Actor Javier Muñoz and drag performer Peppermint are urging Congress not to reduce HIV-related federal funding, warning lawmakers that proposed budget cuts could result in a return to the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s. The two activists visited Capitol Hill this week ahead of the House Appropriations Committee’s upcoming vote on the fiscal year 2026 funding bill.
Nonprofits that cater to illegal aliens are facing massive financial shortfalls after losing federal subsidies cut by the Trump administration. Groups that once depended on taxpayer funding to provide housing, food, education, and legal services to border crossers are now pleading with private donors to stay afloat.
During a White House cabinet meeting Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that states and municipalities issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants risk losing access to federal funding for infrastructure projects under the Trump administration's renewed enforcement of immigration law.
