On the world's largest hospital ship volunteers give people a chance at a better life
On the largest civilian hospital ship in the world, Australian volunteers provide life-changing healthcare that is transforming lives.
On the world's largest hospital ship volunteers give people a chance at a better life
On the largest civilian hospital ship in the world, Australian volunteers provide life-changing healthcare that is transforming lives.
The #legislation to fund the #State Dept & other #ForeignAid programs alone provides over $19B more than Trump’s request — though it would constitute a cut of $9B below current levels.
The #USAGM, the parent broadcaster that includes #VoiceOfAmerica, which the #Trump admin has sought to dismantle, is set to receive about $653M. That is half a billion more than what #Trump requested to “support the orderly shutdown” of the agency. Lawmakers previously provided $867M to the broadcaster.
The #Senate was racing to clear 3 measures that passed the #House last week with money for the #Commerce Dept & the #DOJ [maybe skip that one], as well as for #environmental programs.
Even some programs that have long been despised by #conservatives are instead set to sustain only modest cuts, including #VoiceOfAmerica, the National Endowment for #Democracy [ #NED] & the National Endowment for the #Arts [ #NEA].
The #legislation to fund the #State Dept & other #ForeignAid programs alone provides over $19B more than Trump’s request — though it would constitute a cut of $9B below current levels.
The #USAGM, the parent broadcaster that includes #VoiceOfAmerica, which the #Trump admin has sought to dismantle, is set to receive about $653M. That is half a billion more than what #Trump requested to “support the orderly shutdown” of the agency. Lawmakers previously provided $867M to the broadcaster.
#Congress is quietly rejecting almost all of the deepest #cuts to federal programs that #Trump requested for this year, turning back his efforts to slash #funding for #ForeignAid, #GlobalHealth programs, #scientific #research, the #arts & more in a bipartisan repudiation of his #spending plans.
#Congress is quietly rejecting almost all of the deepest #cuts to federal programs that #Trump requested for this year, turning back his efforts to slash #funding for #ForeignAid, #GlobalHealth programs, #scientific #research, the #arts & more in a bipartisan repudiation of his #spending plans.
#Congress Is Spurning Many of Trump’s Planned #Spending #Cuts
Months after the partisan clash that led to the longest #shutdown in history, lawmakers have agreed on spending bills that look far different from what #Trump wanted.
#law #legislation #House #funding
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/politics/congress-trump-spending-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#Congress is quietly rejecting almost all of the deepest #cuts to federal programs that #Trump requested for this year, turning back his efforts to slash #funding for #ForeignAid, #GlobalHealth programs, #scientific #research, the #arts & more in a bipartisan repudiation of his #spending plans.
