{"id":843559,"date":"2025-04-25T21:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T02:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/trump-forward-budget-proposal-imperiling-medicaid-narrowly-passes-in-republican-led-house-live\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T21:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T02:12:16","slug":"trump-forward-budget-proposal-imperiling-medicaid-narrowly-passes-in-republican-led-house-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/trump-forward-budget-proposal-imperiling-medicaid-narrowly-passes-in-republican-led-house-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-forward budget proposal imperiling Medicaid narrowly passes in Republican-led House \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"liveblog-body\"><gu-island name=\"EnhancePinnedPost\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{}\"><\/gu-island><\/p>\n<div id=\"pinned-post\" data-gu-marker=\"pinned-post\" data-component=\"pinned-post\">\n<header>\n<h2>Trump-forward budget proposal imperiling Medicaid narrowly passes in Republican-led House<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>The House narrowly passed the budget resolution by a 217-215 vote after an intense push by Mike Johnson, the speaker, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The budget plan includes an estimated $800bn in potential cuts from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/medicaid\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Medicaid<\/a>, a federal program providing healthcare coverage to more than 72 million Americans. The resolution also includes a $4.5tn in tax cuts and increased funding for defense and border security, offset by $2tn in spending reductions over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>The budget measure needed to pass by the 14 March deadline or risk a government shutdown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><gu-island name=\"KeyEventsCarousel\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{\"keyEvents\":[{\"id\":\"67be7d758f088ae18909c407\",\"elements\":[{\"_type\":\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement\",\"html\":\"\n\n<p>Our live coverage is ending now. In the meantime, you can find all of our live US politics coverage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\">here<\/a>. Here is a summary of the key developments from today:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;b126e21b-eec7-4ca1-9567-6c765fcd28bf&#8221;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>A Trump-forward budget proposal imperiling Medicaid narrowly passed in the Republican-led House. <\/strong>The budget plan includes an estimated $800bn in potential cuts from Medicaid, a federal program providing healthcare coverage to more than 72 million Americans. The resolution also includes a $4.5tn in tax cuts and increased funding for defense and border security, offset by $2tn in spending reductions over the next decade.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>Nearly 6,000 veterans have been fired across the federal government since the start of Donald Trump\u2019s term, according to a new analysis by House Democrats. <\/strong>The report, compiled from data provided by the office of personnel management, estimates that roughly 38,000 federal workers have been fired since Trump took office last month and empowered <strong>Elon Musk\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018efficiency\u2019 agency to dramatically reduce the federal workforce.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>Trump has said that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to visit the White House on Friday to sign a rare earth minerals deal to pay for US military aid to defend against Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion. <\/strong>The announcement followed days of tense negotiations between the US and Ukraine in which Zelenskyy alleged the US was pressuring him to sign a deal worth more than $500bn that would force \u201cten generations\u201d of Ukrainians to pay it back.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>Trump reinstated a rule requiring cost transparency in healthcare. <\/strong>The rule requires hospitals to publish online the prices for some of their most common services, including MRI scans and caesarean section deliveries. 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It applies to work done before 13 February, when the judge issued his earlier temporary restraining order.<\/p>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<p>It was the third time Ali had ordered the administration officials to release foreign aid funds that were frozen after Donald Trump ordered a 90-day pause on all foreign aid, throwing global humanitarian relief efforts into chaos.<\/p>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<p>Plaintiffs in the lawsuit have said they will have to shut down completely if they are not paid soon. 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Failure to respond a second time will result in termination,\u201d Musk said on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;fc37e968-6d6e-4ad1-88ed-07002caf3c45&#8243;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\">Donald Trump<\/a> had spoken in support of the demand<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;ed3525b7-d544-4b10-861c-e8137d3380db&#8221;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy asking the question, tell us what you did this week, what he\u2019s doing is saying, are you actually working?\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;5bd3c630-ce14-4560-8c7f-2846f8bd7464&#8243;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But the ultimatum had already run into resistance with the FBI, the state department and the Pentagon among the agencies instructing employees not to answer the message. Other department heads advised staff to comply, while some told workers to wait for further guidance before responding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;7f93eb20-e18b-49a0-97a3-23dad5030f8a&#8221;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys for federal workers said in a lawsuit Musk had violated the law with his weekend demand. An updated lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in California and was provided to the Associated Press, is trying to block mass layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;f2ce32e1-dbc7-412c-b0d7-f3568ab354db&#8221;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In other developments:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;718a181e-f424-44e6-b5d4-2e2b8cf74f9d&#8221;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine as part of a potential deal to end the three-year war. <\/strong>Trump was speaking alongside French president Emmanuel Macron at the White House as the leaders sought to smooth over a transatlantic rift to achieve peace.