Tuesday, June 3, 2025
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Today's Topics
Trump scraps emergency abortion care as maternal deaths spike in ban states
The Trump administration rescinded Biden-era EMTALA guidance on June 3, 2025, eliminating the requirement that hospitals provide emergency abortions to save women's lives, even in states with total bans. HHS Secretary Mehmet Oz claimed the policy created "confusion," but medical groups warn women will die from treatable pregnancy complications. This follows Trump's January executive orders enforcing the Hyde Amendment and reinstating the global gag rule, while 21 states maintain abortion bans.
Trump's NIH Budget Cuts Hit Universities and Research
Trump's proposed 37% cut to NIH funding threatens to eliminate billions in research grants to colleges and universities, affecting scientific innovation and student training programs.
Musk Blasts Big Beautiful Bill as Debt Disaster
After resigning from DOGE, Musk denounced Trump’s signature tax-and-spending plan—the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—as a “disgusting abomination.”
70 Arrested in South Carolina Cartel Night-Club Bust
ICE and HSI detained 70 people on June 3, 2025, including a homicide suspect from Honduras, in coordinated nightclub raids. The operation demonstrates targeted enforcement focusing on criminal suspects rather than status-only immigration violations.
Trump Targets Library Cash: When Books Become Political
President Trump moved to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main federal funding source for libraries nationwide. Trump targeted IMLS, the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.