Hacker News with Generative AI: Federal Funding

Harvard University faces $9B federal funding review (thecrimson.com)
Three federal agencies announced a review of more than $8 billion in “multi-year grant commitments” to Harvard as part of an ongoing investigation into the University by the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism on Monday.
Harvard University, Federal Funding, Antisemitism
33 points by donsupreme 2 days ago | 5 comments
Billions in Tampa Bay hurricane relief funds in limbo amid proposed cuts to HUD (tampabay.com)
Tampa Bay leaders say federal hurricane relief funds hang in the balance after the New York Times reported Thursday that the Trump administration has planned sweeping layoffs to an office overseeing recovery from the largest U.S. disasters.
Hurricane Relief, Federal Funding, Politics, Tampa Bay, Housing
11 points by howard941 41 days ago | 1 comments
CA, NY Attorneys General sue to resume federal funding of Medicaid, FEMA, PEPFAR (oag.ca.gov)
California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, along with New York Attorney General Letitia James, led a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to block implementation of a memo by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) threatening to freeze up to $3 trillion in federal assistance funding effective at 2pm PT / 5pm ET today.
Lawsuits, Federal Funding, Healthcare, Government
70 points by basementcat 64 days ago | 55 comments
US pauses all federal aid and grants (bbc.com)
US President Donald Trump has paused grants, loans and other federal assistance, according to a leaked government memo verified by the BBC's US partner, CBS News.
Politics, US Government, Federal Funding
319 points by miohtama 65 days ago | 485 comments
Cox asks court to block Rhode Island plan for broadband expansions (arstechnica.com)
Cox Communications asked a court to block Rhode Island's plan for distributing $108.7 million in federal funding for broadband deployment.
Telecommunications, Lawsuits, Rhode Island, Broadband, Federal Funding
11 points by notamy 189 days ago | 0 comments