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>The Trump-Macron meeting came as the US voted against a United Nations resolution condemning Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine<\/strong>, siding with countries such as North Korea, Belarus and Sudan over European allies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>Trump said the US and Ukraine are \u201cvery close\u201d to coming to terms on a rare earth minerals agreement<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2025\/feb\/24\/elon-musk-email-donald-trump-us-government-latest-live-politics-news?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-67bcb7a48f08692d35c6e578#block-67bcb7a48f08692d35c6e578\">in comments made<\/a> during a visit from French president Emmanuel Macron amid European concerns over the US position on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>A federal judge on Monday denied a request by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/associated-press\">Associated Press<\/a> to immediately restore full access to presidential events for the news agency\u2019s journalists, <\/strong>but said the issue required more exploration before ruling. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a> barred the outlet earlier this month for continuing to refer to the Gulf of Mexico in its coverage after the president renamed it the \u201cGulf of America\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>A federal judge<\/strong> <strong>has blocked the government downsizing team Doge from accessing sensitive data maintained by the US education department and the US office of personnel management.<\/strong> US district judge <strong>Deborah Boardman<\/strong> in Greenbelt, Maryland issued the temporary restraining order at the behest of a coalition of labour unions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>A federal judge has extended protections for trans women in prison.<\/strong> The judge, who blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons from carrying out Donald Trump\u2019s executive order that would have transferred three incarcerated trans women into men\u2019s facilities earlier this month, has extended protections for nine additional women.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>A federal judge blocked immigration agents from conducting enforcement operations in houses of worship for some religious groups<\/strong>, the Associated Press reported. US district judge <strong>Theodore Chang<\/strong> found that the Trump administration policy could violate their religious freedom and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2025\/feb\/24\/elon-musk-email-donald-trump-us-government-latest-live-politics-news?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-67bcb98c8f089fd18e47c895#block-67bcb98c8f089fd18e47c895\">should be blocked<\/a> while a lawsuit challenging it plays out.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p>Former Republican presidential candidate <strong>Vivek Ramaswamy<\/strong> has launched his campaign for Ohio governor.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;9fddc109-5fbf-49cb-aeb7-65fbd80fc6e5&#8243;}],&#8221;attributes&#8221;:{&#8220;pinned&#8221;:false,&#8221;keyEvent&#8221;:true,&#8221;summary&#8221;:false},&#8221;blockCreatedOn&#8221;:1740482610000,&#8221;blockCreatedOnDisplay&#8221;:&#8221;06.23\u00a0EST&#8221;,&#8221;blockLastUpdated&#8221;:1740482596000,&#8221;blockLastUpdatedDisplay&#8221;:&#8221;06.23\u00a0EST&#8221;,&#8221;blockFirstPublished&#8221;:1740482610000,&#8221;blockFirstPublishedDisplay&#8221;:&#8221;06.23\u00a0EST&#8221;,&#8221;blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone&#8221;:&#8221;06.23&#8243;,&#8221;title&#8221;:&#8221;Amid pushback, Musk threatens federal workers with sacking if they fail to reply to email&#8221;,&#8221;contributors&#8221;:[],&#8221;primaryDateLine&#8221;:&#8221;Tue 25 Feb 2025 21.51 EST&#8221;,&#8221;secondaryDateLine&#8221;:&#8221;First published on Tue 25 Feb 2025 06.23 EST&#8221;}],&#8221;filterKeyEvents&#8221;:false,&#8221;id&#8221;:&#8221;key-events-carousel-mobile&#8221;,&#8221;absoluteServerTimes&#8221;:false,&#8221;renderingTarget&#8221;:&#8221;Web&#8221;}&#8221;><span id=\"key-events-carousel-mobile\"><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p>Key events<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/gu-island><gu-island name=\"FilterKeyEventsToggle\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{\"filterKeyEvents\":false,\"id\":\"filter-toggle-mobile\"}\"><span id=\"filter-toggle-mobile\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><label id=\"src-component-22327_description\" data-component=\"filter-key-events\" data-link-name=\"filter-key-events-on\">Show key events only<\/p>\n<p><span>Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/label><\/p>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/span><\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be7d758f088ae18909c407\">\n<header>\n<h2>Closing summary<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>Our live coverage is ending now. In the meantime, you can find all of our live US politics coverage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">here<\/a>. Here is a summary of the key developments from today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>A Trump-forward budget proposal imperiling Medicaid narrowly passed in the Republican-led House. <\/strong>The budget plan includes an estimated $800bn in potential cuts from Medicaid, a federal program providing healthcare coverage to more than 72 million Americans. The resolution also includes a $4.5tn in tax cuts and increased funding for defense and border security, offset by $2tn in spending reductions over the next decade.