The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up, with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.
The proposal would cut off rental subsidies after two years for able-bodied adults. Advocates warn if enacted, the White House plan would tip many low-income renters over the edge into homelessness.
On the May 2 edition: Democrats rally in Republican stronghold; 2 incarcerated women sue over Georgia's cash bail law; and sea turtle nesting season is underway.
Germany's domestic intelligence agency has formally designated the Alternative for Germany party as extremist, a move likely to further isolate the country's largest opposition party.
The Trump administration has decimated an agency responsible for carrying out much of the research and prevention efforts to curb exposure to dangerous substances and situations in the workplace.
Hundreds of workers and union members gathered at the state Capitol; Georgia pilot program aims to aid assault victims; coastal Georgia's sea turtle nesting season is officially underway.
Erin Patterson hosted several of her estranged husband's relatives for lunch in July 2023. Within days, three of them were dead of mushroom poisoning. She denies deliberately poisoning them.
Workers across industries unionized and not unionized gathered at the Georgia state Capitol to demand better treatment, better pay, and more respect from their employers.
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The White House is proposing average cuts of 35% to agencies — except for the Pentagon and Homeland Security. Actual spending cuts though are up to Congress.
