US Pride March Organizers Complain About Lack of Funding in the Trump Era
It seems that this Pride Month in the United States will not be as lavish as the ones before—and this comes straight from the horse’s, as in the organizers’, mouth. The Washington Post recently ran an article about the lack of funding compared to previous years for LGBT organizations putting on pride marches. Evidently, they chalk this up to ‘the Trump effect’.
Columbia University eliminates 180 jobs after federal funding cuts
Nearly 180 researchers working under now-terminated federal grants at Columbia University will soon receive “notices of non-renewal or termination,” school officials said in a statement Tuesday.
“We do not make these decisions lightly. We are deeply committed, at Columbia, to the critical work of invention, innovation and discovery,” the statement reads. “The excellence of our research portfolio is fundamental to our identity, and we are determined to support it.”
Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs
President Donald Trump signed a sweeping execution order Monday on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions.
Trump’s order, coming just hours after he returned to the White House, compels the Justice Department to not only seek the death penalty in appropriate federal cases but also to help preserve capital punishment in states that have struggled to maintain adequate supplies of lethal injection drugs...
Trump vows to cut federal funding for schools teaching CRT, accommodating transgender students
In his first visit to Iowa since announcing a 2024 presidential bid, former President Donald Trump laid out what he wants for American schools should he win: universal school choice, changes in school curriculum, elected school principals and to "break up" the U.S. Department of Education.
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Enforces Overwhelmingly Popular Demand to Stop Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
ENFORCING THE HYDE AMENDMENT: On Friday, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to end the use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion.
Sanctuary States, Cities React to Trump's Federal Funding Threat
Sanctuary cities and states have begun responding to President Donald Trump's threat of revoking their federal funding if they maintain their policies.
Officials in California and New York told Newsweek that they will continue to protect immigrants in their communities but also made it clear they will not hinder the federal government's enforcement operations.
The responses came after Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday morning, calling sanctuary cities and states "death traps."
Trump’s skinny budget calls for defense spending hike and domestic cuts
President Donald Trump‘s fiscal 2026 budget proposal calls for $163 billion in cuts to multiple federal programs.
The symbolic skinny budget, released Friday, is a key indicator of the president’s political priorities for the federal government, but it is not expected to be passed in full.
It also gives direction to the GOP-led House and Senate on which policies to turn into spending legislation. The skinny budget, coming during the president’s first year of his second administration, is not as detailed as a normal budget...
Trump budget boosts defense, slashes other funding
The White House has released President Donald Trump’s budget proposal, which cuts $163 billion from nondefense spending but increases the defense budget from $893 billion to $1.01 trillion.
The budget proposal also includes a $175 billion investment in Homeland Security for use in securing the border. The budget was outlined in a letter sent to the Senate appropriations committee. While Republicans in Congress have been championing steep cuts, the budget also includes some increases.
Trump sends a scorched-earth budget plan. GOP lawmakers hate it already.
President Donald Trump is seeking massive, unprecedented funding cuts across the federal government, unveiling a budget blueprint asking Congress to slash non-defense programs by more than $163 billion while keeping military funding flat. Already, Republicans in Congress are alarmed.
Trump signs order to cut funding to PBS and NPR
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that seeks to restrict public funds to NPR and PBS, two independent public news organizations that have faced Republicans’ ire for reporting they claim is biased.
The extraordinary order, which the president signed behind closed doors aboard Air Force One and the White House announced around midnight, is the biggest escalation yet in the Trump administration’s assault on the media.