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Forbes
6 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Tammy Baldwin Reveals How Democrats May Stop Massive Trump-Backed 40% Cut In NIH Funding
On "Forbes Newsroom," Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) discussed Democrat's plan to prevent a massive 40% cut in NIH research funding pushed by President Trump, and what she and Senate Democrats are doing to take on steep program reductions in the GOP reconciliation bill. Watch the full interview above.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Senator Baldwin visits Peck Family Farm in Chippewa Falls
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin visited the Peck Family Farm in Chippewa Falls. The Senator was there to hear from local farmers and producers about how the ongoing trade war is impacting the agriculture industry. Canada is one of Wisconsin's largest trade partners, but local farmers say recent tariffs are affecting that partnership. Materials, such as the cost of imported fertilizer, the cost of exported goods (like corn and soybeans), and other items that affect a farmer's bottom line, have been impacted by the tariffs. Baldwin says, 'These farmers work so incredibly hard and have become so efficient over time. They deserve the certainty that would be provided by passing a farm bill and bringing an end to these threatened tariffs.' Baldwin says the Senate wrote a resolution overturning the emergency declaration on which Canadian tariffs were based. However, the House of Representatives did not take up the resolution. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Manitowoc letter-writers share views on Trump, his proposal to end funding for NPR & PBS
Here are this week's letters to the editor of the Herald Times Reporter. See our letters policy below for details about how to share your views. Read more in Opinion: Click here to view the latest headlines in Opinion Recently, the New York Times reported: 'Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking to End Federal Funding of National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System.' This is a war on independent journalism valued by millions of Americans. Public radio and television are a threat to Trump because they have provided accurate, reliable, truthful news day after day for decades. The educational and recreational programming has been a household staple for decades for Americans. A loss like this creates a 'dumbing down' of America, in the same vein as defunding universities and the research and medical advances they provide. Where does this lead? Americans must protest this vigorously by calling, writing or emailing their elected public officials: President Donald Trump: The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., 20500; 202-456-1414; U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin: 141 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-5653; U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson: 328 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-5323; ronjohnson@ U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman: 1511 Longworth H.O.B., Washington, D.C., 20515; 202-225-2476; When Congress does not respond to Trump's dictatorial orders, the people must act. The time is now. Darlene Wellner Manitowoc Our fathers served in World War II in the Air Force. Kathy's father was a prisoner of war for 10 months. We know neither of our fathers fought to serve a man like Donald Trump and his self-aggrandizing platform. Kathy's father did not endure cruelty at the hands of the Nazis to serve a man who has openly stated he admires Adolph Hitler and is imitating his takeover plan. To those who defend Trump, you know his focus is not on the Constitution or citizens. So far, he … was convicted of 34 felonies, which involve misstating his use of his money and his financial value; commuted the sentences of 1,500 insurrectionists who attacked police while trying to take over the government (these people were found guilty of crimes by a jury of their peers); proposed completely unqualified cabinet directors and tried to avoid the Senate confirmation process; withdrew from the Paris Accord and the World Health Organization; threatened neighbors with high tariffs, knowing it would harm them and our own citizens; and attempted to withhold federal assistance to many needy Americans and is now suggesting cuts to Medicaid. 32% of eligible voters voted for Trump. 31% voted for Harris. 2% voted for a third party. 36% did not vote. This is not an overwhelming mandate. We can't ask our dads if they fought for this kind of evil, but we're pretty sure they didn't. Kathleen A. Bernhart and Joseph M. Bernhart Manitowoc Letters to the editor are published in the order in which they are received and letter-writers are limited to having one letter published per month. Letters can be emailed to htrnews@ and Editor Brandon Reid at breid@ Letters must meet specific guidelines, including being no more than 250 words and be from local authors or on topics of local interest. All submissions must include the name of the person who wrote the letter, their city of residence and a contact phone number. Letters are edited as needed for style, grammar, length, fairness, accuracy and libel. This article originally appeared on Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter: Trump cuts to NPR, PBS a war against independent journalism
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
MPS lead crisis; RFK Jr. pressed on prevention effort cuts
