What “America First” Could Cost Us

In late February, the Office of Management and Budget instructed all federal entities to align themselves with “the President’s America First foreign policy.” It required agencies and private institutions that receive government grants to conduct a kind of self-audit, to weed out foreign programs that do not promote “American prosperity by advancing capitalism, markets that … Read more

Trump administration suspends host of federal grants to Princeton University

The Trump administration cut funding to a host of Princeton University research projects, the school said Tuesday, marking the latest Ivy League campus to see its federal backing reduced or revoked. Princeton “received notifications from government agencies including the Department of Energy, NASA, and the Defense Department” that Washington was “suspending several dozen Princeton research … Read more

$14.3 million in fire relief grants roll out to artists thanks to Getty-led museum fund

Seven weeks after fires laid waste to neighborhoods in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, the L.A. Arts Community Fire Relief Fund has given $14.3 million to more than 1,700 artists and arts workers affected by the disasters. Applicants approved for a grant from the Getty-lef relief fund were to be notified Tuesday afternoon. All applicants … Read more