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TALHASSEE – Congress plans to cut billions of dollars from the federal food aid program and shift that burden over the next few years.The House Agriculture Committee is moving forward with plans to cut approximately $230 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as part of the federal budget settlement process and pay $1 trillion tax cuts to the wealthiest 1% of Americans, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, a Non-Party Institute in Washington.Rep. Anna Escamani, D-Orlando State Sen., said those cuts in Washington would have a major impact in Florida and rely on federal funds.…

By David Williams, president of the Taxpayer Protection Union From job cuts to fundraising freezes, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) controls headlines. The report focuses on the Trump administration, but there is a totally exposed notice of the farewell policy from former President Biden. A few days before his departure, the Biden administration quietly set the stage for the government to acquire the intellectual property (IP) of drugs researchers for drugs developed with the help of the NIH. This long-standing policy reversal means fewer life-saving drugs coming down the pike will lead to researchers thinking twice before partnering with…

College Park, Md. — Salatevias and Kayleen Smickle led 12-2 runs in the fourth quarter, with fourth seed Maryland postponing 13th Norfolk State 82-69 on Saturday to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.The Terrapins (24–7) host the fifth seed Alabama on Monday, earning a Sweet 16 spot on the line, but it wasn’t easy to advance against the Norfolk State (30–5) team who took part in a 19-game winning streak. The crude Spartan, who ran only four times in the beginning of the fourth quarter before a series of external shots by Te-Biasu and Smikle, gave Maryland…

ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) – A fire broke out at Epcot Park, Walt Disney World, Orlando on Saturday night. The video captured a large, thick ball of smoke coming out of the theme park. Man with a hatchet puts St. Pete policeman in headlock: affidavit “What?” You can hear a visitor riding a Disney Skyliner saying in the clip. “Oh, what a god, it’s there.” According to NBC’s affiliate WESH, the fire broke out at the French Pavilion. Fox 35 Orlando reported that the walk inkler set fire behind the scenes. Disney officials confirmed that guests inside the affected area were…

Many see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as serving his own political needs, and having no clear plan for Gaza’s future after the war.News AnalysisWhy Israel decided to go back to war seems evident on the surface—cease-fire negotiations broke down and Hamas wouldn’t release any more hostages.Israelis see other factors at work beneath that, though: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s desire to shore up his coalition, postpone elections, pass a budget, and delay investigations of a growing scandal.According to Martin Indyk, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who brokered the end to the 1973 Yom Kippur War, leading to the 1979…

Abber, appointed by Biden, resigned from her post as federal prosecutor on Trump’s inauguration day.Police have launched an investigation after it was discovered that a former federal prosecutor had died at his home in Alexandria, Virginia on Saturday morning.According to a police statement, at about 9:18am on March 22, officers from the Alexandria Police Station responded to an unresponsive woman’s report at a residence in the 900 block of Beverly Drive. Response authorities determined that the woman identified as 43-year-old Jessica Abel has passed away.Until recently, Abbar was a US lawyer for the Eastern District of Virginia.President Joe Biden appointed…

When the intended Gahurrla heard that the M23 Rebel group had arrived in Lumangabo, the town of Latshul territory in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on November 27, 2022, he quickly packed some possessions and fled to escape safely.Fearing to be caught up in the main road, Gahurrla traveled through Birunga National Park to Goma, a city of about 2 million people and the largest city in the eastern DRC, before fleeing to nearby Burundi.The Rwandan-backed M23, or March 23rd movement, is a Tutz-led rebel group founded in 2012 by former fighter jets for the National Defense…

New research into childhood brain cancer is identifying treatment targets and giving patients hope.Researchers at the Hudson Medical Institute have discovered genetic targets for childhood brain tumors and how to identify patients who are most likely to benefit from it.They believe these findings are key steps in developing new drugs to treat some of the most challenging and difficult-to-treat pediatric cancers.Additionally, DNA modifications were found in the different gene Bcl2L1. This modification predicted tumor response to treatment targeting MCL1. These modifications are known as methylation and act to activate or suppress the activity of a particular gene.Gliomas are tumors that…

SYDNEY – Former police officer Tiara Brown has become the WBC World Featherweight Champion, beating Sky Nicholson in Saturday’s split decision victory.Brown, 36, won the Nicholson belt when the judges scored 97-93 and 96-94.Brown (19–0) fell on the canvas in tears when he was announced as the winner. This was the first occupational loss for Australian Nicholson (12–1).Brown was an officer at the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., and most recently served at both the Fort Myers Police Department, a Florida native.Fort Myers PD wished Brown good luck before the 10th round match, saying on Instagram “Always a fighter,…

Civil servants are in the Union’s chopping block, and those working from home are told to return to their offices when major parties create election fronts.Opposition Finance spokesman Jane Hume vows to bring public services heads back to pre-2022 levels, confirming that 36,000 workers will be x under the Union government.”The 36,000 civil servants brought in believe that improvements in services have not demonstrated that they are responding to the public,” she told Sky News on Sunday.Senator Hume said that it will not be cut to frontline services, but where the cut will come is not in detail.The coalition has…