Today on TAP: The OMB director says that if Democrats don’t cave, he will do mass layoffs. Imagine that.
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Democrats Offer a (Partial) No Kings Budget
Provisions in the counteroffer to a continuing resolution would prevent illegal withholding of funds and partisan budget cuts.
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Russ Vought’s Scheme Has Been Unmasked
Hundreds of billions in appropriated spending has been withheld, with dire consequences. Government funding shouldn’t be derailed like this.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
When Federal Funding Doesn’t Show Up
The Trump administration has denied legally obligated funds to thousands of organizations dependent on federal grants, causing layoffs, service cuts, and mass anxiety.
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The NIH Funding Wars
Today on TAP: Are Republican senators more loyal to Trump, or to their home-state economies?
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Trump Attacks Child Care for the Most Vulnerable
It turns out that you can’t just turn the government off and then back on again.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Will Trump Continue to Defy Court Orders?
As long as nobody will stop him, why wouldn’t he?
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What Trump Could Learn From Hitler on NIH Funding
Even the Führer knew to support German science, and not just for war. Why is Trump trying to destroy America’s great research universities?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Federal Funding Must Flow
With Medicaid at risk, state officials could help put the brakes on DOGE and the chaos generated in Washington, but only with some decisive pushback.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Illegal Executive Spending Decisions Are Happening Now
With the rightful concern about collapsing the U.S. payment system, we’ve lost sight of the illegality happening in real time: presidential impoundment of funds for disfavored causes.