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Trump aid spending freeze halts leading malaria vaccine programme
Global collaboration with US researchers likely to be set back by years, including on spread of drug-resistant HIV. A flagship programme to create malaria vaccines has been halted by the Trump ...The Guardian - 8h -
Trump’s Halt on Climate Spending Freezes Jobs and Stalls Projects
The pause affects billions of dollars and is delaying home repairs, factory construction and other projects, many in states that voted Republican.The New York Times - 1d -
Judge Blocks Trump’s Federal Spending Freeze in 22 states
The temporary restraining order will hold against Trump’s memo ordering a federal freeze.Inc. - 1d -
How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze
President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United States’ reliability as a global leader.The New York Times - 1d -
Judge formally blocks Trump’s federal aid freeze
A federal judge blocked President Trump’s federal aid freeze Friday, finding that Democratic state attorneys general who sued are likely to prevail in their claims that it is illegal. U.S. ...The Hill - 1d -
Beneath Trump’s Chaotic Spending Freeze: An Idea That Crosses Party Lines
There is a long, bipartisan history of attempts to rein in spending and address concerns about government inefficiencies, though the parties have grown increasingly divided about what to cut.The New York Times - 1d -
Trump aid freeze disrupts global HIV/AIDS fight
A legacy bipartisan initiative to combat HIV and AIDS in Africa is collateral damage from President Trump’s directive to halt all U.S. foreign assistance, despite efforts to exempt humanitarian ...The Hill - 2d -
Trump’s First Two Weeks Have Thrown U.S. Climate Spending Into Chaos
Executive orders and announcements by President Trump have put billions of dollars in U.S. climate commitments into question.The New York Times - 2d -
Despite Trump’s spending freeze, federal workers’ legal duties are clear
Those who continue distributing appropriated funds despite the freeze order are standing on firm legal ground.The Hill - 3d -
Thursday Briefing: Trump Reverses Spending Freeze
Plus, celebrating the Lunar New Year.The New York Times - 3d -
The Bond Market Is Flashing a Warning about Trump Tariff and Spending Plans
Fears of inflation and more debt are already making borrowing more expensive.The New York Times - 3d -
White House revokes memo freezing federal aid. Trump will try to block spending in other ways.
Democrats said the move was an unconstitutional seizure of power over the federal budget and warned of disruptions in funding to local police, domestic violence shelters, food programs and more.MarketWatch - 3d -
White House aide says spending freeze isn't being rescinded despite memo
The White House is claiming the Wednesday move by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinding a controversial order that froze a wide swath of federal financial assistance is not actually ...The Hill - 3d -
White House rescinds attempt to freeze federal aid spending
The Trump administration has rescinded an order attempting to put a widespread freeze on federal aid spending. NBC News' Ryan Nobles reports from Capitol Hill on the order and the initial confusion ...NBC News - 3d -
Trump's aid freeze frozen
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Biden-appointed judge holds up Trump aid freeze A federal judge blocked President ...The Hill - 4d -
Trump’s spending freeze roils Capitol Hill
The Trump administration’s expansive freeze on federal grants and other executive spending roiled Washington on Tuesday, drawing howls from Democrats — and a few well-placed Republicans — who say ...The Hill - 4d -
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump plan to pause federal aid spending
A federal district judge on Tuesday issued a one-week administrative stay in a case challenging the Trump administration’s plan to freeze federal aid. The Trump administration says its plan to ...NBC News - 4d -
A Judge Temporarily Blocked Trump’s Spending Freeze
Also, the U.S. urged its citizens to leave Congo. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.The New York Times - 4d -
How the Trump Administration Is Scrutinizing Federal Spending
A sweeping directive from the Office of Management and Budget requires federal agencies to subject hundreds of grant programs to ideological litmus tests.The New York Times - 4d -
Does Trump Have the Power to Block Spending That Congress Has Authorized?
