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Speaker Mike Johnson was on the verge of an embarrassing defeat on the floor: the narrowly-divided GOP House was on track to reject billions in DOGE cuts.
Republicans had faced backlash last month after tech mogul Elon Musk publicly backed complaints that Congress hadn’t codified any of his DOGE work, despite promising to do so.
US House approved $9.4 billion in Elon Musk’s DOGE federal spending cuts. White House’s spending cancellation package passed the House on a 214 to 212 vote.
American voters last fall might not have realized that a Republican victory in 2024 would mean sweeping cuts to cancer research, but here we are.
President Donald Trump is looking to cancel $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress. That’s just a sliver of the $1.7 trillion that lawmakers OK'd for the current budget year ending Sept.
The official touted the budget as allowing for “historic ... exploration while other programs would see millions in cuts. The White House is proposing a $12 billion cut for the Education ...
The White House is seeking $94.7 billion to fund the Department of Health and Human Services in fiscal year 2026, a decrease of more than $31
If President Donald Trump's budget proposal wins final congressional approval, funding will be slashed for tribal colleges and universities.
HHS budget slashes National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding by 40%, alarming health experts and threatening vital research and public health initiatives.
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