Funding

A new report shows that the two largest teachers unions in the United States—the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)—have funneled more than $43.5 million into far-left groups and Democrat-aligned PACs since 2022. The findings, based on Department of Labor filings, were published last week by conservative watchdog group Defending Education.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced the cancellation of nearly $5 billion in foreign aid funding.

The Trump administration has terminated a federal grant to California’s sex education program after the state refused to strip gender ideology from its curriculum. The grant, issued under the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP), was worth over $6 million between 2020 and 2023 and targeted youth ages 10 to 19.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte shut five Northern California clinics due to Medicaid defunding under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.

An NPR whistleblower says the outlet’s embrace of fringe progressivism alienated audiences, leading to a funding crisis.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is set to become the most heavily funded law enforcement agency in U.S. history, surpassing the FBI.

Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced a $101 million fund to rebuild fire-devastated areas of Los Angeles. The fund is specifically intended for the "development of affordable multifamily rental housing."

Oregon State Hospital, the state’s highest-security psychiatric facility, has distributed dozens of sex toys to patients using taxpayer dollars. In 2024 alone, 65 sex toys were provided at a total cost of $2,900. In the prior year, 42 similar items were handed out. The hospital houses patients deemed unfit to stand trial or found guilty except for insanity, including individuals charged with violent and sexual crimes.

House Republicans have subpoenaed two current and former ActBlue officials as part of an investigation into what they describe as “widespread” fraud on the Democratic Party’s primary fundraising platform. The subpoenas, obtained by The New York Post, target a current senior workflow specialist and former Vice President of Customer Service Alyssa Twomey.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined a coalition of 23 Democrat-led states backing lawsuits filed by National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) aimed at blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order to cut federal funding to public media. The lawsuits argue that eliminating taxpayer support will harm emergency broadcasting services and educational programming, particularly in rural and tribal areas.