US EditionTrump muddles federal government rollback with blue-state threats
WASHINGTON, D.C., JUL 20 – President Trump and Republicans seek to reduce federal spending by $9 billion and rescind bipartisan funds, shifting government funding toward partisan control, risking a shutdown before Sept. 30 deadline.
- Trump has threatened to penalize states over immigration enforcement and transgender rights while attaching conditions to federal funding allocated by his administration.
- The Department of Government Efficiency has only reduced the federal workforce slightly through a hiring freeze and attrition.
- These actions indicate Trump is trying to create a more powerful executive branch while promoting conservatism.
- Twenty-Four attorneys general or governors, all Democrats, have sued the administration regarding $6.8 billion in withheld education funding.
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Democrats Should Get Tough and Quit Negotiating Spending Bills
In late summer of a typical year, both parties in Congress are drafting bipartisan appropriations legislation that won’t get filibustered in the Senate and will keep the federal government open when the next fiscal year starts on October 1. This year is not typical. Congressional Republicans, at President Donald Trump’s behest, have unapologetically broken faith in the appropriations process by undermining a bipartisan agreement struck just …
Trump and the American People — Two Ships Crossing in the Night
I wanted to take a moment today to highlight something that to me, at least, is behind a certain uncanny quality to the summer of 2025. Two things, which point in two entirely different directions, are happening at the same time. Every day you can find in the news a new example of the president cutting funding (either by legal or extra-legal means) or asserting direct control over funding in order to entrench his direct personal power. This migh…
Key senator makes bipartisan plea to Trump to invest in weather and early warning networks
Sen. Maria Cantwell’s letter advocating that the administration work with Congress to pursue bipartisan forecasting investments comes in the wake of devastating flash floods in Texas on the night of July 4 that killed more than 130 people.
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Trump muddles federal government rollback with blue-state threats
President Donald Trump‘s quest to shrink the size of government is colliding with the strong-arm tactics of his second term as the White House seeks to bring states into compliance with his policy agenda. Since his election in November, Trump…
Mauna Loa Observatory faces closure under Trump budget proposal
An important climate monitoring network, including Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, could be dismantled under President Trump’s proposed 2026 budget, ending a 70-year record of greenhouse gas data.Rebecca Dzombak reports for The New York Times.In short:The Trump administration’s proposed budget would shutter the Mauna Loa Observatory and three other atmospheric monitoring stations, halting collection of long-term greenhouse gas data critical to c…
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