Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze

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🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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A sudden order from the Trump administration threatens to cripple funding for organizations nationwide. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will appear for his Senate confirmation hearing today. And Kansas is witnessing one of the biggest tuberculosis outbreaks in modern American history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.3	Conditions apply.
0:22.6	Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people,
0:25.8	Aton protected.
0:28.7	It's Wednesday, January 29th.
0:32.8	What if the lifeblood of American non-profits just suddenly stopped flowing?
0:42.0	We start here. The Trump administration orders agencies to stop distributing federal aid dollars. So I immediately went to check online,
0:48.1	and our funds were frozen. We had no access. A judge has already halted this, but the panic
0:52.9	doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
0:55.2	RFK Jr. gets his shot. Bobby prays on the desperation of parents of sick children.
1:00.3	Will his vaccine skepticism cause adverse reactions from senators? And we haven't offered these
1:06.4	vaccines in years because we thought we didn't have to. That's why tuberculosis often
1:10.6	stalks underserved communities.
1:12.9	Now a tuberculosis outbreak is causing concern in Kansas.
1:18.5	From ABC News, this is Start Here.
1:22.0	I'm Brad Milky.
1:29.0	It's crazy.
1:31.3	It's like got this email at 7 in the morning.
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