Keyword "federal funding" - List of latest news (77 results)

00:43 Trump & Co. must put the brakes on idle threats and keep its vow to end congestion tax

On Monday, Department of Transporation Secretary Sean Duffy sent a letter to Gov. Hochul extending the deadline to stop collecting congestion tolls again, but this time put some teeth on his demand…

21/04 Harvard enlists help from billionaire alumni after Trump freezes $2.26B in federal funding

Hit with a US$2.26 billion freeze from U.S. President Donald Trump, Harvard University is calling on its billionaire alumni for support.

17/04 up to date! Harvard University's $2.7 million grant was cancelled, and he once took the lead in "hard-handing" the US government, and Trump threatened to deprive it...

up to date! Harvard University's $2.7 million grant was cancelled, and he once took the lead in "hard-handing" the US government, and Trump threatened to deprive it...

16/04 Michael Goodwin: Harvard is jeopardizing $9B in federal funding to lead the radical left’s anti-Trump agenda – so much for the best and brightest

The Democrats have finally found the leader of their resistance to President Trump.

16/04 Refusing to make rectifications as required by Trump, Harvard University fired the "first shot" in resistance! $2.2 billion in funding has been frozen, and it has been prepared to raise funds from Wall Street

Refusing to make rectifications as required by Trump, Harvard University fired the "first shot" in resistance! $2.2 billion in funding has been frozen, and it has been prepared to raise funds from Wall Street

16/04 Trump’s fund-freezing punishment for Harvard: Letters to the Editor — April 16, 2025

NY Post readers discuss Harvard University losing federal cash after rejecting Trump demands to combat antisemitism.

15/04 Harvard Refuses to Comply with Trump Administration's Demands

Harvard University will not comply with the Trump administration's list of demands for the university to make changes to its policies.

14/04 DOE Begins Process of Terminating Maine’s Federal K-12 Funding

President Donald Trump's Department of Education announced that it has begun the process of cutting federal K-12 funding to Maine.

14/04 Federal Judge Orders USDA to Unfreeze Funding to Maine

A federal judge on Friday ordered President Donald Trump's U.S. Department of Agriculture to unfreeze federal funding to Maine.

09/04 Trump Admin Cuts Maine Prison System's 'Nonessential' Federal Funds over Trans Inmate

Trump's administration cut nonessential federal funds to Maine's Department of Corrections over a "trans" inmate held in a women's prison.

03/04 USDA Freezes Funds to Maine over Boys Competing in Girls’ Sports

Trump's USDA froze funds to Maine on Wednesday after Gov. Janet Mills' (D) refusal to bar trans athletes from competing in girls' sports. 

31/03 'Going to be a lot of hungry people': Food banks, farmers across US decry federal cuts

Cuts to U.S. Department of Agriculture programs that provide food for schools and food banks have communities across the country worried about hunger.

28/03 How Trump caught big-government fans in their own trap

None of the mechanisms the president is using to push his agenda were put in place by conservatives for leverage against progressive institutions. 

27/03 DoE: Columbia U Must ‘Comply’ to Regain $400M in Canceled Funding

Columbia University must "abide and comply" with its agreement to crack down on anti-Israel protests if the school hopes to regain $400 million.

21/03 Maine Universities Agree to Keep Men Out of Women’s Sports After Trump Admin Funding Pause

The USDA announced that the University of Maine System (UMS) has agreed to keep transgender-identifying men out of women's sports.

20/03 Trump Admin Warns Maine After State Doubles Down on Males in Female Sports

The Trump administration warned Maine of consequences if it continues to flout Trump's order barring males from playing female sports.

20/03 Ed Dept.: Maine Violated Title IX by Allowing Males on Female Sports Teams

The OCR launched its investigation after a transgender-identifying boy claimed the victory in the Maine Class B championship for the Greely High School girls’ track and field team in February.

16/03 Schumer’s silence on Israel: Letters to the Editor — March 17, 2025

As a supposed Jew, or someone who plays a Jew in Congress, Schumer shows no fire for Israel, something President Trump, a Christian, spoke of; he called Schumer out as a Palestinian and no longer a…

14/03 Trump administration demands widespread changes to Columbia University discipline policies

The Ivy League university has faced intense scrutiny from the Trump administration over its handling of pro-Palestinian student protests in 2024.

14/03 ’Destabilised’: Sign US is headed for ‘collapse’

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13/03 Big change coming for Australia’s worst roundabout

Australia’s most hated roundabout is set to get a $150m upgrade which is expected to relieve drivers from long queues and wait times.

11/03 USDA plans big cuts to food bank, school food programs: What to know

States were notified that the USDA had cut funding to the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program, the School Nutrition Association says.

10/03 Speaker Johnson Introduces Stopgap Funding Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson will need every Republican vote he can get to pass his stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown.

04/03 Trump Says He'll Defund Schools, Universities that Allow 'Illegal Protests'

President Donald Trump says he will cut off funding to schools and universities that allow "illegal protests." 

04/03 GSA to Save $9.6M Annually After DOGE Slashes Unused Tech Licenses

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has cut over 100,000 unused software licenses to save about $9.6 million annually.

