Federal Aid (US)

• Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last? - Companies like Kairos Power are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured.
• Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States - The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
• Appeals Court Upholds Prohibition on Trump’s Medical Research Cuts - The ruling on Monday upheld a lower court’s judgment in April that the Trump administration could not drastically slash funding from the National Institutes of Health.
• Can We Really Afford to Let Health Care Get Any Worse? - With Trump’s health care cuts, I traveled to Ohio, Mississippi and Alabama — and encountered devastated families bracing for even more difficult challenges.
• Trump Upended the Federal Government. The Full Scope of the Impact Is Still Unclear. - President Trump achieved his goal of shrinking the work force. But many current and former officials say the government is less dependable and efficient than it was a year ago.
• California Drops Lawsuit Over $4 Billion Federal Cut to High-Speed Rail Project - California sued after the Trump administration cut grants for the long-planned project. The state says it will seek private investors instead.
• Trump Says ‘Housing First’ Failed the Homeless. Here’s What the Evidence Says. - The Trump administration has sought to move away from the model, which supporters call “evidence based” but opponents consider overly permissive.
• Trump Moves to Prevent Access to Gender-Related Care for Minors - Proposed new rules would pull all federal financing from hospitals that continue to provide gender treatments for adolescents.
• Trump Administration Withdraws Plan to Overhaul Homeless Aid - The abrupt decision to revise the plan added new uncertainty and possible delays into the government’s distribution of $3.9 billion in homelessness relief.
• The Business Strategy That Could Drive Up Your Grocery Bill, and Trump’s $12 Billion Bailout - Plus, a big Hollywood battle just got messier.