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Nearly 6,000 veterans have been fired across the federal government since the start of Donald Trump\u2019s term, according to a new analysis by House Democrats. <\/strong>The report, compiled from data provided by the office of personnel management, estimates that roughly 38,000 federal workers have been fired since Trump took office last month and empowered <strong>Elon Musk\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018efficiency\u2019 agency to dramatically reduce the federal workforce.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Trump has said that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to visit the White House on Friday to sign a rare earth minerals deal to pay for US military aid to defend against Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion. <\/strong>The announcement followed days of tense negotiations between the US and Ukraine in which Zelenskyy alleged the US was pressuring him to sign a deal worth more than $500bn that would force \u201cten generations\u201d of Ukrainians to pay it back.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Trump reinstated a rule requiring cost transparency in healthcare. <\/strong>The rule requires hospitals to publish online the prices for some of their most common services, including MRI scans and caesarean section deliveries. The lack of transparency has often left patients shocked by medical bills.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Trump signed an executive order instructing the commerce secretary to launch an investigation into whether foreign copper production and imports threaten US economic and national security. <\/strong>According to White House officials, the investigation could lead to new tariffs on foreign copper, a material essential to manufacturing and construction, as well as critical to the US military and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>\u2018More than one million\u2019 federal workers have responded to Elon Musk\/Doge\u2019s ultimatum email, the White House has claimed.<\/strong> Trump\u2019s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, also said agency heads will \u201cdetermine the best practices\u201d for dealing with the \u2018what did you do last week\u2019 email in terms of whether people should respond and who, if anyone, would get fired. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/doge\/federal-workers-agencies-push-back-elon-musks-email-ultimatum-rcna193439\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">NBC News reported<\/a> that responses to the email will reportedly be fed into an artificial intelligence system to determine whether their jobs are necessary.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>In a significant shift of journalistic power, the White House press team will now decide which journalists and media outlets will make up the White House press pool.<\/strong> Leavitt said legacy outlets will still be allowed to join and participate in the press pool, but the \u201cprivilege\u201d will also be extended to \u201cnew voices\u201d from \u201cwell-deserving outlets\u201d. It builds on the decision to revoke the Associated Press\u2019s full access to presidential events over its continued use of \u201cGulf of Mexico\u201d as opposed to \u201cGulf of America\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Some 40% of the federal contracts <\/strong><strong> the Trump administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren\u2019t expected to save the government any money, the administration\u2019s own data shows.<\/strong> Doge last week published an initial list of 1,125 contracts that it terminated in recent weeks across the federal government. Data published on Doge\u2019s \u201cwall of receipts\u201d shows that more than one-third of the contract cancellations, 417 in all, are expected to yield no savings.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, more than 20 civil service employees resigned from Doge, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to \u201cdismantle critical public services<\/strong>. \u201cWe swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the constitution across presidential administrations,\u201d the 21 staffers wrote in a joint resignation letter, a copy of which was obtained by the Associated Press. \u201cHowever, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>A federal judge in Seattle blocked the Trump administration\u2019s effort to halt the nation\u2019s refugee admissions system. <\/strong>US district judge Jamal Whitehead said in his ruling after the hearing on Tuesday that the president\u2019s actions amounted to an \u201ceffective nullification of congressional will\u201d in setting up the nation\u2019s refugee admissions program. \u201cThe president has substantial discretion &#8230; to suspend refugee admissions,\u201d Whitehead told the parties. \u201cBut that authority is not limitless.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>A US judge extended an order blocking the Trump administration from instituting a sweeping freeze on trillions of dollars in federal funding by pausing grants, loans and other financial support. <\/strong>US district judge Loren AliKhan in Washington wrote that while some funds had become unfrozen since she first temporarily blocked the administration\u2019s spending pause, there remained a risk the administration might again try to shut off funding. The judge said for those reasons she agreed with groups representing nonprofits and small business that a preliminary injunction was necessary blocking a further funding freeze.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>A federal judge in Washington has ordered the Trump administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients by 11.59pm on Wednesday night<\/strong>, saying there was no sign that it had taken any steps to comply with his earlier order that the funds be unfrozen.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>The Senate confirmed Daniel Driscoll, an Iraq war veteran and adviser to JD Vance, as secretary of the army.