The White House’s temporary pause on trillions in federal spending could set up a court fight over executive authority and Congress’s control of the purse.The New York Times - 4d -
Democrats to hold ‘emergency’ meeting on Trump’s spending freeze
House Democratic leaders have arranged an “emergency” meeting of the full caucus on Wednesday in response to President Trump’s decision to freeze a large chunk of federal spending. The meeting, ...The Hill - 4d -
Faced by Trump’s Interest in Greenland, Denmark Will Increase Military Spending in Arctic
The prime minister does a European tour while announcing more spending on security around the island, following President Trump’s stated desire to have Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory, ...The New York Times - 4d -
Denmark increasing military spending amid Trump Greenland acquisition talk
Denmark this week announced a $2 billion security package for Greenland, making another large commitment to the defense of the Arctic nation as President Trump repeatedly calls to acquire the ...The Hill - 5d -
Lithuania and Estonia pledge to meet Donald Trump’s 5% target on defence spending
EU states to boost military plans as they deal with Russia’s invasion of UkraineFinancial Times - 6d -
Trump spends first week building a framework for his mass deportations vow
President Donald Trump is closing out the week with military troops on the border, empowered immigration officers kicking off arrests and raids, and more immigrants at risk of deportation as part ...NBC News - Jan. 25 -
Trump bans funding for groups that aid abortion overseas
President Trump signed an order reinstating what's known as the Mexico City Policy. Critics say it will cut funding essential for health care in developing nations.CBS News - Jan. 24 -
Trump threatens to withhold wildfire aid for California
Firefighters are still working to contain blazes that have erupted in Southern California. Tom LoBianco, national politics reporter for 24sight News, and Maeve Reston, national political reporter ...CBS News - Jan. 24 -
A look at Trump's NATO spending targets
Presented by Lockheed Martin — The U.S. spends around 3 percent of economic output on defense {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Unpacking Trump's push ...The Hill - Jan. 24 -
With the knives out on development spending, have we reached ‘peak aid’? | Nilima Gulrajani and Jessica Pudussery
From Trump’s Project 2025 to a huge aid cut by the Dutch, donors are turning their backs on the developing world. Foreign aid spending reached a record high of $223bn (£180bn) in 2023, new figures ...The Guardian - Jan. 23 -
Why Trump may need big companies to spend less on stock buybacks
Tech companies have gone big on stock buybacks, but the industry may need to spend more on capital expenditures to realize the president’s economic goals.MarketWatch - Jan. 22 -
Stirewalt: Will Trump invest his political capital or spend it?
Do you feel like “sunlight is pouring over the entire world?” It probably depends on whether you voted for the man who offered those sentiments about his own reascendance to the presidency this ...The Hill - Jan. 21 -
Trump floats adding Los Angeles aid to reconciliation bill
President-elect Trump floated the idea Thursday of including federal aid to Los Angeles in the wake of deadly fires as part of a massive reconciliation package, suggesting that doing so would win ...The Hill - Jan. 16 -
Vought nomination signals bruising spending wars under Trump
The Senate’s confirmation hearing of Russell Vought, one of Washington’s staunchest advocates for cutting spending, offered a preview Wednesday of the bruising spending wars likely to consume ...The Hill - Jan. 16 -
Newsom concerned Trump will try to withhold California aid
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) raised concerns about the possibility of President-elect Trump withholding federal disaster aid to the state amid the ongoing wildfires in the greater Los Angeles ...The Hill - Jan. 13 -
House Republicans and Trump discuss tying California wildfire aid to debt ceiling
The current California fires could become the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.Politico - Jan. 13 -
Poland backs Trump on raising Nato spending to 5% of GDP
Warsaw is closest to reaching new target, but laggards will take ‘decade’, says Polish defence ministerFinancial Times - Jan. 12 -
Trump announces newest White House aide nominees
President-elect Trump announced several new picks for White House positions in a series of Saturday Truth Social posts. Early in the evening, the incoming president said Steven Gill Bradbury would ...The Hill - Jan. 12 -
How Trump’s Greenland Plan Could Hit Ozempic, Legos and Hearing Aids
Putting tariffs on Denmark unless it cedes the island of Greenland could hurt access to a few key products, including popular medicines.The New York Times - Jan. 9