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Parliamentary panel flags delays, cuts in minority scholarships

A parliamentary panel has expressed concern over delays in approving scholarships for Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Parsi, and Sikh students under the Ministry of Minority Affairs for the academic year 2024-25. It also highlighted the sharp reduction in funding for the pre-matric scholarship scheme and criticized the cancellation of two key higher education programs—the Maulana Azad National Fellowship and the …

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12 hours, 57 minutes ago

Musk, president? Trump says 'not happening'

Deccan Chronicle

Could Elon Musk, who holds major sway in the incoming Trump administration, one day become president? "He's not gonna be president, that I can tell you," Trump told a Republican conference in Phoenix, Arizona. He wasn't born in this country," Trump said of the Tesla and SpaceX boss, who was born in South Africa.The US Constitution requires that a president …

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1 day, 21 hours ago

Trump wanted $90M for inauguration while cutting $190M from cancer research: lawmaker

Raw Story

The federal government narrowly averted a year-end shutdown after an 11th-hour effort in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives to cobble a bill that could pass the Democratic-run Senate and be signed by President Joe Biden. In a Saturday interview on MSNBC, Rep. Jasmine Crockett reminded host Ali Velshi and his viewers that House Speaker Mike Johnson needed Democratic support in …

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1 day, 22 hours ago

'I think he's done': Speaker Johnson's future uncertain following gov funding 'chaos'

Raw Story

WASHINGTON — As Congress careened toward a Saturday midnight deadline to pass a government funding bill, legislators exclusively told Raw Story Friday that party leaders were negotiating through the “chaos” created by President-elect Donald Trump and his allies who sunk a deal that House Speaker Mike Johnson spent weeks brokering — making his future as House leader unknown. Rep. Jerrold …

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2 days, 2 hours ago

Dozens of House Republicans voting to defy Trump shows 'the limits of his power': report

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump has already had to expend some of his political capital on pushing a government funding bill across the finish line — a month before his own inauguration. In a Saturday article, Politico's Lisa Kashinsky and Holly Otterbein observed that the president-elect was unable to unify his party around the most recent bill to keep the federal government …

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2 days, 11 hours ago

US: House approves funding bill hours before govt shutdown deadline

Deccan Chronicle

Hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan late Friday from Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.Johnson insisted Congress would "meet our obligations" and not allow federal operations to shutter ahead of the …

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2 days, 12 hours ago

'Future generations deserve better': MAGA lawmaker fires warning shot at GOP

Raw Story

A MAGA Republican was none too pleased with his party on Friday night and accused the GOP-led House — which passed a temporary funding bill Friday evening following a week of chaotic negotiations — of shirking its responsibility to "bring down spending." Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland's only Republican in Congress, backed Louisiana’s Mike Johnson for House speaker last year, but …

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Biden signs funding bill into law, averting US government shutdown

Al Jazeera

The US president hails the passage of the budget legislation after days of uncertainty and negotiations that went down to the wire. United States President Joe Biden has signed into law a bipartisan funding bill that averts a government shutdown, days after Congress was thrown into turmoil after President-elect Donald Trump rejected an initial deal. “That’s good news for the …

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2 days, 14 hours ago

House approves funding bill, sends to Senate hours before government shutdown deadline

New Indian Express

The new 118-page package would fund the government at current levels through March and adds $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in agricultural assistance to farmers. The federal debt limit expires Jan. 1, and Trump doesn't want the first months of his new administration saddled with tough negotiations in Congress to lift the nation's borrowing capacity. “Congress must …

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2 days, 15 hours ago

New spending bill to avert government shutdown passes House

Raw Story

A last-ditch effort to temporarily fund the government and avert a shutdown passed the House on Friday, a sigh of relief for millions of federal workers whose paychecks were thrust into uncertainty during the holidays. The latest attempt at a funding bill comes after lawmakers scrambled to update the spending bill this week following House Republicans' failure to pass a …

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'You can't govern': CNN anchor confronts GOP lawmaker ahead of vote on spending bill

Raw Story

Attempts by Rep. Mike Lawler to shift blame on the looming government shutdown on President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats provoked a testy exchange from a CNN host who immediately called out the lawmaker – and his Republican colleagues. He's the sitting president of the United States, nobody has heard a word from Joe Biden or the White House, and …

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2 days, 16 hours ago

Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation

Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk played a key role this week in killing a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, railing against the plan in a torrent of more than 100 X posts that included multiple false claims. Now there’s a new social media bully in town, pushing the champion social media bully around.” …

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2 days, 17 hours ago

'Not going to get better': GOP bemoans chaos as they realize Trump agenda in jeopardy

Raw Story

Republicans have just gone through days of chaos on Capitol Hill after tech billionaire Elon Musk blew up a bipartisan continuing resolution by threatening to fund primaries of GOP lawmakers, which forced Republicans to replace it with a slimmed-down, partisan version that cut several vital programs, only to watch that version fail to pass it as dozens of their own …

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2 days, 19 hours ago

'They're coming for your Social Security': Alarms raised by new GOP funding plan

Raw Story

Alarms are being raised about new details of Republicans' new plan to keep the government open that experts say will inevitably involve cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Journalists and political insiders who know how congressional budget math works quickly reached the same conclusion: The $2.5 trillion in cuts will be impossible to achieve unless the GOP takes an ax …

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Lakshadweep jetty project at Old Mangalore Port categorised under ‘deemed deferred category’

