Republicans consider cuts and work requirements for Medicaid
WASHINGTON — Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening healthcare coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in…
Opinion: Extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts to promote growth, but cut spending too
America approaches a critical juncture. Many provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire this year. Congress could let…
Businesses planning ‘most brutal round of job cuts in a decade’ after Labour’s tax rises
BUSINESSES are planning the most brutal round of job cuts in a decade to offset Labour’s tax rises, a survey reveals.A third of employers are…
Issa Rae cuts ties with Kennedy Center after Trump becomes chairman
1 of 3 | Singer and actress Isa Rae canceled her sold-out performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after President…
Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs, warns of larger cuts
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the federal workforce, the nation’s largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all…
Trump orders ‘large-scale’ cuts in federal workforce as Elon Musk defends DOGE
1 of 5 | Elon Musk speaks to reporters and President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC on…
NIH cuts put medical research at risk, scientists say, raising concerns at UC and elsewhere
Each year, the National Institutes of Health gives billions of dollars to the University of California to pay for research into cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, heart…
India cuts key interest rate for first time since 2020 amid slowing growth | Business and Economy
Reserve Bank of India announces first rate cut in nearly five years as world’s most populous nation faces slowdown.India’s central bank has cut its benchmark…
Banxico May Accelerate Cuts as Growth, Inflation Slow
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessMexico’s central bank will likely double the pace of monetary policy easing Thursday, delivering a half-point rate cut with inflation back in…
How extending the 2017 tax cuts would affect regular Americans
The tax cuts enacted under the first Trump administration largely expire at the end of 2025. President Trump and his fellow Republicans are eager to…
Trump cuts chaotic path in first weeks
Standing before a mourning nation following a tragic commercial airline crash that killed nearly 70 people in Washington, D.C., President Trump offered his somber condolences…
Extra £100m funding announced as police warn of cuts
Kate WhannelPolitics reporterHannah MillerPolitical correspondentBBCThe Home Office has announced an extra £100m for neighbourhood policing in England and Wales, as part of its pledge to…
CSU, reeling from budget cuts to classes and faculty, decries more proposed state reductions
Leaders of California State University voiced alarm Wednesday that proposed state funding cuts would be “catastrophic” and cripple the nation’s largest four-year public higher education…
As Trump cuts federal jobs, even national parks on chopping block
As the Trump administration rushes to cut spending and eliminate federal jobs, even the people who work at the national parks — among the country’s…
Fed pauses interest rate cuts. What happens next may depend on Trump
WASHINGTON — After three successive interest rate cuts, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday made no change in its benchmark lending rate amid new economic uncertainties over…
Bank of Canada cuts interest rates, warns trade conflict will ‘hurt’ | Business and Economy News
Bank of Canada governor warned that a tariff war with the US would ‘badly hurt’ economic activity in Canada.The Bank of Canada (BOC) has trimmed…
Cardiff University 400 job cuts ‘threaten supply of nurses’
PA MediaHelen Whyley of the Royal College of Nursing says Cardiff University has a "significant pipeline" in supplying nurses to health boards in south WalesJob…
DOJ halts legal programs for immigrant detainees, cuts off advocates’ access
Lawyers providing detainees with basic legal information in federal immigration detention centers were shut out of facilities last week after the U.S. Department of Justice…
Australia’s Cooling Inflation Opens Door to RBA Rate Cuts
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessAustralia’s core inflation eased by more than expected in the final three months of 2024, opening the door to an interest-rate cut…
WHO notifies staff of hiring freeze, budget cuts due to U.S. leaving
The Trump administration plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization has triggered a hiring freeze, suspended investments and a travel reduction…