21/02 Paying down the debt will help Americans VASTLY more than DOGE ‘dividends’

On Wednesday, the president said he was considering giving voters 20% of the savings DOGE finds, either in the form of tax reductions or direct checks, only putting 20% toward paying down the natio…

20/02 Insane $20k fee Aussies want to pay

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17/02 President Donald Trump and Elon Musk escalate their government purge | The Excerpt

Federal prosecutors drop charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Plus, the debate over government alcohol guidance. It's all on The Excerpt.

16/02 State Education Departments Warned to Nix DEI Policies or Lose Funding

State education departments across America are being warned to remove DEI policies or face the consequences.

15/02 EPA head Lee Zeldin shows us good riddance to bad giveaways

On Wednesday, EPA head Lee Zeldin announced that his team rooted out roughly $20 billion in taxpayer money that the Biden administration had squirrelled away at an unnamed outside financial institu…

07/02 ‘Biggest scandal in history’: Donald Trump claims ‘billions of dollars stolen’ by USAID

Donald Trump has accused the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other agencies of stealing “billions of dollars” to aid Democrats, calling it “perhaps the biggest scandal in history”.

05/02 Report: AG Pam Bondi Orders DOJ to Pause Federal Funding to Sanctuary Cities

Newly-sworn in U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed the Department of Justice to "pause all federal funding for sanctuary cities."

21/01 ‘Will put trans people at risk of violence’: Trump’s ‘two sexes’ order removes ‘X’ gender passport option

Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that the US government will only recognise “two genders” will up-end a pioneering passport change that allowed people who identify as neither male nor female to select “X” instead.

01/11 Eric Trump goes off on Biden-Harris government spending spree on migrants while hurricane victims suffer

Eric Trump, the second son of former President Donald Trump, says he’s fed up with “blank check” spending in Washington, which has contributed to bloodshed overseas.  

17/08 The incredible £1.5bn bridge dubbed 'critical megaproject' to end traffic chaos

The green light has been given for a £1.5billion megaproject aimed at ending traffic chaos by replacing a 70-year-old bridge that cannot handle traffic levels.

01/06 Americans are putting less of a premium on four-year degrees — yay!

A new Pew Research study found that 22% of US adults don’t believe a four-year degree is worth the price tag.

14/05 Border charities spending taxpayer millions on music therapy, ‘people-plant interactions’ and huge salaries: report

“The amount of taxpayer money they are getting is obscene,” Charles Marino, former adviser to the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security under Obama, said of the NGOs.

25/04 Speaker Johnson: Columbia Shouldn't Get Taxpayer Dollars

On Wednesday's broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Jesse Watters Primetime," House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) stated that Columbia University and | Clips

11/04 Minister dashes ‘tensions’ claims with state

Federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King has downplayed any tensions with her state counterparts, after states erupted over $33bn in infrastructure cuts following an infrastructure review last year.

06/03 House passes $467.5B ‘minibus’ spending bill to avert partial shutdown

The House of Representatives approved a “minibus” spending bill on Wednesday to avert a partial government shutdown this weekend — despite opposition from conservative Republicans. The $467.5 billi…

04/03 Program for at-risk NYC students imperiled by loss of federal stimulus funds as city spends on migrants

A  program that serves thousands youths at risk of dropping out could be on the chopping block as federal emergency COVID funding keeping it afloat expires at the end of June, sources said.

01/03 State’s plea to Chalmers over housing target

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has called on his federal counterpart to fast track when states can receive financial incentives to speed up the building of hundreds of thousands of homes.

26/02 Desperate Ukrainians forced to repurpose billion-dollar weapons from ‘trash’ as Congress haggles over US aid

Under cover of night, as alarms warn of incoming missiles, dozens of mechanics work on billions of dollars worth of Western military equipment in a nondescript, hollowed-out garage in the Ukrainian…

30/01 Dutton hits out at ‘activist’ lawyers

Environmental lawyers accused of presenting distorted evidence in a major legal battle are at risk of having their federal funding slashed.

18/01 The Great Normalization

Last year, the crime and inflation crises largely evaporated. So did the leading theories about what had caused them.

10/01 Trump Is Coming for Obamacare Again

His own voters may be collateral damage.

03/01 Opinion | Biden’s $3.1 Billion Train Ticket to Nowhere

The White House announces an award to California’s stalled ‘high speed’ railroad.

26/12 Booming population, damaged infrastructure has Cairns seeking funding to shore up water supply

Cairns' mayor estimates that the city was two hours away from losing its water supply during last week's torrential rain, bringing to the fore the city's urgent need to upgrade its water supply.

24/12 Bipartisan Congress pushes for Ukraine War, Israel package before funding runs out

The Biden administration is planning to send one more aid package before the new year, but says it will be the last unless Congress approves more money.

12/12 Report: Planned Parenthood Received $90 Million in Forgiven PPP Loans

Nearly $2 billion in federal funding went to abortion advocacy groups between 2019 and 2021, according to a GAO report.

