Trump administration said to reverse cuts in mental health, addiction programs

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The Trump administration is said to have suddenly reversed slashes in grants for mental health and addiction treatment programs that a source told CBS News were valued at around $1.9 billion. Thousands of federal grants supporting the programs were suddenly terminated late Tuesday, sources told CBS News. The abrupt cancellations at the U.S. Substance Abuse

EPA Moves to Limit State Authority in Reviewing Water Impacts of Major Developments

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin testifies before the House Subcommittee on Environment on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 20, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Environmental Protection Agency on Jan. 13 proposed narrowing states’ and Native American tribes’ use of the Clean Water Act to block or impede projects such as natural gas

Trump to Meet With Venezuelan Opposition Leader Machado

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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves a national flag during a protest called by the opposition on the eve of the presidential inauguration, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 9, 2025. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the White House on Jan.

House Passes Appropriations Bills for State, Treasury Departments

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The U.S. Capitol building at sunset in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. House on Wednesday passed a package of appropriations bills to fund the government as Congress works to rapidly pass full-year appropriations bills ahead of the pending Jan. 30 government funding deadline. The two-bill measure passed in a