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FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington
Daily News Lesson March 10 2025

Trump foreign aid freeze blocked by Supreme Court

Discuss checks and balances and the reason the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's plan to stop payments to foreign aid contractors
Farmer harvests winter wheat crop in Oklahoma
Daily News Lesson February 19 2025

Farmers feeling weight of Trump policies with shutdown of aid

Learn how farmers and rural America are impacted by federal cuts to programs like USAID
Purple Apron Program Provides Food to Diabetic Patients
Daily News Lesson February 10 2025

How federal funding disruption is impacting community health and Head Start services

Discuss the impact of frozen federal payments on local community programs
Rally in support of federal funding and in opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump's order to pause all federal grants and loans, in Washington
Daily News Lesson January 30 2025

Trump administration sets off confusion with federal freeze

Discuss the Trump administrations efforts to halt federal grants programs

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