Trump threatens to cut U.S. funding to South Africa over land expropriation law
President Donald Trump returns to the White House after departing Marine One in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, the same night he said he will stop…
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…
Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal grants after widespread confusion
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and…
Latest Trump highlights you need to know: Funding freeze to Laken Riley Act | Donald Trump News
A federal judge in the United States has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s order to suspend hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants and…
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…
US judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s federal funding freeze | Donald Trump News
A United States judge has temporarily blocked an order from President Donald Trump to freeze funding for a wide range of federal programmes. Tuesday’s decision came…
White House orders freeze on ‘financial assistance,’ unleashing anger, confusion, lawsuit
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration caused a rush of confusion and anger Tuesday among Democratic leaders, state officials and federal program managers with a vague order…
Trump’s order to cut off funding to sanctuary cities could threaten L.A. fire relief
As Los Angeles rebuilds from a devastating wildfire that destroyed swaths of Pacific Palisades, the city’s access to federal money could be imperiled by one…
Australia probes suspected foreign funding of anti-Semitic attacks | Crime News
Police believe ‘foreign actors’ paying local criminals to commit crimes amid a surge in anti-Semitic incidents.Australia is investigating suspicions that funding from outside the country…
Stefanik pledges an ‘America First’ agenda at the U.N. and a review of U.S. funding
WASHINGTON — Rep. Elise Stefanik pledged Tuesday to push President Trump’s “America First” stance if confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and roll out…
Trump suspends U.S. foreign assistance for 90 days pending reviews
WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order Monday temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are…
What is an executive order? How Trump aims to reshape government
WASHINGTON — President Trump returns to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has — the executive order.An incoming…
Incursion of non-native fruit flies requires $129M in emergency funding
An incursion of non-native tephritid fruit fly species such as the Mediterranean fruit fly and Mexican fruit fly is intensifying and requires emergency funding, U.S.…
L.A.-area fires have led to new bills in Congress. Here are some
WASHINGTON — As congressional leaders wrestle over whether to add conditions to federal aid in response to the Los Angeles County wildfires, a first wave of…
Fact-check: Did Gavin Newsom cut $100m in fire prevention funding? | Politics News
As wildfires in California caused at least two dozen deaths and billions of dollars in damages, some social media users accused Governor Gavin Newsom of…
Newsom proposes $2.5 billion for wildfire response as L.A. burns
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom asked legislative leaders Monday to approve at least $2.5 billion in response to the wildfires that have ravaged Los Angeles County…
Why California tech leaders are friending and funding Trump
Four years ago, several of California’s most influential tech titans determined that then-President Trump was such a threat to democracy they barred him from posting…
U.S. announces nearly $6 billion in funding for Ukraine
President Joe Biden on Monday announced nearly $2.5 billion in security assistance for Ukraine on Monday, while Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said another $3.4 billion…
Advocates say Newsom’s plan doesn’t do enough to protect immigrants from Trump
WASHINGTON — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has drafted a conceptual plan to help undocumented immigrants under threat of deportation after President-elect Donald Trump takes office. But…