U.S. Federal Budget & Healthcre Newsletter
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White House claims about USAID ripped apart by fact-checker: 'Only one claim was accurate'
07 Feb 2025 14:52 GMT
… the federal budget, but a majority believe it's closer … about $25 billion by Congress, according to foreignassistance. … U.S. sought to stem it," Kessler wrote. "The White House … Reconstruction (SIGAR) — who President Donald Trump recently fired — …
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Kristof: The world’s richest man takes on the world’s poorest children
07 Feb 2025 12:32 GMT
… than 1% of the federal budget. It’s callous for gleeful … children off from medicine, but, as President John F. Kennedy … according to the Global Health Council, a U.S.-based nonprofit.
Remember … Trump has made the United States AWOL, leaving the world …
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MAGA Speared Its White Whale, Leaving the World's Poor to Drown | Opinion
07 Feb 2025 13:50 GMT
… a bedrock Republican idea. President Ronald Reagan wanted to spend … of the federal budget on helping people abroad. It's actually … all of that life and health around the world.
Oh, … . The $690 million that Congress provided to counter authoritarians, and …
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Elizabeth Shackelford: Foreign aid delivered by USAID is for our nation’s benefit — including our farmers
07 Feb 2025 11:47 GMT
… or DOGE.
After President Donald Trump’s administration announced a 90 … an independent agency created by Congress, and it will hurt … monitoring projects. Ending our health care assistance around the … than 1% of the federal budget, and USAID’s budget is about …
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Kristof: World’s richest men take on world’s poorest people
07 Feb 2025 10:25 GMT
… 1 percent of the federal budget. It’s callous for gleeful … children off from medicine, but, as President John F. Kennedy … according to the Global Health Council, a U.S.-based nonprofit.
Remember … Trump has made the United States AWOL, leaving the world …
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Congress must stop Elon Musk’s unlawful power grab
07 Feb 2025 06:02 GMT
… about government action in the United States.
But, here we are … by President Donald Trump with no vetting from Congress as … s goal of weeding out waste, fraud, and abuse in our federal budget … slim majorities in the U.S. House and Senate, are unlikely to allow …
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Crippling aid work: On the U.S. freeze on foreign assistance
06 Feb 2025 19:39 GMT
… now being exhibited by U.S. President Donald Trump and … 4% of the total U.S. federal budget, media reports indicate that … polio eradication, and child health. Though direct financial aid … leaving millions without food, medical assistance and critical resources …
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DuPage County rally to support Medicaid in the face of proposed cuts
07 Feb 2025 04:20 GMT
… throughout the United States and nearly … U.S. Republicans that outlines various measures to trim the federal budget including Medicaid … federal budget discussions, state Sen. Rachel Ventura, D-Joliet, said, “Congress … to the U.S. Department of Health and Human …
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Letter to the editor: Aid freeze could harm U.S.
06 Feb 2025 14:50 GMT
… the U.S. weaker, less safe and less prosperous (“White House … t respect boundaries. U.S. investments in global health have saved millions … are U.S. goods and products, such as food and medicine, … s adversaries to gain ground.
At just 1% of the federal budget …
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Is Russia’s Economy Collapsing?
07 Feb 2025 00:09 GMT
… 8, 2025 commentary to this U.S. think-tank, in which he … Rutgers University-Newark sees that house of cards crumbling in … Have a Clean Bill of Health
Some of the aforementioned … gas revenues to Russia's federal budget has fluctuated between 30% and …