White House defends spending freeze as Democrats spotlight pain points
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Jan. 28 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty…
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Live updates: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s federal funding freeze
The new Secretary of Homeland Security says the agency will “do everything we can to protect the American people” as she addresses the agency’s staff for the first time. “We…
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Trump critic Jim Acosta reveals his next move after leaving CNN
Hours after signing off from CNN for the final time following his rejection of the network’s proposal to take his news program to the “graveyard” midnight shift, Jim Acosta revealed…
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D.C. federal judge temporarily blocks Trump plan to pause federal aid spending
WASHINGTON — A federal district judge on Tuesday granted an administrative stay in a case challenging the Trump administration’s planned freeze of federal aid, pausing the plan for a week…
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Jim Acosta Heads to Substack After CNN Exit
Jim Acosta, just hours after announcing his exit from CNN, said he was joining Substack on Tuesday afternoon. Acosta joins a growing list of high-profile media figures to join the…
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Welcome, Podcasters! White House Wants New Media at the Press Briefing
In the delicate journalistic ecosystem of the White House’s James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, the seating chart is the be-all, end-all of status. Where a reporter sits says it…
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Chaos ripples through country as Trump orders federal funding freeze
President Donald Trump plunged the U.S. government into panic and confusion on Tuesday by pausing federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives, setting…
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Democratic states plan to sue over Trump’s federal grant funding freeze
Two dozen Democratic attorneys general said Tuesday afternoon they are suing to stop the White House from instituting a pause to trillions of dollars in federal grant, loan and other…
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Trump’s federal funding freeze prompts mass confusion across North Carolina
Data: National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health; Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios The Trump Administration’s halting of federal grants and financial assistance programs has institutions, cities, nonprofits and politicians across…
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Top Senate Dem shuts down critics after meeting with Trump
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) responded to criticism he has received since meeting with President Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago ahead of his inauguration earlier this month. He told the co-hosts…
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