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Federal judge orders all grant and loan payments must be resumed by Trump...
President Donald Trump addresses the 2025 Republican Issues Conference at the Trump National Doral Miami on Jan. 27, 2025 in Doral, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — A federal...
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Federal judge blocks ‘catastrophic’ Trump administration cut to NIH grant...
The National Institutes of Health announced Friday that it would cap “Facilities and Administrative” costs at 15%, a significant reduction for many institutions that use grants from the federal agency...
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Federal judge in nationwide ruling blocks Trump administration cut to NIH...
The James H. Shannon Building (Building One) on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland, on July 1, 2015. (Photo by Lydia Polimeni/National Institutes of Health)WASHINGTON — A...
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Trump administration and Democratic AGs launch battle over funding freeze in...
President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The 1st...
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U.S. House GOP releases budget that raises debt limit by $4 trillion, extends...
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., is pictured as snow began to fall on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans released their budget...
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You’re hearing a lot about budget reconciliation in Congress. What does that...
Members of the U.S. House Budget Committee on March 15, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., take part in a markup of the Reconciliation Act of 2010. Shown are the late Rep. John Spratt, a South...
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RFK Jr. confirmed as nation’s health chief despite vaccine denial, conspiracy...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, departs after testifying in a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education,...
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Republicans worry GOP-led states will suffer from Trump’s firings of federal...
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski attends a gathering at a brew pub on Nov. 4, 2022, in Wasilla, Alaska. Murkowski recently posted on social media her concerns that more than 100 federal workers in her home...
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U.S. Senate to tackle budget resolution this week in marathon session
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., is pictured on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate will debate a budget resolution this week that...
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Trump prefers U.S. House budget, but Senate GOP to forge ahead on its version
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., right, speaks to reporters following a weekly Republican...
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U.S. Senate Dems issue warning on ‘massive cuts’ to Medicaid predicted in GOP...
From left, Democratic U.S. Sens. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Patty Murray of Washington state, Peter Welch of Vermont and Raphael...
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Federal judge maintains temporary block on Trump freeze of grants and loans
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — A federal judge will decide in...
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U.S. Senate adopts a ‘Plan B’ budget as GOP seeks billions for border security
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talks with reporters as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)WASHINGTON...
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Federal judge extends order blocking ‘devastating’ NIH cap on research payments
Two National Institutes of Health researchers in the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center lab looking at a 3D model rendering. (Photo by National Institutes of Health)WASHINGTON — A federal...
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Why did the U.S. Senate pull an all-nighter on the budget? A look inside...
The sun sets on the U.S. Capitol on March 8, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — U.S. senators pulled an all-nighter Thursday into Friday, debating dozens of amendments to the...
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Federal judge blocks Trump funding freeze, saying it produced a ‘nationwide...
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued a...
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U.S. House Republicans overcome own members’ doubts to push through sweeping...
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., takes a question from a reporter during a news conference following a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 25, 2025, in...
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Trump demands plans for large-scale layoffs of more federal employees
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, center, and Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon, right, appear during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Feb. 26, 2025 in Washington,...
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USDA rolls out $1 billion plan to combat bird flu after egg prices rise
Bird flu, or H5N1, has disrupted the work of poultry farmers for years and began infecting dairy herds last year. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced...
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Trump, Zelenskyy clash in Oval Office blowup over peace negotiations
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)WASHINGTON —...
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