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Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley executive Director Sister Norma Pimentel says any cuts in funding will have major impacts on the help they give. However, some RGV residents have ...

On Tuesday Catholic Charities USA President and CEO Kerry Alys Robinson released a statement arguing against the proposed halt in federal financial assistance. “For more than a century ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The White House on Tuesday began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who ...

The Trump administration is offering nearly all federal workers the opportunity to resign from their posts now and still retain full pay and benefits through Sept. 30. The notice, sent via an ...

President Donald Trump's administration is offering federal workers the chance to take a "deferred resignation," which would mean they agree now to resign but get paid through September.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked ...

The Trump administration's "temporary pause" on federal grant and loan awards sparked a range of reactions from rank-and-file workers within the federal government, from frustration to outright ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars and cause disruptions in health care research, education ...

President Donald Trump’s federal funding pause threatens more than $1 trillion that flows to states, cities and other local governments, putting everything from transit infrastructure to housing ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to ...