White House budget request slashes funding for tribal colleges and universities
If the budget is approved by Congress, beginning in October, the more than $13 million in annual appropriations for the Institute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, would be reduced to zero. It would be the first time in nearly 40 years that the congressionally chartered school would not receive federal support, said Robert Martin, the school's president.
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Trump's executive order seeks to remove homeless from streets. What is seen in Erie County
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WATCH: President Donald Trump struggles to pronounce Tua Tagovailoa's name
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