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Trump Administration Moves To Break Up Boulder Based NCAR In Climate Research Shakeup
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USA Today, Approved, State

Trump Administration Moves To Break Up Boulder Based NCAR In Climate Research Shakeup

By Joey Garrison | USA TODAY WASHINGTON ‒ The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs. Trump officials have circled the federally funded research institution, based in Boulder, Colorado, as a hub for "federal climate alarmism" after it was established decades earlier in 1960 for research in atmospheric chemistry and physical meteorology. The administration plans to identify and eliminate what it calls "green new scam research activities" during an upcoming review of the center, according to the White House, while "vital functions" such as weather modeling and supercomputing will be moved to an...
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Senate prepares to approve Trump’s $9B spending cuts as GOP unites on fiscal restraint
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THE HILL, Approved, National

Senate prepares to approve Trump’s $9B spending cuts as GOP unites on fiscal restraint

By Alexander Bolton | The Hill Senate Republicans say they have the votes to pass a package of $9 billion in spending cuts, which would give President Trump another big legislative victory in less than a month, after GOP leaders quelled a revolt from members of the powerful Appropriations Committee. Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), told reporters Tuesday that the “rescissions package” now has enough votes to pass the Senate after he and the Senate GOP leaders agreed to an amendment to remove cuts to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the global initiative former President George W. Bush launched in 2003 to combat AIDS. Vought, the administration’s chief budget watchdog, also worked out a side deal with ...
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Trump nominates Scott Bessent as treasury secretary; picks Russ Vought to lead budget office
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Approved, Fox Business, National

Trump nominates Scott Bessent as treasury secretary; picks Russ Vought to lead budget office

By Eric Revell , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Louis Casiano  | Fox Business President-elect Trump nominated Scott Bessent to serve as Treasury Department secretary once he returns to the White House in January. In a statement on Friday, Trump highlighted Bessent's expertise. "I am most pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States," he said. "Scott is widely respected as one of the World’s foremost International Investors and Geopolitical and Economic Strategists. Scott’s story is that of the American Dream." READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX BUSINESS
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