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FBI director now says he supports Trump budget proposal - Roll Call

Kash Patel gave his “full support” to a budget plan that he said Wednesday he was working to avoid because he would have to cut 1,300 jobs.

Roll Call

Trump wants daylight saving time all year. Will ‘MAHA’ push back?

Advocates of standard time say it’s better for peoples’ circadian rhythms, or “biological clocks.”

Fortune

White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts

The Trump administration is asking Congress to eliminate the Head Start program, a move that would cut early education for some of the nation’s neediest children as part of drastic proposed cuts to federal health funding

The Independent UK

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Head Start funding lags by nearly $1 billion this year, causing some preschool closures

Federal databases show Head Start centers across the U.S. have received nearly $1 billion less in federal funding compared with this time last year

The Independent UK

Vanished earmarks in stopgap law pose challenge to local projects' return - Roll Call

After giving anti-earmark GOP conservatives a taste of austerity, it'll be hard to go back to the flush times, stakeholders fear.

Roll Call

Trump backs higher pay for wildland firefighters while DOGE cuts wildfire support staff

Wildland firefighters will keep a four-year-old pay hike under a GOP-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

With mass layoffs, McMahon and Trump begin mission to end Education Department - Roll Call

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Tuesday that large-scale staffing cuts at her department are a step toward ending its operations.

Roll Call

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Trump predicts no shutdown as Congress faces spending deadline this week - Roll Call

The wrangling over an extension of government dominates the agenda for both the House and the Senate this week.

Roll Call

Democrats split on a government shutdown

Congressional agreement over whether to keep the federal government up and running could hinge on the rule of law

Salon

The Latest: EPA wants to repeal a landmark environmental finding, jeopardizing climate regulations

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged President Donald Trump’s administration to reconsider a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action against climate change

The Independent UK

Senator calls Musk a ‘d***’ after DOGE boss asked federal workers to defend their jobs via email

Some agencies are already fighting Musk’s order, telling their employees to not respond

The Independent UK

Trump's firing of 1,000 national park workers raises concerns about maintenance and operating hours

The Trump administration has fired about 1,000 newly hired National Park Service employees who maintain and clean parks, educate visitors and perform other functions as part of its broad-based effort to downsize government

The Independent UK

Labor nominee Chavez-DeRemer backs away from pro-union bill - Roll Call

Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer distanced herself from a pro-union bill she once backed at her confirmation hearing for Labor secretary.

Roll Call

'Because They Serve The Public, Not Billionaires': Dems Blast Trump's Federal Workforce Cuts

President Trump's massive workforce layoffs have started and probationary workers were the hardest-hit in the first wave of reductions – some Democratic lawmakers are against the initiative.

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International Business Times

Musk's DOGE Terminates $881M In Education Funding, Impacting Key Research

DOGE, headed by Elon Musk, announced the termination of 89 contracts, totaling $881 million, and 29 "DEI training grants," which amounted to $101 million.

The Guardian - US

Musk’s ‘Doge’ guts nearly $1bn in US education department’s research office

Cuts in effect wipe out Institute of Education Sciences, one of the country’s largest funders of education research

Roll Call

White House opens funding spigot for DOGE expenses - Roll Call

Nearly $7 million over the past week has gone to cover the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s expenses.

Latin Times

Democratic Senators 'Pull the Fire Alarm' on Elon Musk's Involvement in Trump Council: 'Most Corrupt Administration in Our History' "

Democratic Senators have issued warnings about the Department of Government Efficiency, headed by billionaire Elon Musk, after employees of the department attempted to access confidential computer systems at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

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The Guardian - US

Democrats refuse to vote on Trump budget pick: ‘So clearly unfit for office’

Senate Democrats boycott vote to advance Russ Vought’s nomination amid chaos caused by federal funding freeze

International Business Times

Trump White House Abruptly Flip Flops On Federal Aid Freeze After Judge Blocks Move

The Trump Administration abruptly reversed its federal aid freeze Wednesday after immense backlash and a federal judge's intervention.

Roll Call

White House rescinds sweeping order to pause federal aid - Roll Call

The White House budget office rescinded its freeze on federal financial aid, lifting a pause that would have gone into effect next Monday evening.

InsideEVs

No, Trump Can't Just Stop EV Charger Funding

“Can he really do that?” To anybody who paid attention during President Donald Trump’s norm-shaking first term, that should be a familiar question. And hours into his second, it started coming up once again.

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Senate Democrats Introduce Resolution Condemning Pardons For Capitol Assaults

Senate Democrats led by Schumer and Murray condemn pardons for Capitol Police assault, urge bipartisan support.

Roll Call

White House seeks to tamp down concerns over funding directive - Roll Call

The Trump administration tried to calm the waters after stakeholders, lobbyists and lawmakers scrambled to make sense of the directive.

The Independent UK

Democratic senators formally condemn Trump’s pardons for violent January 6 rioters

John Fetterman was the last to join a resolution to oppose Trump’s clemencies

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