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How Schumer is preparing for the fall funding showdown – Politico

How Schumer is preparing for the fall funding showdown  Politico Congressional Republicans face bruising battle to avoid government shutdown  Fox News Senate Democrats face crossroads in anti-Trump strategy  Axios Thune seeks to kick off appropriations on Senate floor  Roll Call Republicans fear Washington headed for shutdown after bruising spending fights  The Hill Source link

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Harvard in court over Trump’s cuts in research funding

Harvard in court over Trump’s cuts in research funding

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University appeared in federal court Monday in a pivotal case in its battle with the Trump administration, as the storied institution argued the government illegally cut $2.6 billion in federal funding. President Donald Trump’s administration has battered the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university with sanctions for months as it presses a series of demands on the …

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US races to build migrant tent camps after $45 billion funding boost, WSJ reports – Reuters

US races to build migrant tent camps after $45 billion funding boost, WSJ reports  Reuters Exclusive | Newly Flush With Cash, ICE Races to Build Migrant Tent Camps  The Wall Street Journal 6 locations noted as possible ICE detention facilities in Colorado: Report  KDVR Walsenburg ICE detention site seems more likely  worldjournalnewspaper.com ICE eyes La Junta, Walsenburg, Huerfano County for migrant detention site  The Chronicle-News …

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KUOW statement: Congress votes to rescind public media funding

KUOW statement: Congress votes to rescind public media funding

Today, Congress voted to rescind $1.1 billion in federal funding for public media that had been approved earlier this year. This funding was intended to support public broadcasters through fiscal years 2026 and 2027. This decision is devastating for the millions of people who rely on public media every day. Public broadcasting signals reach 99% of Americans, including rural and …

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Education Dept. funding released for after-school and summer programs

Education Dept. funding released for after-school and summer programs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to allow frozen education money to be sent to states. President Donald Trump’s administration on July 1 withheld more than $6 billion in federal grants for after-school and summer programs, …

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Live Updates: Trump Tells Bondi to Pursue Release of Epstein Material as Congress Claws Back Funding – The New York Times

Live Updates: Trump Tells Bondi to Pursue Release of Epstein Material as Congress Claws Back Funding  The New York Times Trump tells Attorney General Bondi to seek release of Epstein grand jury records  CNN Michael Wolff on MAGA’s Revolt Over Jeffrey Epstein  The New Yorker Donald Trump orders US attorney general to ‘produce’ more Epstein documents  BBC A Timeline of What We Know About …

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Trump administration pulls federal funding for California high-speed rail

Trump administration pulls federal funding for California high-speed rail

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration revoked federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project on Wednesday, intensifying uncertainty about how the state will make good on its long-delayed promise of building a bullet train to shuttle riders between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The U.S. Transportation Department announced it was pulling back $4 billion in funding for the project, …

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NPR and PBS Funding Cuts Were Decades in the Making – The New York Times

NPR and PBS Funding Cuts Were Decades in the Making  The New York Times Bill cutting foreign aid and public broadcasting passes US House  BBC Congress sends $9B spending cuts package to Trump’s desk after late-night House vote  Fox News House passes Trump’s $9 billion DOGE cuts package in another legislative win for president  CNN ‘Devastating’: US public broadcasters condemn Trump cuts to key …

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