US Edition
News from rhodeislandcurrent.com
Top rhodeislandcurrent.com News
Government Shutdown · WashingtonCongressional Republicans scored a massive victory this summer when they passed President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” of tax and spending cuts without a single Democratic vote. But as they return to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, they will have to find a way to work with Democrats — or around them — as a government shutdown looms. The annual spending battle will dominate the September agenda, along with a possible …See the Story
Government Shutdown Looms as Congress Returns After Monthlong August Recess
63% Center coverage: 286 sources
US Politics · United StatesBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A division of the US Department of Health and Human Services told 40 states, five territories and the District of Columbia on Tuesday that they “are now on notice”: Some federally funded sex ed programs need to remove any mention of gender identity or transgender people, even in passing, or risk losing potentially millions of dollars The letter from the Trump administration says the programs need to remove “gender…See the Story
Trump administration threatens to pull federal funding from sex ed programs that mention transgender people
51% Center coverage: 134 sources
New Jersey · New JerseyThe Federal Emergency Management Agency building is seen on May 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Democratic attorneys general have updated their complaint against the Trump administration in a lawsuit over whether the Federal Emergency Management Agency can refuse to spend pre-disaster mitigation grants approved by Congress. The attorneys general wrote in the new filing that FEMA hadn’t made a si…See the Story
Democratic AGs disclose FEMA failed to make grants for months to critical disaster program
100% Left coverage: 21 sources
