Funding

The Trump administration is halting a $1 billion program that helps preserve affordable housing, threatening projects that keep tens of thousands of units livable for low-income Americans, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. The action is part... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rural cancer patients may miss out on cutting-edge treatments in Utah. Therapies for intellectual disorders could stall in Maryland. Red states and blue states alike are poised to lose jobs in research labs and the local businesses... Read More

BOSTON (AP) — A second federal judge on Thursday extended a block barring the Trump administration from freezing grants and loans potentially totaling trillions of dollars. U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island granted the preliminary injunction in the lawsuit... Read More

WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on Wednesday blocking the Trump administration from dramatically cutting National Institutes of Health payments for indirect overhead costs associated with medical research. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley, a Biden appointee... Read More

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Stephen Watson served in the Marines for 22 years and receives care through the Department of Veterans Affairs for a traumatic brain injury. He supports President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk's cost-cutting program — even if it affects... Read More

WASHINGTON — The deadline to apply for a share of $25 million in tribal energy planning and development funding has been extended to March 20 at 5 p.m., the Department of Energy’s Office of Indian Energy announced. The updated funding... Read More

Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that the Trump administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money, the administration's own data shows. The Department of Government Efficiency run by Elon... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is visiting troops along the U.S.-Mexico border Friday to assess the military’s progress in fortifying sections of the wall, coming as the Pentagon rapidly expands its border mission... Read More

BOSTON (AP) — A court battle is set to resume Friday over the Trump administration’s drastic cuts in medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and delay new lifesaving discoveries. A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked the cuts from taking... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage early Friday, chugging through an all-night session and Democratic opposition in a step toward unleashing money the Trump administration says it needs for mass deportations and border security that top their agenda. The... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration continued Friday with massive layoffs of federal employees as union leaders and congressional Democrats warned that government services are being slashed too severely. President Donald Trump said he hopes to cut the civilian workforce of... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump's administration to temporarily lift a funding freeze that has shut down U.S. humanitarian aid and development work around the world, and he has set a five-day deadline for the administration to prove it's... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department's Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government's payment system, after Democratic senators raised red flags about the access provided to Trump aide Elon... Read More

WASHINGTON — The number of lawsuits, and outrage among Democrats, continues growing this week against President Donald Trump’s attempts to reorganize government by shutting down agencies and laying off thousands of workers. Some Democrats are saying they will block Trump’s... Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — A new coalition of nonprofits came together overnight to challenge a seemingly sweeping order from the Trump administration last week pausing trillions of dollars in federal funding. They succeeded in blocking that order, at least for now.... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of employees at the U.S. Education Department were put on paid administrative leave in response to President Donald Trump’s order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government, according to a labor union that represents hundreds... Read More

WASHINGTON — The White House on Wednesday dialed back a temporary freeze on millions of dollars in federal grants and loans, but also vowed to continue a review of spending to ensure funded entities and programs aren’t contrary to the... Read More

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires that ravaged Southern California should come with strings attached, possibly jeopardizing the president's... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization for the second... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office on Monday announced its intent to issue funding to support “high impact” research and development in two priority areas. The first is sustainable propane and renewable chemicals. In this case the... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is awarding nearly $3 billion to boost climate-friendly equipment and infrastructure at ports across the country, including Baltimore, where a deadly bridge collapse killed six construction workers in March and disrupted East Coast shipping routes for... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is investing nearly $2 billion in 38 projects intended to both protect the U.S. power grid against extreme weather and expand its capacity to meet surging demand. The new tranche of funding comes less than... Read More

Melinda French Gates will grant $250 million to support women's health around the world through an open call for nonprofits to apply for funding. The pledge announced Wednesday signals a new chapter in her individual philanthropic giving since departing from the Bill... Read More

WASHINGTON — The National Offshore Research and Development Consortium is soliciting proposals to compete for a share in $10.6 million in funding aimed at driving advances in floating offshore wind technology. A webinar on the funding opportunity has been scheduled... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden are headed to New Orleans, Louisiana, Tuesday to formally announce a new $150 million grant initiative to advance research under the president’s signature “Cancer Moonshot” program. The funds will... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $4.3 billion in grants to fund projects in 30 states to reduce climate pollution. The money will go to 25 projects targeting greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, electric power, commercial and residential buildings, industry, agriculture... Read More

WASHINGTON — Small businesses in 39 states will share in $52 million in grants awarded this week to address a range of clean-energy related issues, the Department of Energy announced.  In all, 229 projects will be funded through the grants.... Read More

Dozens of aging bridges in 16 states will be replaced or improved with the help of $5 billion in federal grants announced Wednesday by President Joe Biden's administration, the latest beneficiaries of a massive infrastructure law. The projects range from... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy on Monday posted an intent to fund projects that advance research, development, demonstration and deployment in a number of areas related to the net-zero emission clean transportation sector. Though no dollar value was attached... Read More

WILLIAMSTON, N.C. (AP) — Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many... Read More