July 25, 2025

national politics

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

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

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

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

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

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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Crypto

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

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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Crypto

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

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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Crypto

Senate rejects effort to block arms sales over Trump’s dealings with Qatar and UAE

By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have blocked an effort by Democrats to temporarily block arms sales to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in response to President Donald Trump’s dealings in the region. Democrats forced two procedural votes Wednesday to protest Qatar’s donation of a $400 million plane to be used

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Investors

Tesla stock plunges as Musk’s feud with Trump spooks investors

By BERNARD CONDON, Associated Press Investors bought hundreds of billions of dollars of Tesla stock after Donald Trump was elected on a bet that politics were more important that profits. In three hours Thursday, they learned yet again how dangerous that gamble could be. Shares of Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker plunged more than 14%

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Investors

Can Trump fix the national debt? Senators, Musk have doubts

By JOSH BOAK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and even Elon Musk that he won’t bury the federal government in debt with his multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package. The response so far from financial markets has been skeptical as Trump seems unable to

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