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DHS cut funding to mass shooting prevention programs in Minnesota before killings

DHS cut funding to mass shooting prevention programs in Minnesota before killings

Facebook Tweet Email Link The month before a shooter opened fire on children gathered in a Minnesota church this week, the Trump administration cut funding in the state for efforts to identify potential mass shooters and head off their violence. The grants were ended as part of $18.5 million in cuts to a Homeland Security program that the Trump administration …

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Virginia schools sue Trump administration over transgender student funding fight – Politico

Virginia schools sue Trump administration over transgender student funding fight  Politico Two Va. school districts sue U.S. Education Dept. in fight over gender policies  The Washington Post Arlington, Fairfax school systems sue Education Department over funding freeze tied to gender policies  WTOP Trump Admin Faces Lawsuit From One of Largest US School Districts: Report  Newsweek Fairfax, Arlington schools sue Department of Education over transgender …

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Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects

Trump administration cancels 9 million in funding for offshore wind projects

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry. Funding for projects in 11 states was rescinded, including $435 million for a floating wind farm in Northern California and $47 million to boost an offshore …

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Democrats in Oregon Legislature once again fail to fulfill promises on transportation funding plan

Democrats in Oregon Legislature once again fail to fulfill promises on transportation funding plan

Gov. Tina Kotek speaks at a media March 2025 availability with Speaker of the House Julie Fahey and Senate President Rob Wagner.Office of Gov. Tina Kotek After weeks of preparation, Democratic lawmakers in Oregon began a special session Friday – and immediately failed spectacularly to advance a major transportation package on the promised timeline. Even with a few Republicans and …

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Trump administration cuts funding for US offshore wind industry

Trump administration cuts funding for US offshore wind industry

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry. Funding for projects in 11 states was rescinded, including $435 million for a floating wind farm in Northern California and $47 million to boost an offshore …

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White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress' funding power – Politico

White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress’ funding power  Politico Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid approved by Congress, using a maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago  Anchorage Daily News Trump moves to permanently cancel funding in rare move around Congress  Reuters Appeals court keeps alive challenge to Trump’s effort to cancel billions in foreign aid  CNN …

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Trump Officials Threaten Denver Public School Funding Over Transgender Bathroom Policy – The New York Times

Trump Officials Threaten Denver Public School Funding Over Transgender Bathroom Policy  The New York Times Trump administration threatens to sanction Denver schools over gender-neutral school bathrooms  Politico US Education Department says Denver school’s all-gender bathrooms violate Title IX  AP News Education Department threatens sanctions against Denver schools over all-gender bathroom  The Hill Trump Administration Issues New Threat to Denver Public School District  Newsweek Source link

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Global distribution of research efforts, disease burden, and impact of US public funding withdrawal

Global distribution of research efforts, disease burden, and impact of US public funding withdrawal

Data sources Life science publications We extracted life science research publications from the parsed PubMed XML database. Trained librarians associate articles indexed in PubMed with MeSH terms, which constitute a controlled vocabulary for the categorization of biomedical research topics. These terms formed the basis for linking publications to specific diseases in our analysis. Previous studies have also used alternative approaches …

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Trump administration threatens to pull federal funding from sex ed programs that mention transgender people

Trump administration threatens to pull federal funding from sex ed programs that mention transgender people

Facebook Tweet Email Link A division of the US Department of Health and Human Services told 40 states, five territories and the District of Columbia on Tuesday that they “are now on notice”: Some federally funded sex ed programs need to remove any mention of gender identity or transgender people, even in passing, or risk losing potentially millions of dollars …

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NCI axes funding for pediatric brain cancer trial consortium, shifts focus to broader oncology group – Fierce Biotech

NCI axes funding for pediatric brain cancer trial consortium, shifts focus to broader oncology group  Fierce Biotech A major childhood brain cancer network is ending  statnews.com Pratiti Bandopadhayay: Urgent Need to Sustain Funding for Pediatric Brain Tumor Trials  Oncodaily HHS winds down pediatric brain tumor pact after 26 years, prioritizing other childhood cancer work  Endpoints News Parvati Tiwari: Advocates Express Alarm Over NCI’s Decision …

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