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Jan 2025
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Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze

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A sudden order from the Trump administration threatens to cripple funding for organizations nationwide. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will appear for his Senate confirmation hearing today. And Kansas is witnessing one of the biggest tuberculosis outbreaks in modern American history.

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