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Trump admin cancels $21M promised for Arizona to buy food for kids and poor

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cancelling roughly $1 billion in already-promised spending on local food purchases for schools and food banks nationwide, Politico reported this week. “We look forward to connecting local farmers and food producers with the Arizona Food Bank Network and Pinnacle Prevention,” then-Arizona Department of Economic Security Director Angie Rodgers said at the time. “These partnerships …

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Trump Labor Department Cuts Child Care Programs For Its Own Employees

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor will no longer give its employees backup child care and certain other perks, according to internal announcements obtained by HuffPost. Emergency backup day care, child care subsidies, on-site health clinics and an employee mental health program are apparently the latest casualties in efforts by billionaire Elon Musk to slash the …

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'Shocking moment': Conservative says Trump set himself up for 'trouble' with his base

Raw Story

Rick Wilson, conservative strategist and Lincoln Project co-founder, claimed that Donald Trump voters are having a rude awakening when it comes to the slash-and-burn "mandate" he claims Americans gave him as part of his presidential victory. During his victory speech in November, Trump said, "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate," referring to his promises to shake up …

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Trump Administration Slashes Education Department Staff As A Part Of Restructuring Effort

ABP News

As US President Donald Trump works to reshape the federal government, the US Department of Education announced on Tuesday that it would be laying off nearly half of its employees. "As part of the Department of Education's final mission, the Department today initiated a reduction in force impacting nearly 50 per cent of the Department's workforce," Education Secretary Linda McMahon, …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Teachers union sues over Trump administration’s deadline to end school diversity programs

LA Times

Randi Weingarten, speaking at last year’s Democratic National Convention, is president of the American Federation of Teachers, one of the groups behind the lawsuit. A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration letter giving the nation’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate “race-based” practices of any kind or risk losing their federal money. “No federal law …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Red-state leaders applaud end of Department of Education - even though it could cost them millions

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Republican New Hampshire Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut told The Hill that the …

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Trump Administration Plans To Slash All But A Fraction Of USAID Jobs

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Trump administration presented a plan Thursday to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for U.S. aid projects as part of its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, leaving fewer than 300 workers out of thousands. Late Thursday, federal workers associations filed suit asking a federal court to stop the shutdown, arguing that President Donald …

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Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration presented a plan Thursday to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for U.S. aid projects as part of its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, leaving fewer than 300 workers out of thousands. Late Thursday, federal workers associations filed suit asking a federal court to stop the shutdown, arguing that President Donald Trump lacks the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump’s big claim: Billions of dollars stolen at USAID for payments to ‘fake’ news media

Live Mint

US President Donald Trump on Thursday made a shocking and unsubstantiated claim that billions of dollars have been stolen from USAID for payments to the news media. “Looks like billions of dollars have been stolen at USAID and other agencies, much of it going to the fake news media as a “payoff” for creating good stories about the Democrats,” reads …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

How Trump gutted America’s $40 billion aid agency in two weeks

Live Mint

The cuts came so fast that one dismissed employee had to be rehired to process other employees’ time sheets. On Tuesday, all of USAID’s Washington facilities were closed, as the agency prepared to put nearly all of its remaining 1,400 staffers on administrative leave, two officials said. “You cannot wave away an agency that you don’t like or that you …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

What is USAID? Explaining the U.S. foreign aid agency and why Trump and Musk want to end it

The Hindu

Dozens of senior officials were put on leave. Over the last two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. agency charged with delivering humanitarian assistance overseas which has left aid organizations agonizing over whether they can continue with programs such as nutritional assistance for malnourished infants and children. Mr. Rubio said the administration’s aim was …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump poised to diminish the education department; fate of financial aid, equity grants uncertain

LA Times

President Trump signaled his plans Tuesday to diminish the U.S. Department of Education, saying that he has told Secretary-Designate Linda McMahon that he wants her to “put herself out of a job” and that he would work with Congress and teachers unions to achieve his goal of turning education over to the states. The prospect of dismantling the Department of …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump wants to undo diversity programs. Some agencies react by scrubbing US history and culture

Associated Press

TUSKEGEE, Ala. — The tails of the Alabama Air National Guard’s F-35 Lightnings are painted red, like those of the Guard’s F-16s before them. A notice from the Defense Intelligence Agency said it was pausing “until further notice” special observances that included Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance, Women’s Equality Day and National American Indian Heritage …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

USAID Website Goes Offline In Trump Administration's 2-Week-Old Freeze On Foreign Aid Worldwide

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The website of the U.S. Agency for International Development went offline without explanation Saturday as thousands of furloughs, layoffs and program shutdowns continued in President Donald Trump’s freeze on U.S.-funded foreign aid and development worldwide. Congressional Democrats battled the Trump administration increasingly openly, expressing concern that Trump may be headed toward ending USAID as an …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Already Putting Lives At Risk

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING A Trump administration freeze on foreign aid is causing U.S.-supported organizations around the world to suspend or shut down some of their operations, including medically essential care for people fighting life-threatening diseases, according to several sources who spoke to HuffPost. In the next month, there will be more.” “You’re talking about women not getting their prenatal or …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Fallout From Trump’s Illegal Spending Freeze Is Just Beginning

Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It bars the president from ever impounding “mandatory” spending, including health care programs and Social Security, that’s appropriated indefinitely. To get around these barriers, OMB asserted Tuesday that these rescissions were not “impoundments,” just a “temporary pause.” But the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump order freezing foreign aid halts programs worldwide, prompts confusion and rush for waivers

Live Mint

WASHINGTON—A Trump administration order pausing almost all foreign aid has left counterterrorism training in Somalia, HIV treatment in Uganda, narcotics interdiction in Colombia, prosthetics for refugees from Myanmar, and many more U.S.-funded overseas assistance programs in sudden limbo. The three-month pause stunned U.S. officials and aid workers, who said the interruption in the roughly $60 billion foreign aid budget for …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Judge pauses Trump's federal funding freeze as confusion and frustration spread

NPR

Judge pauses Trump's federal funding freeze as confusion and frustration spread toggle caption Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge has temporarily blocked an effort by the Trump administration to pause federal payments for grants and other programs, suspending a plan that caused widespread confusion on Tuesday. The order by U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan ensures that federal …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave

LA Times

President Trump signed a series of executive orders on his first day, one of which ordered a sweeping dismantling of the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs. The moves Tuesday follow an executive order Trump signed on his first day ordering a sweeping dismantling of the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs that could touch on matters including anti-bias training …

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2 months ago

Donald Trump Causes Chaos In First Weeks As President: Live Updates

Huff Post

Workers at headquarters for the United States Agency for International Development received an official email just after midnight telling them to stay out of the building, in what looks like the latest in a series of steps by Trump to shutter the agency. Trump himself had been slightly less committal in a Sunday night session with reporters, saying the agency …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Meta, Amazon scale back diversity programs ahead of Trump inauguration

Deccan Chronicle

Facebook owner Meta and Amazon are winding down diversity programs ahead of Republican Donald Trump's return to the U.S. presidency as conservative opposition to such initiatives grows louder. Conservative groups have denounced DEI programs and threatened to sue companies over them, emboldened by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that struck down affirmative action in university admissions decisions. "The …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Meta, Amazon scale back diversity programs ahead of Trump inauguration

The Hindu

Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Amazon.com are winding down diversity programs ahead of Republican Donald Trump's return to the U.S. presidency as conservative opposition to such initiatives grows louder. Conservative groups have denounced DEI programs and threatened to sue companies over them, emboldened by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that struck down affirmative action in university admissions decisions. …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Meta nixes diversity and inclusion program as it prepares for second Trump administration

Associated Press

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Joining companies such as John Deere and Walmart, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc. is getting rid of its diversity, equity and inclusion program that includes hiring, training and picking vendors, a company spokesperson confirmed on Friday. Citing an internal memo sent to employees, Axios said the Menlo Park, California-based tech giant said the …

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4 months ago

Why Biden’s $7.5B electric vehicle charger push is probably safe from Trump

Politico

But the charging money is expected to be largely insulated from Trump’s reach despite the initiative’s lagging rollout, according to experts who closely track the funding. Republicans have taken issue with the programs’ implementation, but the idea of building chargers has been “far more non-partisan than I think people would have anticipated when it was put in the infrastructure law,” …

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Trump admin cancels $21M promised for Arizona to buy food for kids and poor

Trump Labor Department Cuts Child Care Programs For Its Own Employees

'Shocking moment': Conservative says Trump set himself up for 'trouble' with his base

Trump Administration Slashes Education Department Staff As A Part Of Restructuring Effort

Teachers union sues over Trump administration’s deadline to end school diversity programs

Red-state leaders applaud end of Department of Education - even though it could cost them millions

Trump Administration Plans To Slash All But A Fraction Of USAID Jobs

Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say

Donald Trump’s big claim: Billions of dollars stolen at USAID for payments to ‘fake’ news media

How Trump gutted America’s $40 billion aid agency in two weeks

What is USAID? Explaining the U.S. foreign aid agency and why Trump and Musk want to end it

Trump poised to diminish the education department; fate of financial aid, equity grants uncertain

Trump wants to undo diversity programs. Some agencies react by scrubbing US history and culture

USAID Website Goes Offline In Trump Administration's 2-Week-Old Freeze On Foreign Aid Worldwide

Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Already Putting Lives At Risk

The Fallout From Trump’s Illegal Spending Freeze Is Just Beginning

Trump order freezing foreign aid halts programs worldwide, prompts confusion and rush for waivers

Judge pauses Trump's federal funding freeze as confusion and frustration spread

Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave

Donald Trump Causes Chaos In First Weeks As President: Live Updates

Meta, Amazon scale back diversity programs ahead of Trump inauguration

Meta, Amazon scale back diversity programs ahead of Trump inauguration

Meta nixes diversity and inclusion program as it prepares for second Trump administration

Why Biden’s $7.5B electric vehicle charger push is probably safe from Trump