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Health Care The Big Story Trump pushes to defund schools requiring COVID-19 vaccination
President Trump signed an executive order Friday stripping funding from schools and other educational organizations that require students and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025
This comes after Kiley previously introduced a bill to defund the project, and asked the Department of Transportation to initiate a probe.
—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration has flaunted its contempt for many of the country’s cultural, scholarly, scientific, medical, and educational institutions while announcing its intention to defund and destroy them.
—Elaine Weiss, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
Roberts' vote against Trump on whether to defund the aid agency, USAID, shifts the context of speculation that Trump was thanking Roberts for supporting his second term political agenda.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025
This comes after Kiley previously introduced a bill to defund the project, and asked the Department of Transportation to initiate a probe.
—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration has flaunted its contempt for many of the country’s cultural, scholarly, scientific, medical, and educational institutions while announcing its intention to defund and destroy them.
—Elaine Weiss, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
Roberts' vote against Trump on whether to defund the aid agency, USAID, shifts the context of speculation that Trump was thanking Roberts for supporting his second term political agenda.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defund. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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