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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Nina Lakhani Climate justice reporter

RFK Jr urged to release nearly $400m allocated to help families combat heat

an air conditioner unit in a wall

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is facing new demands to release almost $400m allocated by Congress to help low-income US families keep the air conditioning on this summer.

The funds are under threat after the staff running a decades-old program were fired – as part of the Trump administration’s so-called “efficiency” drive.

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