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Today's Political News Compilation - Tuesday, February. 18, 2025

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Science under siege: Trump cuts threaten to undermine decades of research

By Evan Bush, Aria Bendix and Denise Chow

“This is simply the end.”

That was the five-word message that Rick Huganir, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, received from a colleague just before 6 p.m. two Fridays ago, with news that would send a wave of panic through the scientific community.

When Huganir clicked on the link in the email, from fellow JHU neuroscientist Alex Kolodkin, he saw a new National Institutes of Health policy designed to slash federal spending on the indirect costs that keep universities and research institutes operating, including for new equipment, maintenance, utilities and support staff.

“Am I reading this right 15%??” Huganir wrote back in disbelief, suddenly worried the cut could stall 25 years of work.

In 1998, Huganir discovered a gene called SYNGAP1. About 1% of all children with intellectual disabilities have a mutation of the gene. He’s working to develop drugs to treat these children, who often have learning differences, seizures and sleep problems. He said his research is almost entirely reliant on NIH grants.

The search for a cure for these rare disorders is a race against time, because researchers think treatment will be most effective if administered when patients are children. ...

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Major K Street players previously skeptical of Trump now pledging to work together with him

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump's return to the White House appears to have sparked a change in tune on K Street, the heart of lobbyist influence in Washington, D.C., as several prominent lobbyist voices are now pledging to work with the new president after previously criticizing him.

"Manufacturers are ready to work with @realDonaldTrump to roll back the federal regulatory onslaught, unleash American energy and build on the success of the pro-growth Trump Tax Cuts," Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), posted...
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Federal judge temporarily stops Trump admin from firing 11 intelligence officers assigned to DEI programs

  • News source: FOX News
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A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from firing 11 CIA employees linked to DEI programs Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga's order delays the employees' firing for at least five days. Former CIA officer Kevin Carroll, a lawyer representing the CIA employees, filed the lawsuit on Monday, noting that the 11 officers were on temporary assignments relating to DEI initiatives and that none of them had received poor performance reviews.

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Misgendering trans people on their death certificates could be jailable offense under blue-state bill

  • News source: FOX News
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A bill before the Colorado state legislature would require a deceased person's gender identity be recorded on their certificate of death under penalty of a fine and/or jail time for anyone who "knowingly and willfully violates" the measure, which one critic told Fox News was an "insane" effort that compels speech.

Under the proposed law – sponsored by Democratic state Reps. Karen McCormick and Kyle Brown and state Sen. Mike Weissman – if a document memorializing the decedent's gender identity is presented, the individual completing the death...
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Activists in Mexico report flow of migrants has 'enormously decreased' one month into Trump admin

  • News source: FOX News
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Less than a month into the new Trump administration, a migrant shelter along the pathway to the U.S. in Northern Mexico is reporting that the flow of immigrants has "enormously decreased."

Commenting on the development, White House deputy press secretary Kush Desai told Fox News Digital that Trump’s immigration policies are working and "put Americans first."

The Mexican news outlet Milenio reported on Wednesday that the migratory flow running through the Mexican city of Torreón has "decreased enormously." The outlet pointed out that the decrease...
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Despite DOGE, Trump's agenda calls for adding trillions of dollars to U.S debt

  • News source: Sahil Kapur | NBC News
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President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk have sent shock waves through the federal government by attempting to take a hatchet to certain agencies in the name of reducing the federal deficit.

“BALANCED BUDGET!!!” Trump posted this month on Truth Social. Musk added on X, “Balanced budget is going to happen.”

But the reality is less simple. Budget experts say that even if Trump succeeds at slashing the spending his Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency is targeting — like the U.S. Agency for International Development and...
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Trump endorses House budget amid competing proposals in Congress

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — President Trump endorsed the House Republicans' budget proposal to begin enacting his agenda on Wednesday as the Senate pursues a competing two-bill plan focused on border security, defense and energy under the budget reconciliation process.

"We need both Chambers to pass the House Budget to 'kickstart' the Reconciliation process, and move all of our priorities to the concept of, 'ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL,'" Mr. Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "It will, without question, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

The president praised House and...
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U.S. envoy in Ukraine after Trump blames Zelenskyy for Russia's invasion

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump, speaking Tuesday afternoon from his home in Florida, appeared to shift three years — if not many decades — of U.S. foreign policy almost 180 degrees, issuing remarks that made his administration sound aligned more with Russian President Vladimir Putin than America's European allies of the last eight decades.

In rhetoric similar to claims Putin has used himself to justify his three-year war on Ukraine, Mr. Trump seemed to blame President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Russia's full-scale invasion after the Ukrainian leader took issue with...
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WATCH: Los Angeles public schools begin ban on cellphones

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The Los Angeles Unified School District's ban also includes smart watches and glasses, and some parents are critical of the new rule.
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Trump admin lays out who exactly was cut at HHS in face of 'Democrat hysteria'

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) still employs more people than it did in 2019, despite "Democrat hysteria" over recent cuts within the department's agencies, Fox News Digital exclusively learned.

A senior Trump administration official told Fox News Digital that there have been 6,000 departures from HHS since Jan. 20, Inauguration Day. The agency, however, still employs nearly 6,000 more people than it did in 2019, including more than 2,000 employees at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) relative to 2019 numbers...
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Casey DeSantis favored in Florida governor's race, poll finds

  • News source: FOX News
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Florida first lady Casey DeSantis is favored to succeed her husband, Gov. Ron DeSantis, as governor of the Sunshine State, according to a new poll released Tuesday.

The University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL) asked 871 active registered voters across Florida about potential candidates for Florida's 2026 gubernatorial race, finding that 57% of Republicans had a favorable opinion of Casey DeSantis – a higher rating than other names floated as possible candidates.

"Casey DeSantis was the top early pick for potential...
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US Conference of Catholic Bishops sues Trump over immigration, refugee funding freeze

  • News source: FOX News
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) sued President Donald Trump's administration for halting funding to a refugee resettlement program on Wednesday.

The USCCB filing joins a litany of lawsuits seeking to block Trump from ending funding for various government programs and agencies. The suit relates to the Refugee Act of 1980, under which the USCCB worked in tandem with the U.S. government to resettle over 930,000 refugees, the lawsuit claims.

"For decades, the US government has chosen to admit refugees and outsourced its statutory...
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Border state officials put cartels on notice as they await green light to take major action

  • News source: FOX News
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An Arizona state bill would allow local and state authorities to shoot down drones used by drug cartels.

House Bill 2733, sponsored by Republican state Rep. David Marshall, would provide qualified immunity to authorities for injuries that may be caused by taking out an "unmanned" drone within 30 miles of the southern border. Cartels regularly use drones as a tool to monitor law enforcement activity around the border in hopes of evading them in their own smuggling operations, even using the technology to send their drugs into the country.

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Trump FBI director nominee Kash Patel picks up support from key GOP senator

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation picked up support from a key Republican senator on his road to confirmation.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said Tuesday that he would vote to confirm Kash Patel to serve as FBI director for a 10-year term.

"I've spoken to multiple people I respect
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Netherlands to return stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Dutch Minister of Culture says he hopes this move will address the "historical injustice".
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Lawyers helping migrant children facing deportation ordered to halt work

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Legal services groups that offer representation and guidance to thousands of migrant children facing deportation said on Tuesday that they were abruptly directed by the Trump administration to halt their government-funded work.

Affected organizations across the U.S. said the move would prevent them from offering critical legal services, including "know your rights" sessions, to migrant children who crossed the U.S. southern border without their parents or legal guardians.

Under U.S. law, the Department of Health and Human Services is responsible...
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