/tags/trump-administration Trump Administration en-US Copyright Fri, 09 May 2025 15:36:58 GMT /environment/2025-05-09/epa-dissolve-office-research-development-cuts Several hundred people work in the Office of Research and Development at EPA's campus at Research Triangle Park. This office is being dissolved. Researchers will now move to different program offices. Fri, 09 May 2025 15:36:58 GMT /environment/2025-05-09/epa-dissolve-office-research-development-cuts Celeste Gracia /term/news/2025-05-06/triangle-schools-mental-health-services-federal-cuts Federal grants from the U.S. Department of Education will not continue at Wake County Public Schools and UNC-Chapel Hill due to the Trump Administration's cancellation of federal funding for mental health services. Tue, 06 May 2025 20:49:50 GMT /term/news/2025-05-06/triangle-schools-mental-health-services-federal-cuts Sharryse Piggott /education/2025-05-06/federal-funding-cuts-nc-apple-farmers-usda-school-lunch Trump administration funding cuts are ending a program that put $5 million of local produce on the lunch trays of students across North Carolina this year. Tue, 06 May 2025 19:26:34 GMT /education/2025-05-06/federal-funding-cuts-nc-apple-farmers-usda-school-lunch Liz Schlemmer /term/news/2025-04-05/raleigh-protesters-object-to-trump-administration-cuts-to-universities-and-research-funding Thousands gathered Saturday on Raleigh Bicentennial Plaza across from the North Carolina General Assembly to protest the Trump Administration and presidential adviser Elon Musk. Sat, 05 Apr 2025 23:17:20 GMT /term/news/2025-04-05/raleigh-protesters-object-to-trump-administration-cuts-to-universities-and-research-funding Rusty Jacobs /term/news/2025-03-27/federal-funding-cuts-ncdhhs-health-jobs-layoffs The Trump Administration eliminated millions in federal grant funding for North Carolina, which state health officials say will affect areas within the department like behavioral health and substance use disorder services. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:51:01 GMT /term/news/2025-03-27/federal-funding-cuts-ncdhhs-health-jobs-layoffs Sharryse Piggott /education/2025-03-05/republican-legislators-nc-eliminate-dei-public-schools The bill aligns with the Trump administration's objective to remove DEI from all facets of education. Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:45:58 GMT /education/2025-03-05/republican-legislators-nc-eliminate-dei-public-schools Brianna Atkinson /education/2025-03-04/trump-dei-colleges-north-carolina-universities The Trump administration's "Dear Colleague" letter comes at a time when N.C. universities are already paring back their diversity efforts. Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:07:43 GMT /education/2025-03-04/trump-dei-colleges-north-carolina-universities Brianna Atkinson /education/2025-02-10/trump-nih-order-research-funding-nc-universities North Carolina's top research universities could lose millions of dollars in support if a Trump administration revision to funding from the National Institutes of Health holds up. Mon, 10 Feb 2025 23:54:23 GMT /education/2025-02-10/trump-nih-order-research-funding-nc-universities Brianna Atkinson /education/2025-02-06/federal-research-funding-university-leaders-silent The executive orders have sent the research community into a state of confusion, concern, and anxiety. Meanwhile, some of the most powerful higher education system leaders in North Carolina have remained silent. Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:02:48 GMT /education/2025-02-06/federal-research-funding-university-leaders-silent Brianna Atkinson /news/2021-03-15/former-chapel-hill-business-owner-charged-in-assault-of-capitol-officer-who-died-after-riot U.S. officials have arrested and charged two men — including one former Chapel Hill business owner — with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray during the Jan. 6 riot. Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:43:40 GMT /news/2021-03-15/former-chapel-hill-business-owner-charged-in-assault-of-capitol-officer-who-died-after-riot