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<article id=\"block-67be77a58f08a7620e84b523\">\n<header><\/header>\n<p>The tax cut proposals in this GOP budget blueprint passed on Tuesday center on $4.5tn in tax breaks, which would extend the tax cuts Trump implemented during his first term.<\/p>\n<p>These tax cuts are currently set to expire later this year and the proposed package aims to prolong them. But the details of how these tax breaks would be structured haven\u2019t been specified yet.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s tax cuts helped billionaires massively during his first term, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2019\/oct\/09\/trump-tax-cuts-helped-billionaires-pay-less\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">the richest families in the US paying a lower tax rate than the working class<\/a> for the first time in history in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Several lawmakers are concerned that the proposed cuts \u2013 especially the $880bn over the next decade assigned to the committee overseeing healthcare spending, including Medicaid, and the $230bn allocated to the agriculture committee responsible for food stamps \u2013 could hinder their constituents back home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe House Republican budget will make people sicker and poorer,\u201d said <strong>Ken Martin<\/strong>, chair of the Democratic National Committee. \u201cIt will force even more families to live paycheck to paycheck while giving the wealthiest Americans a windfall big enough to buy a new private jet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next steps involve weeks of committee hearings to draft the full legislative text, as well as negotiations with the Senate, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/republicans\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Republicans<\/a> have their own scaled-back version.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be75108f088ae18909c3d4\">\n<header><\/header>\n<p>Undocumented immigrants in the US who fail to register with the federal government could face fines, imprisonment, or both, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/02\/25\/secretary-noem-announces-agency-will-enforce-laws-penalize-aliens-country-illegally\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">directive<\/a> issued Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Trump administration<\/a> will enforce all our immigration laws \u2013 we will not pick and choose which laws we will enforce,\u201d a DHS spokesperson said. \u201cWe must know who is in our country for the safety and security of our homeland and all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services website, all immigrants over the age of 14 who were not fingerprinted or registered when applying for a US visa and who remain in the country for 30 days or longer must register and be fingerprinted.<\/p>\n<p>Once registered and fingerprinted, DHS will provide evidence of registration, which immigrants over the age of 18 are required to carry at all times.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, upon returning to office, <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> declared illegal immigration at the US-Mexico border a national emergency and directed DHS to ensure that immigrants register with the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>The administration is also working to end the Biden-era CBP One entry program, which allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants to legally enter the US by scheduling appointments through an app.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be70328f08a7620e84b4ed\">\n<header>\n<h2>Trump-forward budget proposal imperiling Medicaid narrowly passes in Republican-led House<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>The House narrowly passed the budget resolution by a 217-215 vote after an intense push by Mike Johnson, the speaker, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The budget plan includes an estimated $800bn in potential cuts from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/medicaid\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Medicaid<\/a>, a federal program providing healthcare coverage to more than 72 million Americans. The resolution also includes a $4.5tn in tax cuts and increased funding for defense and border security, offset by $2tn in spending reductions over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>The budget measure needed to pass by the 14 March deadline or risk a government shutdown.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be6c398f088ae18909c388\">\n<header><\/header>\n<p><strong>The Social Security Administration said on Tuesday that it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/news\/press\/releases\/2025\/#2025-02-25\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">dissolved its <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/news\/press\/releases\/2025\/#2025-02-25\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">office of <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/news\/press\/releases\/2025\/#2025-02-25\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">civil <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/news\/press\/releases\/2025\/#2025-02-25\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">rights and <\/a><\/strong><strong><a 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other agency offices \u201cto ensure compliance with existing legal authorities\u201d.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be670c8f08a7620e84b4ba\">\n<header>\n<h2>Nearly 6,000 veterans have been fired across the federal government since the start of Trump\u2019s term, according to a new analysis by House Democrats.