The Hindu

The proposed ₹65 crore dedicated jetty project for Lakshadweep at Old Mangalore Port under Sagarmala scheme has been put under the ‘deemed deferred category’ as per the Sagarmala funding guidelines, according to the Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal. Further, due to non-award of project even after 18 months of in-principle approval, the project was categorised under …

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2 days, 23 hours ago

US Spending Bill Backed by Donald Trump Fails To Get Republican Support At Congress Risks Govt Shutdown Amid Christmas 2024 Rush

ABP News

A spending bill supported by Donald Trump failed in the US House of Representatives on Thursday, as dozens of Republicans defied the president-elect. The vote exposed deep divisions within Trump's Republican Party, which could resurface next year when the party takes control of the White House and both chambers of US Congress. Trump had pressed lawmakers to resolve pending issues …

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2 days, 23 hours ago

Six more unicorns added in 2024

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: As the funding winter receded in 2024, the year saw 6 startups turning unicorns against two in 2023. After the funding winter in 2023, the startup ecosystem saw some respite in 2024 as six startups became unicorns. Platform to build Generative AI applications Krutrim joined the Unicorn Club in January after raising a $50 million Series B funding round. …

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'Let it shut down': Marjorie Taylor Greene warns 'nothing good is coming' in funding fight

Raw Story

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Friday that Speaker Mike Johnson failed Republicans, and that "nothing good is coming" next. Greene, a top ally to Donald Trump, took to X ahead of the weekend to weigh in on the ongoing government funding battle. Greene, who has floated Elon Musk as a potential replacement for Johnson, explained her motives for …

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3 days, 2 hours ago

CEOs are funding one of America's most dangerous shifts

Raw Story

“Any person or company investing ONE BILLION DOLLARS, OR MORE, in the United States of America, will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals.” —Donald Trump Dec. 10, 2024 The 1986 American Heritage Dictionary defines fascism as: “fascism n. A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, …

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Americans gird for Christmas U.S. government shutdown

Raw Story

U.S. lawmakers were racing Friday to prevent a government shutdown due to bite within hours, after Donald Trump and Elon Musk sabotaged a bipartisan agreement that would have kept the lights on well beyond Christmas. Conservatives immediately voiced frustration over the add-ons in the 1,547-page text and Musk -- Trump's incoming point man on government spending cuts -- spent Wednesday …

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3 days, 3 hours ago

‘Hell No!’: Democrats ‘unified’ against reworked funding bill more favorable to Trump

Raw Story

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson has crafted a replacement spending bill to prevent a government shutdown at 12:01 AM on Saturday. "A pretty clean test is coming of Trump's sway with Republicans," reports Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman, referring to how many in the GOP will vote for the bill. Politico columnist Jonathan Martin earlier Thursday called the debt ceiling increase a …

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Labour is accused of taking NI from hospices then giving it back under £100m funding plan

Daily Mail

Hospices are being handed back money taken from them by Labour’s national insurance raid repackaged as bumper new funding, it is claimed. The Government yesterday said adult and children’s hospices will receive £100 million to help with providing end of life care in what it described as the ‘biggest investment in a generation’. The Keir Starmer-led Government yesterday said adult …

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Labour ministers set to spend £1.6bn on filling-in potholes and roads

Daily Mail

A record £1.6billion will be spent on fixing potholes next year in a massive boost for the Daily Mail’s campaign to end the scourge. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander last night unveiled the 50 per cent hike in funding for resurfacing local roads - enough to fix 7million extra potholes. A record £1.6billion will be spent on fixing potholes next year …

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3 days, 14 hours ago

New spending bill to avert shutdown fails despite Trump and Musk's MAGA seal of approval

Raw Story

An 11th-hour spending bill that would avert a holiday shutdown of the federal government failed to pass Thursday evening, a day before the current funding bill is set to expire. President-elect Donald Trump and close ally Elon Musk on Wednesday helped kill House Republicans' first attempt at a funding bill, which would've funded the government through mid-March. Trump, Musk and …

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Parliamentary panel flags delays, cuts in minority scholarships

Musk, president? Trump says 'not happening'

Trump wanted $90M for inauguration while cutting $190M from cancer research: lawmaker

'I think he's done': Speaker Johnson's future uncertain following gov funding 'chaos'

Dozens of House Republicans voting to defy Trump shows 'the limits of his power': report

US: House approves funding bill hours before govt shutdown deadline

'Future generations deserve better': MAGA lawmaker fires warning shot at GOP

Biden signs funding bill into law, averting US government shutdown

House approves funding bill, sends to Senate hours before government shutdown deadline

New spending bill to avert government shutdown passes House

'You can't govern': CNN anchor confronts GOP lawmaker ahead of vote on spending bill

Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation

'Not going to get better': GOP bemoans chaos as they realize Trump agenda in jeopardy

'They're coming for your Social Security': Alarms raised by new GOP funding plan

Lakshadweep jetty project at Old Mangalore Port categorised under ‘deemed deferred category’

US Spending Bill Backed by Donald Trump Fails To Get Republican Support At Congress Risks Govt Shutdown Amid Christmas 2024 Rush

Six more unicorns added in 2024

'Let it shut down': Marjorie Taylor Greene warns 'nothing good is coming' in funding fight

CEOs are funding one of America's most dangerous shifts

Americans gird for Christmas U.S. government shutdown

‘Hell No!’: Democrats ‘unified’ against reworked funding bill more favorable to Trump

Labour is accused of taking NI from hospices then giving it back under £100m funding plan

Labour ministers set to spend £1.6bn on filling-in potholes and roads

New spending bill to avert shutdown fails despite Trump and Musk's MAGA seal of approval