Trump admin pauses millions in federal funding to UPenn over trans issue
The Trump administration has abolished $175 million in federal funds University of Pennsylvania Fox Business reported exclusively on Wednesday morning by including trans athletes in women's sports. Ivy League University is currently risking losing all federal funds in its investigation Potential Title IX violation. Riley Gaines, now a spokesman for the Independent Women's Forum, has […]
Democrats have a ‘lot of soul searching’ before next funding fight
Congress is already aiming for the next spending battle after a fierce culmination of the 2025 fundraising battle that stolen the threat of closure from the table until September last week. But that doesn't mean that Democrats won't look in the rearview mirror after a blow-up battle with Republicans. Certainly, frustrated Democrats in both rooms […]
Clyburn says he thought Senate Dems were 'on board' with opposing funding bill: 'What happened?'
Rep. James Clyburn, Ds.C., said he didn't know what happened later last week. In an interview with MSNBC this weekend, Clyburn said Senate Democrats thought they were “on the boat” with a strategy accepted by House Democrats — almost everyone opposed the exact same bill — refers to Schumer's remarks when he said the GOP's […]
Schumer on voting for funding bill: Trump, Musk 'damage' could be 'much worse' under shutdown
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) said in an episode of his podcast on Sunday that President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk could be “a lot worse” under government shutdowns. “Their goal of cutting agents after agency after agency, decimer, shutting down the entire federal government would occur under closure,” Schumer said. He told […]
Universities in precarious position as Trump uses research funding as a wedge
The Trump administration is calling for the intertwining of university finances and government funds to place schools in a short chain tied to their research capabilities. Colombia has already lost $400 million in grants for what the government calls inaction against anti-Semitism. Harvard is implementing a job freeze due to financial “uncertainty” in federal policies. […]
Donald Trump Signs Funding Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown
President Donald Trump avoided closure by signing the government fundraising bill on Saturday, with the victory of Congressional president and Republicans. The White House issued a press release Saturday afternoon, announcing that Trump had signed a bill that would fund the government until September 30th. The ongoing resolution (CR), HR 1968, passed the House on […]
Trump signs funding bill to avoid shutdown
President Trump has signed a spending bill created by Republicans to avoid government shutdown, White House I said it on Saturday. The Republican drafted bill will fund the government through September 30th, closing the first funding battle for Trump's second term. The Saga also led to an internal war among Democrats on Capitol Hill. The […]
Ex-Sen. Kyrsten Sinema shames AOC, other Dems who wanted to abolish the filibuster before govt funding fracas
Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and other Democrats Saturday hypocrites and pushed them using filibusters to block the GOP-backed funding bill. “I understand the change in Filibuster's heart!” Cinema needle Ocasio-Cortez once pounded Sinema for not succumbing to left-wing pressure, taking the left-wing pressure to scrap the tools. Democrats made […]
CASEY RYAN: Time To Rein In Universities’ Unchecked Power Over Funding
The university has unconfirmed powers about how it spends funds that appear to grow each year through larger donations. This is especially true of top-ranked American universities that continue to promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and enable anti-Semitism to carry out Amac. The Trump administration and Congress must work together to curb this unlimited […]
Schumer at center of civil war after funding fiasco
Capitol Hill Democrats are fighting an internal war against one of their own after the GOP successfully secured the prime minister on a partisan spending bill over muscular muscles in the Senate, garnering votes from minority leader Chuck Schumer (NY), eight other Democrats and independents. The clash captures most parties, including almost all House Democrats, […]