<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/uploads\/2023\/05\/25\/Lauren_Gambino.png?width=300&#038;quality=85&#038;auto=format&#038;fit=max&#038;s=3833532f3081d9984bd879152f17b9f6\" alt=\"Lauren Gambino\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Lauren Gambino<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>The report, compiled from data provided by the office of personnel management, estimates that roughly 38,000 federal workers have been fired since Trump took office last month and empowered Elon Musk\u2019s \u2018efficiency\u2019 agency to dramatically reduce the federal workforce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur veterans make significant sacrifices in service of our country, but those sacrifices do not seem to matter to President Trump and unchecked billionaire Elon Musk,\u201d Congresswoman <strong>Rosa DeLauro, <\/strong>ranking member of the House appropriations committee, said in a statement. \u201cThey are an essential part of our federal workforce, bringing their expertise to every single agency. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/republicans\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Republicans<\/a> are turning their back on them, allowing Musk to fire at least 6,000 veterans and leave them with no way to feed their families or keep a roof over their heads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have countered that the cuts are a necessary part of a long-overdue effort to root out government waste and inefficiency.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government is the largest US employer of veterans, who comprise about 30% of the workforce.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be62cc8f088d56d29bf87f\">\n<header>\n<h2>Trump says Zelenskyy set to visit 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Ukrainian oil and gas resources.<\/p>\n<p>A framework for the deal included joint ownership of a fund to develop Ukraine\u2019s mineral resources with certain caveats for those resources already contributing to the state budget.<\/p>\n<p><em>More on the story here:<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"104c0cdf-2dea-4431-b1a4-633bbf5320d6\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{\"richLinkIndex\":8,\"element\":{\"_type\":\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\",\"prefix\":\"Related: \",\"text\":\"Trump says Zelenskyy set to visit White House on Friday to sign minerals 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the limits of his executive powers, said one USAid official, who requested to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation and harassment. \u201cWe see us as the most acute and boldest example of overreach, that checks and balances ought to restrain the powers of the president and the president should abide by the powers of Congress and the courts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan the president act like a king? We\u2019re a glaring flare for all of those things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agency has been subjected to attacks and conspiracy theories about its work, with Elon Musk and his supporters making false claims about funding, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/video\/2025\/feb\/12\/musk-says-he-will-make-mistakes-and-that-he-double-checks-with-trump-video\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">baseless claim<\/a> about the agency sending $50m to Gaza for condoms, and false claims about grants such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/feb\/24\/musk-doge-claim-usaid-funds-india-trump-modi\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">suggestion<\/a> by the so-called \u201cdepartment of government efficiency\u201d that $21m had been sent to India to influence elections.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/feb\/13\/donald-trump-elon-musk-usaid-soft-power\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">called<\/a> the agency \u201ca criminal organization\u201d and argued that it was \u201ctime for it to die\u201d. Pushed on his false condoms claim earlier this month, he responded: \u201cSome of the things I say will be incorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Health clinics reliant on USAid grants in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2025\/feb\/14\/usaid-freeze-hits-hiv-aids-care-in-zimbabwe\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Zimbabwe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/ng-interactive\/2025\/feb\/21\/the-impact-has-been-devastating-how-usaid-freeze-sent-shockwaves-through-ethiopia\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Ethiopia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/feb\/13\/usaid-yazidis-islamic-state-genocide\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Iraq<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/feb\/13\/usaid-funding-freeze-health\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">other countries around the world<\/a> have been forced to shut down and international aid groups have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2025\/feb\/21\/aid-groups-axe-jobs-trump-freeze\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">cut thousands of jobs<\/a> due to the funding freeze.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Trump administration<\/a> is fighting challenges in court to freeze all USAid funding, place nearly all employees on leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUSAid was established by act of Congress. It needs to be un-established by act of Congress. They are ignoring that rule,\u201d the USAid official said. \u201cI would guess around 500 workers, no one has provided specifics, senior leaders, HR and IT people, are left behind to participate in the dismantling of the agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contracts and grants are still being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devex.com\/news\/usaid-contracts-and-grants-still-being-terminated-despite-court-order-109445\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">cut and terminated<\/a>, with only a small fraction of the agency\u2019s work abroad still continuing, they said. \u201cWe\u2019re a lifesaving agency. They certainly have done damage that will take years to undo, but even though they\u2019ve closed the building and banned us from it, we\u2019re not done. We still exist,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read the full story