After a federal agent in Minnesota shot and killed 37-year-old US citizen Alex Pretty, Democrats announced they would not vote on the budget. The bill, which had previously enjoyed bipartisan support, would fund much of the government, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.
The White House announced it was suspending child care funding to all states until they provide additional information about their programs. The move followed a series of fraudulent schemes uncovered at Minnesota child care centers…
The prolonged US government shutdown has already become the longest interruption in federal funding in US history. The previous record, set in 2019, was broken today, November 5, as the shutdown has now reached 36 days, CNBC reports. The latest attempt…
The Trump administration said it was freezing more than $2 billion in federal funds for Harvard University, hours after the prestigious school rejected a list of demands from the White House, the BBC reports. “Harvard’s announcement today underscores the disturbing mindset and permissiveness that…
The U.S. is cutting funding for polio, HIV, malaria, and famine relief programs around the world. The Trump administration has canceled 5800 contracts this week alone, The New York Times reports. Since Feb. 26, the State Department has sent emails around the world to camps…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the evening of January 20 to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. The WHO could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in funding, Politico reports. The move, which many expected, would see the United States leave the WHO within a year of…
According to data analyzed by Fox News, cities that cut their police funding last year due to gunfire involving cops have seen a spike in crime over the past year. Los Angeles (California), Minneapolis (Minnesota), New York (New York), Portland (Oregon) and Austin (Texas) translated ...
The main task of the World Health Organization (WHO) is to solve problems that threaten human health. This is stated in the video of “Present Tense”. It is WHO that sets international standards for the treatment of diseases, helps underdeveloped countries maintain their healthcare systems and takes on the responsibility of combating…
Newark Beth Israel, a hospital that bills itself as the premier heart transplant center in New Jersey, has overestimated survival rates to maintain its funding. According to the New York Post, in one of the cases, a medical facility supported a patient with a brain-dead life support ...
On the evening of June 25, the US House of Representatives approved a $ 4,5 billion additional spending bill to address humanitarian issues at the US-Mexico border, which includes, among other things, additional funding for food, water, medical services and ...