The Brief The federal government said its program to address and prevent childhood lead poisoning continues to operate, which came as a surprise to Milwaukee leaders. City of Milwaukee health commissioner Dr. Michael Totoraitis said he's concerned to hear the federal government thinks it's helping, though it's not. LaFollette School, Brown Street Academy and Westside Academy remain closed for lead remediation work. MILWAUKEE - The federal government said its program to address and prevent childhood lead poisoning continues to operate. That came as a surprise to leaders in Milwaukee, who asked for its help during the Milwaukee Public Schools lead crisis, but were denied. That denial came in April because the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services eliminated the program altogether. City of Milwaukee health commissioner Dr. Michael Totoraitis said he's concerned to hear the federal government thinks it's helping, though it's not. What we know Before U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. even said a word during Tuesday's hearing of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, vice chair and Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin criticized Kennedy over his handling of the department. "Your decision to fire staff and eliminate offices is endangering children, including thousands of children in Milwaukee," Baldwin said, in reference to the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android Kennedy testified to it later in the hearing. "We're continuing to fund the program, and in Milwaukee, we have a team in Milwaukee and we're giving laboratory support to the analytics in Milwaukee," Kennedy said. "And we're working with the health department in Milwaukee." Local perspective Totoraitis is helping lead the response to the MPS lead crisis. LaFollette School, Brown Street Academy and Westside Academy remain closed for lead remediation work. FOX6 News: Has the Milwaukee Health Department received funding at all from the CDC on addressing the lead issue? Totoraitis: No, we have received zero funding from the CDC on addressing the lead issue, and the formal support has ended with the termination of the childhood lead team. The city asked the CDC for help back in March. In April, an employee denied the request due to the "complete loss of the lead program." Dig deeper Totoraitis said their expertise would have helped more than MPS. "It came as a pretty big surprise to myself and my team," he said. "There's a very real reality that now, our country is less safe, because there is no one looking for those patterns of potential poisonings at the federal government." Kennedy has said he hopes to restore the lead prevention program. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News On Wednesday, May 21, MPS announced Starms Early Childhood Center had passed inspection and is now deemed safe. The school district plans to clean 54 other schools before classes start in the fall. The Source The information in this post was collected and produced by FOX6 News.
The Guardian
12-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Amy Klobuchar to Democrats: don't rule out female candidate in 2028 after Harris loss
US senator Amy Klobuchar says she hopes her party does not reflexively rule out running a woman for the White House after Kamala Harris – her fellow Democrat – lost to her Republican rival Donald Trump in November's presidential election, arguing it's not the 'lesson to learn'. Responding to a question Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press about whether Harris's defeat might dissuade Democrats from nominating a female presidential candidate, Klobuchar said: 'You have seen women run other countries quite well' before singling out the former German chancellor Angela Merkel as an example. Klobuchar added, 'You've also seen women in the US [be] incredible mayors, incredible governors,' while further noting that fellow Democrats Tammy Baldwin, Elissa Slotkin and Jacky Rosen defeated Republican men in Senate races held in battleground states that Trump carried in the fall. 'I mean – this happened,' Klobuchar, of Minnesota, said to Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker. 'So I just – I don't think that's a lesson to learn.' Klobuchar's remarks served to rebut comments that Joe Biden recently delivered to the ABC program The View about his vice-president's electoral loss to Trump. In a clip Meet the Press aired Sunday, Biden said Harris was 'qualified' to succeed him as president. But the president told The View that, as disappointed as he was, he wasn't surprised Harris's run for the Oval Office came up short after her critics went 'the sexist route, of the whole, 'This is a woman, she's this, she's that.'' Welker asked Klobuchar whether Democrats may have had a better chance of retaining the presidency if Biden, who defeated an incumbent Trump in 2020, had not waited until June to announce that he was abandoning his campaign for a second term. Klobuchar said her party 'would have been served better by a primary' election that was different than the one which saw Biden easily beat a few longshot Democratic challengers. Biden subsequently avoided a rematch with Trump by dropping out in the wake of a disastrous debate performance that exacerbated questions about his mental acuity and then endorsing Harris for president instead. Trump then captured every battleground state in November to decisively win the electoral college at Harris's expense. He also narrowly clinched the popular vote – though he didn't quite manage to secure 50% of the ballots cast in the race. It was the second time Trump outran a woman for the presidency, having defeated former secretary of state Hillary Clinton in 2016. He summarily went on to spend the beginning of his second presidency implementing brutal cuts to the federal government, waging economically destabilizing trade wars and deporting or detaining a significant number of immigrants, sometimes defying court orders to do so, among other moves. 'We are where we are,' Klobuchar said, before maintaining that she and her colleagues had 'to deal with helping the American people' as Trump's policies throttled the country ever closer to a constitutional crisis rather than 'looking backwards'. Welker asked Klobuchar – a senator since 2007 – whether she would run for president as she did in the 2020 Democratic primary won by Biden on his way to victory against Trump. Klobuchar did not rule out joining what is widely expected to be a crowded field of contenders but said, 'I'm focused on my job right now.'