here:<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"25593e0e-6d4a-4a50-b1b9-ea1f0fd99a93\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{\"richLinkIndex\":11,\"element\":{\"_type\":\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\",\"prefix\":\"Related: \",\"text\":\"USAid workers to be \u2018escorted\u2019 back to collect belongings amid Trump shutdown bid\",\"elementId\":\"25593e0e-6d4a-4a50-b1b9-ea1f0fd99a93\",\"role\":\"inline\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/feb\/25\/usaid-workers-personal-belongings\"},\"ajaxUrl\":\"https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk\",\"format\":{\"design\":12,\"display\":0,\"theme\":0}}\"><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<article id=\"block-67be5a7b8f088ae18909c306\">\n<header><\/header>\n<p><strong>Americans are getting more concerned about a potential economic downturn caused by the policies of <\/strong><strong> Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/feb\/25\/consumer-confidence-february\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">US consumer confidence plummeted in February<\/a>, the biggest monthly decline in nearly four years, the Conference Board, a business research group, said on Tuesday. Inflation and a significant increase in mentions of trade and tariffs were the top concerns for respondents to the board\u2019s survey.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s consumer confidence index plummeted this month to 98.3 from 105.3 in January. That\u2019s far below the expectations of economists, who projected a reading of 103, according to a survey by FactSet.<\/p>\n<p>The proportion of consumers expecting a recession over the next year jumped to a nine-month high, the board said.<\/p>\n<p>Consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of US economic activity and is closely watched by economists for signs about how the American consumer is feeling.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be4bda8f088d56d29bf7b2\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/uploads\/2025\/03\/25\/Marina_Dunbar.png?width=300&#038;quality=85&#038;auto=format&#038;fit=max&#038;s=c3b90aca6f88177264666c5cd1bd74bc\" alt=\"Marina Dunbar\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Marina Dunbar<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><strong>Trump\u2019s Iron Dome for America system is now reportedly called Golden Dome<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/the-iron-dome-for-america\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Iron Dome for America<\/a> initiative for a missile defense system protecting US skies from attack has been reportedly renamed the Golden Dome for America.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Multimedia\/Videos\/videoid\/953063\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a video<\/a> published on Thursday, secretary of defense Pete Hegseth referred to the project as \u201cthe Golden Dome or Iron Dome\u201d. A defense official confirmed shortly after that the name of the initiative has been officially changed to \u201cGolden Dome\u201d, according to military news website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/defense-systems\/2025\/02\/space-force-sets-team-sort-out-support-iron-dome-golden-dome\/403254\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Defense One<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Space Force did not respond to a Guardian query on the possible name change.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of a new name comes as a team of technical experts has been assembled by the US Space Force to determine which programs can help build out the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The Iron \u2013 or perhaps now Golden \u2013 Dome for America executive order, signed by Trump on 27 January, is a directive for Hegseth to submit a comprehensive plan that details an implementation strategy, including the required architecture, for a missile defense system.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is known for his grand renaming of things, including the Gulf of Mexico, which is now known officially in the US as the Gulf of America, as well as having a gaudy taste for golden and luxurious decorations, such as that which often adorn his apartments and buildings like Trump Tower in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The defense system focuses heavily on the concept of space-based sensors and interceptors. The company that currently dominates the market for such equipment is the Elon Musk-owned SpaceX, leading to concerns that this project is another way for Musk to make money from federal programs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read <\/em><em>the full story here:<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"fb47c292-5cd0-41ab-bd9b-b195a0c33777\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{\"richLinkIndex\":9,\"element\":{\"_type\":\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\",\"prefix\":\"Related: \",\"text\":\"Trump\u2019s Iron Dome for America system is now reportedly called Golden Dome\",\"elementId\":\"fb47c292-5cd0-41ab-bd9b-b195a0c33777\",\"role\":\"inline\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/feb\/25\/trump-iron-golden-dome\"},\"ajaxUrl\":\"https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk\",\"format\":{\"design\":12,\"display\":0,\"theme\":0}}\"><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<article id=\"block-67be4d348f088d56d29bf7bf\">\n<header><\/header>\n<p><strong>John Thune,<\/strong> the<strong> <\/strong>Senate majority leader, is defending the Trump administration\u2019s cuts to federal workers and programs, calling them a long overdue \u201cscrub\u201d of the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the Republican from South Dakota acknowledged that the reductions are affecting the home states of GOP senators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we all understand that this government, the federal government, is long in need of the kind of scrub that is being done to figure out how we can do things better,\u201d Thune said at the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>He said that senators would make the Trump administration aware if programs, such as those that impact health and safety, are at risk.