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Trump administration releases $1 billion in California frozen education funds – East Bay Times

  • August 1, 2025

California will receive nearly $1 billion in previously frozen federal education funds after the Trump administration reversed course amid growing outrage and concern about the impacts to students across the nation. The California Department of Education said Thursday evening it had received official grant award notifications for several federally funded programs, including programs supporting migrant students,

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Trump administration releases $1 billion in California frozen education funds – The Mercury News

  • August 1, 2025

California will receive nearly $1 billion in previously frozen federal education funds after the Trump administration reversed course amid growing outrage and concern about the impacts to students across the nation. The California Department of Education said Thursday evening it had received official grant award notifications for several federally funded programs, including programs supporting migrant students,

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Colorado to receive $67M in frozen education funding

  • July 25, 2025

The Trump administration will release about $67 million to Colorado’s K-12 school districts after freezing the money for nearly a month, a move that comes just weeks before the 2025-26 academic year begins. The funding freeze was set to upend the upcoming school year as districts had already budgeted the federal money and hired employees.

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Schuylkill school programs continue despite halt to federal funds – Pottsville Republican Herald

  • July 22, 2025

As the new academic year draws closer, Schuylkill County school districts are working to continue educational programs being threatened by the ongoing delay in federal funding. The U.S. Department of Education announced on June 30 that it would withhold distributing more than $6 billion for school programs, money that had already been approved by Congress

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New budget proposal would cut NOAA funds by $387M

  • July 18, 2025

A new proposed federal budget from the U.S. House of Representatives would likely spare iconic research labs in Boulder but still leave a deep gash in funding. On Monday, the House appropriations committee unveiled a budget draft that would slash more than $387 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. That’s about

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With hundreds of millions of dollars at risk in Bay Area, lawsuit against Trump grows over grant funds – East Bay Times

  • July 16, 2025

As the Trump administration continues its attempts to impose conditions on federal grants, a coalition of 60 local governments — including the counties of Santa Clara, Alameda and San Mateo — is asking a federal judge to block the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from adding stipulations to grants that could put hundreds

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With hundreds of millions of dollars at risk in Bay Area, lawsuit against Trump grows over grant funds – The Mercury News

  • July 16, 2025

As the Trump administration continues its attempts to impose conditions on federal grants, a coalition of 60 local governments — including the counties of Santa Clara, Alameda and San Mateo — is asking a federal judge to block the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from adding stipulations to grants that could put hundreds

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California sues Trump over $900 million in frozen funds

  • July 14, 2025

California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined officials from 23 other states and the District of Columbia in suing the federal government Monday for the release of more than $6 billion in federal education funding that they say never arrived, including $939 million for California. Bonta, a Democrat, filed the legal challenge in the U.S. District

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Binance aided Trump family’s crypto firm before founder Changpeng Zhao sought pardon – The Mercury News

  • July 11, 2025

By Zeke Faux, Muyao Shen and Anthony Cormier, Bloomberg One of the Trump family’s crypto ventures has received key behind-the-scenes help from the world’s largest digital-asset exchange, whose founder is a convicted felon now seeking a presidential pardon. Binance wrote the basic code to power USD1, a stablecoin launched by the Trumps’ World Liberty Financial

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A look at the major players in the crypto industry and their ties to Donald Trump – The Mercury News

  • June 25, 2025

By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump took office in January pledging to “make America the crypto capital of the world.” He has since harnessed wide swaths of the federal government to bolster the industry — all while raking in huge sums of money for his family’s business. By some estimates, crypto

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