.The NIH has stopped submitting study sections – meetings in which scientists peer review NIH grant funding proposals – to the Federal Register after the Trump administration paused health agency communications. By law, study sections must appear on the register 15 days in advance of meetings.Those who ignored President Trump’s executive order to return to work have now received over a month’s warning.Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump halts medical research funding in apparent violation of judge’s order

Health department orders NIH to hold Federal Register submissions – critical step in process for funding studiesThe Trump administration has blocked a crucial step in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) process for funding medical research, likely in violation of a federal judge’s temporary restraining order on federal funding freezes.The NIH has stopped submitting study sections – meetings in which scientists peer review NIH grant funding proposals – to the Federal Register after the Trump administration paused health agency communications. By law, study sections must appear on the register 15 days in advance of meetings. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Texas AG asks court to require NCAA to begin gender testing as part of new transgender policy

The Republican attorney general in Texas wants the NCAA to take its transgender policy a step further and require gender testing for athletes who compete in women’s sports

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