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US Foreign Policy · United States

Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration to Resume Foreign Aid Cuts

42% Center coverage: 189 sources

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DEI · United States

Judge strikes down Trump administration guidance against diversity programs at schools and colleges

57% Center coverage: 163 sources

A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities.See the Story

Social Security · United States

As Social Security turns 90, the future of the program is in doubt

61% Center coverage: 138 sources

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Senate Panel Rejects Trump Cuts to NIH, Other Health Agencies — REUTERS / ixx511

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Senate Panel Rejects Trump Cuts to NIH, Other Health Agencies

USD Moving Medical School to Sioux Falls

57% Center coverage: 7 sources

UPDATED: 10:53 a.m. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A major change is coming to the University of South Dakota’s medical school. In an announcement at the Canopy by Hilton hotel in downtown Sioux Falls Thursday, officials announced plans to move South Dakota’s lone medical school to Sioux Falls from Vermillion. SFPD: Almost 50 EBT cardholders scammed USD President Sheila Gestring made the announcement that the first 18 months of USD’s doctor …Education · Sioux Falls See the Story

AmeriCorps is under siege in Pa. and other states. What happens in the communities it serves?

100% Left coverage: 6 sources

Former AmeriCorps service member Daniel Zare, 27, visits Project Change at Sligo Middle School on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025 in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he mentored students before federal government cuts in April. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)SILVER SPRING, Md. — Daniel Zare worked one-on-one as an AmeriCorps member with students going through rough times in school, lightening teachers’ workload in the classroom. At AmeriCorps Proje…New York State · New York See the Story

A dangerous void grows as South Dakota newspapers close

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

(Getty Images)It made me want to weep. The grinding decline of the traditional newspaper business continued in an incredibly sad way last week with news that the Brookings Register, Huron Plainsman, Moody County Enterprise and Redfield Press have closed. The papers are/were owned by News Media Corp., based in Illinois. I know very little about that company beyond the fact that it closed four South Dakota papers that mattered, apparently with no …Brookings, South Dakota · Brookings Read Article

Claims of ineffectiveness lead one SD legal aid group to seek other group’s funding

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

The Dakota Plains Legal Services office in Rapid City, pictured on Aug. 14, 2025. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight)A nonprofit organization providing legal aid for low-income South Dakotans is attempting to take over the federal funding and territory of a similar organization, following accusations of the latter group’s ineffectiveness. Lea Wroblewski, executive director for East River Legal Services, informed the state’s Commission on Equa…Rapid City, South Dakota · Rapid City Read Article

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