29/11 Collingwood’s social media push on abuse

The Collingwood football club and the women’s leadership institute led by Julia Gillard have each been given almost half a million dollars in federal funding to help target tech-based abuse of women.

24/11 Lessons From 15 Years as a Stay-at-Home Dad

I still get called daddy-mommy. And I wish more men knew how fulfilling care work can be.

21/11 NSW ministers unleash over King’s $3.6bn blow

Two NSW Labor ministers have unloaded at the federal government for cuts to infrastructure funding, as tensions continue to boil between the state and federal Labor division.

20/11 ‘Unfair’: State’s ‘commuter tax’ slammed

A “commuter tax” slapped on Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been slammed by the treasurer as being “unfair and unsustainable”, amid calls to sort out growing house prices in Australia’s most expensive city.

16/11 50 big builds axed on cost blowouts

An overhaul of the Commonwealth’s $120bn infrastructure pipeline announced by the Albanese government will gut funding for 50 road, carpark and rail projects across the country, after a review revealed $32.8bn in cost blowouts.

15/11 How will a federal government shutdown affect me? Disruptions hit schools, air travel, more

Longer airport lines. Hazardous drinking water. Shuttered national parks. Here's how a looming shutdown could affect you.

07/11 US invests $2 billion for lower-carbon construction at federal buildings

The Biden administration will invest $2 billion in 150 federal building projects across 39 states that use materials that minimize carbon emissions, its latest effort to tackle climate change throu…

03/11 Child care in US is unaffordable, costs continue to rise

Rising costs are putting a strain on parents already struggling to afford child care.

13/10 Steve Scalise Bows Out

The unresolved speaker fight could determine whether the government stays open—and the future of U.S. support for Israel and Ukraine.

01/10 Exclusive — Capitol Sources: Jamaal Bowman Threw Signs Warning Door Was Emergency Only on Floor Before Pulling Fire Alarm

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) ripped down two signs warning a second floor door in the Cannon House Office Building was for emergency use only before pulling the fire alarm and running out through a different door on a different floor, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

01/10 Kevin McCarthy’s Stunning About-Face

The speaker made a last-minute reversal to avert a government shutdown. It could cost him his job.

28/09 Government shutdown 90% likely, could last up to three weeks: Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs’ chief economist Jan Hatzius said a government shutdown is 90% likely to occur, and he expects it to last two to three weeks.

26/09 Sen. Gillibrand holds event touting $20M in funding for trees — as NYC migrant crisis rages

“Whoever told Kirsten Gillibrand to make a rare pit stop to the Big Apple and talk trees during a migrant crisis deserves some serious shade,” a flabbergasted Democratic source at City Hall t…

26/09 What does a federal government shutdown mean? How you and your community could be affected

Longer airport lines. Hazardous drinking water. Shuttered national parks. Here's how a looming shutdown could affect you.

26/09 ‘Destroyed’: Nation bracing for chaos in days

Time is running out for the US to avoid a partial government shutdown in five days, as right-wing House Republicans refuse to budge on demands for massive spending cuts, including ceasing aid for Ukraine.

25/09 What It Would Take to Avoid a Shutdown

How we arrived at the brink of a government shutdown—and how the power to avert it lies with Kevin McCarthy

22/09 As Shutdown Looms, Questions Mount About How Much Leverage GOP Holds

With a Sept. 30 deadline just days away, several top conservatives are concerned that the Republicans might have blown it.

20/09 How likely is a government shutdown and who will be affected? What you need to know.

As the deadline approaches for Congress to pass a new federal budget, the threat of a government shutdown has become more likely.

18/09 Trojan-Horse White Supremacy

Richard Hanania’s new book is a gateway drug for extremism.

09/09 Adams defends Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries’ ‘silence’ during migrant crisis

Mayor Eric Adams defended Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Saturday, insisting both are working hard to help the city deal with the migrant crisis.

06/09 Over 70K daycares in danger of closing, putting jobs for US women at risk

By the end of the month, as many as 3.2 million children could be left without child care and as many as 232,000 workers could be out of a job.

18/08 Parents may not be able to afford child care after September

Advocates say the child care system is failing, and the only way to fix it is to invest more money in these programs.

15/08 How to get Biden to stop feeding NYers manure and help on migrant mess

The president won’t help with NYC’s migrant crisis, so Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul need to spring into action.

22/02 Huge AFL cash splash to give Tassie team bid a big boost

Tasmania’s bid for an AFL team will receive a significant boost on Thursday, with the league expected to announce a major cash splash plan to help the state’s push for the 19th licence.

16/02 Netball’s big funding win

Netball has received more than $9m in federal funding in a bid to sustain the sport through to the 2026 Commonwealth Games in regional Victoria.

23/01 News program cops dire zero viewer share

A 24-hour international news channel which launched on SBS eight months ago has consistently tanked in OzTAM ratings, recording a 0 per cent audience share.

09/01 Eagles forward Isiah Winder back at training after assault charge

West Coast Eagles forward Isiah Winder has been charged with assault following an off-season incident in Geelong but the club has allowed him to resume training with the AFL squad.