Federal funding freeze pulls rug out

American Farmers Fed Up by Trump's Federal Funding Freeze, Billions of Promised Dollars in Limbo
Farmers across the U.S. are demanding answers and seeking clarity as they await contract payments from the United States Department of Agriculture amid President Donald Trump’s flurry of freezes on a number of federal programs and grants—some of which directly benefit the farming industry.
Trump’s freeze on federal funds leaves some farmers waiting in the cold
A federal freeze on certain USDA programs has held up billions of dollars for conservation and caused layoffs at a nonprofit in Iowa that supports soil and water quality.
Federal funding freeze pulls rug out from budding emerging farmer groups
The USDA's American Rescue Plan Act's Technical Assistance Investment Program funded two of the five contracted years of emerging farmer programming for underserved communities.
Federal judge blocks Trump’s move to slash NIH funding
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) slammed the National Institutes of Health’s decision to slash billions of dollars in “indirect” costs for biomedical research funding, calling the move mandated by the Trump administration “devastating” and a “poorly conceived directive.”
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'Act of God': Trump-supporting farmers reel from funding cuts
The Trump administration has many farmers struggling as they deal with a poor economy and executive orders from the president that freeze needed federal funding, States Newsroom reported Monday. Some of those farmers voted for Trump.
Billions of dollars at stake for farmers hit by Trump funding freeze, pause on foreign aid
Farmers across the United States are finding themselves in precarious economic positions, as they attempt to navigate a strained farm economy and a barrage of executive orders from
‘People are just flipping out’: Billions in federal funding remain frozen despite court orders to keep the taps open
Federal agencies across Washington are finding ways to keep funding frozen even after judges last month temporarily blocked ...
Funding for California’s small businesses and their jobs at risk under Trump
California’s small businesses create the bulk of jobs in the state. Trump’s funding freeze, anti-DEI push and more could ...
9/11 health program staff cuts are ‘insulting,’ ‘un-American’: Schumer, Gillibrand
N.Y. Senators Schumer and Gillibrand have reached out to U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr., demanding the “insulting, ...
Republicans worry Trump’s firings of federal workers will hit red states hard
The DOGE push to downsize government employees will hit the coalition that elected Trump,' a senior fellow at the American ...
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Higher education in Pennsylvania faces declining enrollment, federal uncertainty
Recent years have seen the consolidation of six of the state universities into two, Commonwealth and PennWest.