Federal funding freeze disrupts rural organizations supporting foster youth, job growth
Federally funded programs provided both women with a social safety net and employment in one of the nation’s poorest states, ...
2 of Elon Musk's companies received billions in federal funding as U.S. government cuts spending
Since President Donald Trump re-entered the White House last month, his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has ...
Trump Sends Shockwave Through Defense Stocks, Says Military Spending Could Be Halved
President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that U.S. military spending could be cut in half. Shares of defense firms dropped ...
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Pritzker must address multi-billion-dollar deficit amid federal funding uncertainty
Gov. JB Pritzker will present his seventh budget proposal Wednesday as the state faces a projected $3.2 billion revenue ...
Bracing for a Shutdown Fight, Democrats Warn Their Votes Are Not a Given
As Democrats ponder how best to position themselves for a looming spending confrontation, they are finding novel ways to put ...
List of Federal Agencies That Have Begun Mass Layoffs
Trump's administration, with Elon Musk's DOGE, begins mass layoffs of probationary federal employees to streamline operations ...
Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal ...
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Where US adults think the government is spending too much, according to AP-NORC polling
The perpetual challenge for lawmakers is that although U.S. adults mostly think the government isn't spending enough on key ...
DOGE gets mixed reviews from conservatives who have long wanted major budget cuts
Some argue that DOGE has stoked conservative outrage about specific agencies without going after much bigger pieces of the ...
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National Labs have seen mixed impacts from Trump spending freeze
During a House hearing, four directors of different U.S. national laboratories offered insight into how federal funding ...
Judge will consider continuing to block Musk, DOGE from accessing Treasury payment systems
A federal judge in New York will consider whether to continue blocking Elon Musk and DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury Department payment systems.