July 15, 2025 - Page 2

Blue-state leaders weigh new laws to deal with financial fallout from Trump’s big bill

By Adam Edelman State lawmakers are scrambling to deal with the expected financial fallout from President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” with many in blue states demanding special legislative sessions they say are necessary to shore up funding for health care and food assistance programs affected by the new law. Democratic governors in at least five states

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The U.S. Department of Education, in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, February 21, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Congress reconvenes this week after a recess, taking up major COVID relief legislation pushed by Democrats as the confirmed coronavirus death toll approaches 500,000 in the U.S. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Department of Education Blocks Undocumented Students from Career and Technical Programs

The U.S. Department of Education announced it will no longer allow federal funds to support career, technical, and adult education programs for undocumented students, rescinding a nearly three-decade-old policy that permitted such access. The department said it is rescinding a 1997 “Dear Colleague Letter” from the Clinton administration that allowed undocumented immigrants to receive federal

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