Funding Cuts
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A.J. Wark
With her fridge “pretty much empty,” she’s been relying on rice, canned food, and the dwindling contents of her freezer.
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Dominique Thornhill
A Pittsburgh teacher built three childcare centers with help from a federal lending program now put in limbo by the Trump administration
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Heather Slivko-Bathurst
With their health insurance premiums set to jump from $800 to $2,000, a Florida couple finds themselves in a tight spot. They’ve got plenty of company.
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Elizabeth Austin
SNAP recipients are “totally normal families. It’s not something I feel shame over, in the same way that I’m sure people in other countries don’t feel shame over having healthcare.”
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Jim Hartman
North Carolina’s Small Farmer of the Year says he “never thought I was going to lose this much money this fast.”
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Rebecca Austin
One potential casualty of Trump budget cuts: help for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking in the State of Maine.
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Jennifer Nielsen
When Elon Musk fed USAID into the “wood chipper,” Jennifer Nielsen lost a job she loved. Others, she says, will lose their lives. A vast number of others.
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Frank Davis
This Trump supporter can’t figure why the administration would cancel in-person classes at the National Fire Academy.
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Arielle Kane
She gave pre-natal advice and support for low-income women. “I thought our work was bipartisan,” Kane said after being fired.
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Elisa Lane
A family farmer counting on a USDA program to help pay for a solar-energy project. Her funding has been frozen.
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Skylar Holden
He worries about losing his cattle farm because of cuts to a program that promised to help him upgrade his water lines, wells and fencing. “I’ve already done a bunch…
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