Tuesday, June 3, 2025
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Today's Topics
HHS rescinds EMTALA guidance on emergency abortion care
The Trump administration rescinded Biden-era EMTALA guidance on June 3, 2025, eliminating the requirement that hospitals provide emergency abortions to save women's lives, even in states with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 proposes 37% NIH cut threatening billions in university 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 calls Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" a "disgusting abomination" after DOGE exit
After resigning from DOGE, Musk denounced Trump’s signature tax-and-spending plan—the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—as a “disgusting abomination.”
HSI conducts South Carolina raids under criminal enterprise authority
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.
Education Department zeros out IMLS funding for 123,000 public libraries
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.