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be4a638f088ae18909c272\">\n<header><\/header>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Trump administration<\/a> plans to cut employees at the <strong>US Department of Housing and Urban Development<\/strong> who assist officials and citizens in navigating government housing programs, the AP reports.<\/p>\n<p>These cuts are among the first steps in the administration\u2019s broader plan to reduce HUD\u2019s workforce by half.<\/p>\n<p>The field policy and management division is expected to lose at least 145 employees \u2013 about 40% of its staff \u2013 by 18 May.<\/p>\n<p>A memo from the HUD secretary Scott Turner, dated Monday, states that all positions within the office at a certain pay grade and below \u201care being abolished\u201d.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be46c98f088d56d29bf78d\">\n<header>\n<h2>Trump reinstates rule on healthcare cost transparency<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p><strong>Trump reinstated a rule requiring cost transparency in health<\/strong><strong>care.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rule requires hospitals to publish online the prices for some of their most common services, including MRI scans and caesarean section deliveries. The lack of transparency has often left patients shocked by medical bills.<\/p>\n<p>Trump previously issued a similar order during the final year of his first term.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals and insurers had strongly opposed the rule, with many failing to comply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been unpopular in some circles because people make less money,\u201d Trump said. \u201cBut it\u2019s great for the patient. It\u2019s great for the people in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be44058f088d56d29bf773\">\n<header><\/header>\n<p>Fox News senior White House correspondent, <strong>Jacqui Heinrich<\/strong>, condemned the Trump administration\u2019s decision to determine which outlets have access to the president as part of the press pool, a selection that the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association makes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis move does not give the power back to the people \u2013 it gives power to the White House,\u201d Heinrich posted on X. \u201cThe WHCA is democratically elected by the full-time White House press corps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWHCA has determined pools for decades because only representatives FROM our outlets can determine resources all those outlets have \u2013 such as staffing \u2013 in order to get the President\u2019s message out to the largest possible audience, no matter the day or hour,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be40dc8f08a7620e84b37c\">\n<header><\/header>\n<p>USAid staffers have only 15 minutes to retrieve belongings from their former offices, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>For nearly three weeks, many staffers at the agency\u2019s main building in Washington have been barred from entering as the administration continues dismantling the facility.<\/p>\n<p>Several employees have requested permission to retrieve personal items, including family photos and work shoes stored in drawers.<\/p>\n<p>The notice about the arrangements says that aid workers must undergo security screening before reentering.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian\u2019s labor reporter Michael Sainato reports that, in the notice, staffers were told to \u201cbring their own boxes, bags, tape, and\/or other containers to remove their personal items; these items will not be provided\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither USAID, nor any of our assisting agencies, will provide boxes, tape, protective wrapping, or other packaging materials to assist with the retrieval process,\u201d the notice reads.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be3e188f08a7620e84b370\">\n<header><\/header>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> signed an executive order suspending security clearances for lawyers at the Covington &#038; Burling law firm that worked with special counsel Jack Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Smith led the federal cases against Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>The order comes less than a month after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/feb\/04\/trump-jack-smith-special-counsel-prosecutors-firings\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">US justice department fired more than a dozen prosecutors<\/a> who worked on the criminal cases against Trump in a move to purge people who worked for Smith.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be3b2a8f088ae18909c1ec\">\n<header><\/header>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> said he wants to begin selling gold cards for $5m to foreigners who want to move to the US and create jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The president said the immigration program, which he said was legal, could start in about two weeks. He added it is possible Russian oligarchs could qualify for the gold cards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s going to give you Green Card privileges,\u201d he said on Tuesday. \u201cPlus, it\u2019s going to be a route to citizenship and wealthy people will be coming into our country by buying this card.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White House officials said that the administration aims to end the EB-5 visa program and replace it with the gold card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ll be wealthy, and they\u2019ll be successful, and they\u2019ll be spending a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes and employing a lot of people,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-67be37ce8f088ae18909c1af\">\n<header><\/header>\n<p>Edward Wong of the New York Times reports that Trump appointees at USAid have sent recently-fired employees a list of more than 100 weapons they are prohibited from bringing when returning to the office to collect their belongings.<\/p>\n<p>Firearms, axes, martial arts weapons, including 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