In the wake of last week's terrorist attacks involving hijacked airplanes, Congress Friday passed a measure for a $15 billion financial aid package to help the crippled airline industry and set up a government compensation fund for victims to help deter lawsuits.
Opinion | Michael Bloomberg: Why I’m Giving $1.8 Billion for College Financial Aid (Published 2018)
Let’s eliminate money problems from the admissions equation for qualified students.
Unpacking the Mechanics of Conduit Debt Financing
Understanding the pass-through financing model behind the AI infrastructure boom
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity–owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid — ProPublica
Lawmakers gave specific orders to Trump officials on foreign aid spending, but officials have refused to follow many of them — likely in violation of the law, experts say. In doing so, they’re escalating a constitutional crisis.
How the IRS Was Gutted — ProPublica
An eight-year campaign to slash the agency’s budget has left it understaffed, hamstrung and operating with archaic equipment. The result: billions less to fund the government. That’s good news for corporations and the wealthy.
Spending deal comes with a bonus: Blocking political control of grants
Congress pauses the OMB's attempt to rewrite how research is funded.
How Many Lives Does US Foreign Aid Save?
We present some estimates for lives saved by US assistance worldwide, with illustrative estimates by recipient country. Our core estimates are for deaths prevented from HIV/AIDS, vaccine-preventable illnesses covered by Gavi, tuberculosis, malaria, and emergency/humanitarian relief. We suggest the number of lives saved per year may range between 2.3 to 5.6 million with our preferred number resting on gross estimates of 3.3 million.
Amazon cargo jet tried to abort unsteady landing before Miami crash that killed 5, per flight data
Flight data suggest an Amazon cargo plane tried to abort an unsteady landing before smashing into a van and killing five people inside.
TechAccess: AI-Ready America
NSF Financial Assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) made on or after October 1, 2024, will be subject to the applicable set of award conditions, dated October 1, 2024, available on the NSF website. These terms and conditions are consistent with the revised guidance specified in the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024.
After aid: Thoughts on a localised humanitarian system (part 1)
You have probably read 100+ articles on this topic — USAID shutdown, funding cuts from several EU governments and the UK. An…
Zohran Mamdani drops video laying out big cuts to New York City spending
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani outlined $27 million in municipal spending cuts while vowing to keep residents informed "every step of the way."
Why Only One Top Banker Went to Jail for the Financial Crisis (Published 2014)
The economic catastrophe of 2008 was the largest of its kind since the Depression. Who’s taking the fall?
THE WEEK OF APRIL 6, 2026
- Trump budget repeats call for science cuts - NIH and NSF issue fewer grants - Jefferson Lab contract winner announced
Commitment-pool route graphs for finance and mutual aid
This paper develops a bounded operationalization framework for selected financial and mutual-aid institutions. It models Commitment Pooling Protocol (CPP) as a
Taxpayers spend about $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees
American taxpayers are spending billions every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals.
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