EXCLUSIVE: State Department Axes $214 Million in Foreign Grants, From Cash for ‘Newsroom Sustainability’ in Moldova to ‘Media Diversity’ in the UK

‘Further review of the active grant portfolio reveals a significant number of grant programs which remain inconsistent with Administration policies’ Marco Rubio, Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The State Department has eliminated $214 million in foreign funding initiatives, nixing 139 taxpayer-funded grants that promoted, among other things, “newsroom sustainability” in Moldova, “media diversity” in the

GOP Lawmakers Seek To Ban Taxpayer Funding of Animal Research in China Once and for All

‘I am cutting off the money for this madness,’ said Sen. Joni Ernst L: Sen. Joni Ernst (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) R: The Wuhan Institute of Virology (Getty Images) American taxpayers will no longer be forced to finance brutal animal experiments in Chinese labs if Sen. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) gets her way. Ernst on Tuesday