As Trump Targets Universities, Schools Plan Their Counteroffensive

With a White House directive that threw millions of federal dollars for education and research into uncertainty, President Trump and his allies proved they were not bluffing with their campaign…

U.S. Halt to Foreign Aid Cripples Programs Worldwide

Treating H.I.V. across dozens of nations. Stopping the forced labor of Chinese workers. Training Mexican and Colombian police in anti-narcotics enforcement. Those are just a tiny sample of aid programs…

Schools Rattled as Trump Administration Demands Scrutiny of Education Programs

The Trump administration directive seeking to pause federal financial assistance seeded widespread chaos and concern across the educational landscape on Tuesday, from early childhood programs to university research efforts. At…

White House Budget Office Orders Pause in All Federal Loans and Grants

The White House budget office has ordered a pause in grants, loans and other federal financial assistance, according to a memo sent to government agencies on Monday, potentially paralyzing a…

Trump Administration Puts Dozens of USAID Officials on Paid Leave

The Trump administration placed several dozen senior officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave in response to what an official characterized as resistance to President Trump’s…

As Trump Visits North Carolina, Battered Communities Hope for More Aid

Four months after Hurricane Helene unleashed deadly flooding and landslides that killed 104 people in North Carolina communities wedged across forests and mountains, the unsettling reality of an extremely slow,…

Trump to Visit North Carolina and California, With Disaster Aid an Open Question

President Trump will take his first trip since returning to the White House on Friday to storm-ravaged North Carolina and California, which is suffering some of the most deadly and…

Trump Says States Should Manage Disasters. Former FEMA Leaders Agree.

President Trump plans to tour damage on Friday from last year’s hurricanes in North Carolina and this month’s fires in California after saying that disaster response should be shifted from…

Trump Says States Should Manage Disasters. Former FEMA Leaders Agree.

President Trump plans to tour damage on Friday from last year’s hurricanes in North Carolina and this month’s fires in California after saying that disaster response should be shifted from…

Trump Drive to Cut Safety Net Could Hit His Voters

In his first term as president, Donald J. Trump targeted what many Republicans consider blatant welfare waste — a rule that gives food stamps to millions of people with incomes…