UNAIDS says millions across the world lost access to treatment and preventive care due to financial shortfalls. The United Nations agency for combating AIDS has announced that global funding disruptions for treatment and prevention programmes are leaving millions of people without access to care. In a report released on Tuesday, UNAIDS said the global response […]
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Government funding deal would reverse some of Trump’s mass federal worker firings
Despite President Donald Trump says Democrats are “not getting much” in the government funding deal the House is set to vote on Wednesday, it does include a provision that would reverse the firings of thousands federal workers that he carried out during the shutdown. Nevertheless, Trump has said he’ll “abide” by the deal the Senate […]
Government shutdown updates: Senate passes government funding bill
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wouldn’t say if he was disappointed in the eight Senate Democrats who voted with Republicans to advance the Senate funding plan when pressed by ABC’s Jay O’Brien. “I am focused on the American people,” he said in a gaggle in the Capitol. “This is a real issue. Does anyone not […]
Trump demands supreme court intervene after judges reject bid to halt Snap funding | US federal government shutdown 2025
The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown, and was denied later the same day. Now, the administration must continue to follow the orders of a lower court. Moments after that ruling came […]
SNAP funding; NYC mayor race with Cuomo and Mamdani : NPR
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories President Trump has shown little interest in negotiating with Democrats to end the government shutdown. He spent the weekend in Florida, one […]
Government shutdown updates: With SNAP funding set to lapse Trump calls for eliminating filibuster ‘NOW’ to end shutdown
As Americans enrolled in Obamacare begin to look up the price of their coverage for 2026, some enrollees like Beth Dryer in Norfolk, Virginia, are realizing they have no other option than to cancel it altogether. Dryer is the executive director of 757 Creative ReUse Center, and in 2015 she was paying just shy of […]