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Trump budget suggests cutting heating assistance |
The Trump administration is considering cutting a program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes. |
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A draft budget request document reviewed by The Hill calls for the elimination of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) by not providing it any funding at all. The federal budget is controlled by Congress, not the presidential administration, and LIHEAP has historically had bipartisan support — so the document does not necessarily mean the program will actually be eliminated. However, the Department of Health and Human Services has already fired all of the staff working in the LIHEAP office. The document also calls for the elimination of other programs including Head Start, which provides free learning services like preschools to young children. And it would eliminate various other programs for community services, rural development and nutrition and disability services. The document in question, which was first reported by The Washington Post and later obtained by The Hill, is known as a "passback" and comes from the White House Office of Management and Budget. It will inform the administration's eventual budget proposal. Lawmakers, however, will ultimately determine whether these programs are funded. Read more at TheHill.com. |
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Probationary workers who were re-fired this month from the Commerce Department say their health insurance is being terminated earlier than they expected. |
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The Trump administration announced Friday it was moving to expand offshore drilling, potentially including in the Arctic. |
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The Trump administration is opening a national marine monument to commercial fishing, it announced Thursday. |
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele took to social media late Thursday to mock Sen. Chris Van Hollen's (D-Md.) meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration last month due to an “administrative error.” Read more |
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