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The Trump administration has asked Congress to strip a requirement that the Office on Violence Against Women be a separate office within DOJ.
HHS budget slashes National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding by 40%, alarming health experts and threatening vital research and public health initiatives.
According to the administration’s budget outline released May 30, Space Force funding would decline to approximately $26 billion in fiscal 2026, down from the $28.7 billion it received in fiscal 2025. The administration expects additional funding to come from a reconciliation bill that has passed the House but faces significant Senate opposition.
Backers of a planned Smithsonian museum honoring American Latinos are concerned the president's budget proposes to end money for the project.
The legislation that Republicans are trying to push through Congress could swell the very fiscal imbalance that party leaders have promised to tame for years.
So unfortunately, this is an institution in our country that has become partisan and political.” We have a high bar when it comes to fact-checking White House press secretaries. They are supposed to spin,