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April 14, 2025

Trump Moves to Get Rid of Head Start, Which Offers Free Child Care to Poor Families
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The Trump administration has proposed fully eliminating Head Start, the
program created during Lyndon Johnson's "war on poverty" that offers
free child care to over 1 million low-income parents. That's according
to USA Today, which reports the cuts would also end meals, developmental
screenings and healthcare for nearly 800,000 children.

This comes after a federal judge on Friday ruled that Elon Musk's DOGE
operation can access sensitive payment and data systems at the Treasury
Department. Nineteen state attorneys general had sued to block access to
the systems, which include bank account and Social Security information.


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