POLITICS

House Republicans Propose Defunding Planned Parenthood, Other Abortion Providers in Megabill

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The proposal, folded into Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill,’ follows a move by the administration to strip Planned Parenthood of Title X funding last month. House Republicans are proposing a cut to Medicaid reimbursements for organizations like Planned Parenthood as part of their sweeping policy bill to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda. Within the Energy and

Harvard Expands Lawsuit Against Trump Administration to Include Additional $450 Million in Terminated Grants

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The Ivy League institution challenged the freezing of funds as a violation of First Amendment Rights. Harvard University expanded its lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s federal funding cuts on May 13 to include the additional $450 million in grants that administration officials announced were being terminated earlier that same day. That grant money, which was

USAID to hire lawyers to investigate employees who talked to the press, alleged job posting shows

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The U.S. Agency for International Development is trying to hire more lawyers to conduct investigations into employee misconduct, including “unauthorized communications with the media,” according to a job posting reviewed by CBS News.  “Lawyers will be expected to conduct investigations into general employee misconduct, and more specifically violations of various federal government regulations and policies,

GOP Seeks to Revoke Tax Exemptions From NonProfits Materially Supporting Hamas, Other Terrorist Groups

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The legislation would allow the Secretary of the Treasury to revoke the tax exemptions of organization that provide ’material support’ to terrorism. WASHINGTON—Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are planning to give the Trump administration powers to revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations that support terrorist groups like Hamas. Hamas, a designated foreign