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The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump's request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and ...

The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Four GOP candidates are battling to lead the House Homeland Security Committee, vying for a job that will put them at the center of President Trump’s immigration agenda. Rep. Michael Guest ...

The Republican-led Congress has passed President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion in public broadcasting ...

The legislation to claw back more than $1 billion of previously approved funding for public broadcasters was led in the ...

North Carolina was one of 20 states that sued the Trump administration July 16 to return disaster mitigation funding. A ...

Funding originally awarded to a West Baltimore nonprofit food distribution and compost center will instead likely be used for a controversial Florida immigrant detention center known as the Alligator ...

The signing into law of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is not just a setback, it’s a blow to millions of low-income ...

Delayed federal funding has Connecticut officials concerned about vulnerability when it comes to terrorism. Grants through FEMA’s Homeland Security Program are typically applied for in June and ...

The Trump administration is approving coal mines under the guise of an "energy emergency," but it will do little to save a ...