Charities criticise 'distressing' cuts to adoption fund

The amount of funding families can access to pay for therapy for adopted children has been cut by 40%.

BBC News - 21h

Universities sue over Energy Department research funding cuts

A group of universities — including Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — and education groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to halt the Department of Energy's cuts ...

NBC News - 1d

Spaced Out: Spending Cuts Could Hurt Startups

Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and the head of DOGE, could be cutting off funds for new companies in his own industry.

Inc. - 4d

Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half

The draft plan is part of a process involving the agency and the White House. It would eliminate almost all funding for international organizations that include the United Nations and NATO.

The New York Times - 1d

Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding

Universities, as well as many charities and religious groups, are exempted from paying federal income taxes.

BBC News - 19h

Michael Schumacher signs F1 race helmet with aid of his wife Corinna

The helmet, signed by every living world champion, will raise funds for Sir Jackie Stewart’s Race Against Dementia charity

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says

The victims died on a grueling three-hour walk in scorching heat as they tried to reach the nearest remaining health facility, officials of Save the Children said.

The New York Times - 5d

Harvard faculty sue Trump administration over funding cuts threat

Harvard University faculty sued the Trump administration on Friday over a federal assessment of the school's spending amid allegations of their “failure” to protect students from antisemitism. The ...

The Hill - 3d

Professors sue Trump administration over Harvard funding cuts

Resistance by faculty, students and staff to intensifying attacks on higher education institutions grows

Financial Times - 2d

Harvard will not comply with Trump demands amid threats of funding cuts

While Paige Bueckers is expected to do well in the WNBA draft, she also just signed a deal with another league many pros play in during the offseason that pays more in one year than a rookie deal ...

NBC News - 1d

Haiti's government adopts a 'war budget' as town after town falls to gangs

Haiti’s government says it's adopted what it called a “war budget” of $275,000 aimed at alleviating the country’s crisis as gang violence surges

ABC News - 1d

Share of domestic postgraduate researchers hits record low in England

Cuts to PhD funding have caused UK student intake to shrink, data shows

Financial Times - 3d

Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US

The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance

ABC News - 2d

Jewish groups condemn 'false choice' as Trump targets universities, students

A coalition of Jewish groups is criticizing the Trump administration for actions it has taken at U.S. universities, saying the stripping of student visas and cutting of grant funding creates a ...

The Hill - 19h

Harvard Professors Sue Trump Administration Over Threat to Federal Funds

The administration is reviewing about $9 billion in federal funding that the university receives.

The New York Times - 3d

Trump questions Harvard's tax-exempt status after funding freeze

The federal government has frozen $2.2 billion in funding for the Ivy League school.

CBS News - 19h

No distress call before plane with 6 aboard crashed in New York: NTSB

A former NCAA soccer star, her partner and several family members were killed in the crash, according to a statement from her family.

CBS News - 2d

Challenge to Trump’s Tariffs Funded by Groups Linked to Charles Koch and Leonard Leo

The legal organization behind a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s tariffs is funded by groups linked to Charles Koch and Leonard A. Leo.

The New York Times - 4d

Sports teams adopt tactile tech for blind and low-vision fans

Professional sports teams are partnering with startups to introduce technology for blind and visually impaired fans to better experience live games.

CNBC - 3d

Hungary poised to adopt constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatherings

The controversial amendment also recognises only two sexes, providing a basis for denying other gender identities . Hungarian lawmakers are expected to vote in a controversial constitutional ...

The Guardian - 2d

Afghanistan women's team gets funding from the International Cricket Council

Afghan women cricketers will finally get high-level support in a bid to rejoin international competition after the sport’s world governing body created a taskforce to coordinate direct funding, ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Trump pulls $2B in funding after Harvard rejects his DEI demands

Harvard is being hit with a $2 billion funding freeze after rejecting a list of demands from the Trump White House to make sweeping changes, including shutting down DEI programs and sharing all ...

NBC News - 1d

Top pension funds cool on US

Plus, Treasury market turmoil, gold surges, and David Hockney at Paris’s Fondation Vuitton

Financial Times - 2d

‘Trump Tax’? Business Owners Are Mulling Tariff Surcharges, and Reminders of Who Is to Blame

Small business owners are increasingly adopting special charges to offset higher costs from tariffs.

Inc. - 1d

Proposed NASA Budget Cuts ‘Would Decimate American Leadership in Space’

The approximate 20 percent budget cut could force the closure of the Goddard Space Flight Center and would see projects such as the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope scrapped.

Wired - 4d

How Health and Human Safety Department cuts could affect your health

In his first network TV interview since becoming Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat down with Dr. Jon LaPook. Kennedy said he was not familiar with cuts to programs that ...

CBS News - 3d

GM cutting jobs, idling Canadian electric van plant due to 'market demand'

General Motors is cutting production of its all-electric delivery vans at a plant in Canada ahead of idling the facility through much of this year.

CNBC - 4d

Tottenham's 'ludicrous defending' has 'become a habit'

Former Premier League striker Dion Dublin has criticised Tottenham's "incredibly poor" defending and organisation against Wolves, which saw Ange Postecoglou's ship four goals and fall to their 17th ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

When Elected Leaders Pursue Risky Policies, What Can Stop Them?

President Trump issued a partial, temporary reprieve on tariffs that had sent the stock market tumbling. He did so only after U.S. government bonds showed signs of distress.

The New York Times - 1d

Shane Lowry doesn't want to talk about Rory, then talks about Rory before cutting interview short

Boiling after back-to-back bogeys to end his third round of the Masters, Lowry cut his interview short on Saturday while saying he wished he'd had 30 minutes to cool off.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

‘Electoral wake-up call’: dozens of Labour MPs risk losing majorities over welfare cuts

New data shows cabinet ministers among MPs at risk as campaign to pressure government over proposed benefit cuts to step up. At least 80 Labour MPs are at risk of losing their majorities over ...

The Guardian - 2d

I held power of attorney for my late brother. Can I withdraw money from his bank account to give to his favorite charity?

‘He honestly believed the power of attorney was also the beneficiary of this account, so a beneficiary was not listed’

MarketWatch - 2d

57-year-old bridal store owner cuts own salary to handle Trump's China tariffs: 'I see a retail meteor heading towards' the U.S.

Penny Bowers-Schebal, owner of wedding dress shop Formality Bridal, says she cut her salary and must likely raise prices due to the President's tariffs on China.

CNBC - 4d

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