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5 things to know for July 17: DOGE cuts, USAID, Iraq fire, Flood risk research, Syphilis
Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in the cases against accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy ...
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US aid workers lobbied for weeks to save food stocks from destruction after Trump cuts
US aid workers lobbied for weeks to save food stocks from destruction after Trump cuts – Nation and World News | West Hawaii ...
GOP airs concerns about Trump’s use of rare tool to cut funds despite backing bill
Congressional Republicans are on the verge of approving roughly $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funds sought by the White House, but some are airing concerns over the ...
Senate approves $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid, public media funding
The Senate passed President Trump's request to rescind $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding early ...
The Pepfar programme keeps millions with HIV alive – a new push seeks to save it from Trump’s aid cuts
The US Senate has moved to spare the world’s biggest HIV treatment and prevention programme – which funds drugs and research in more than 50 countries – from $400m (£298m) of aid cuts imposed by ...
Senate sends Trump’s DOGE cuts package to the House as deadline to pass it closes in
President Donald Trump is one step closer to having Congress officially sign off on a slice of his Department of Government Efficiency’s spending cuts after Senate Republicans agreed TK DATE to cancel ...