1/23/26 — What’s Happening Right Now

• Trump administration targets 14 blue states with sweeping federal funding review – CNN

• Directive from OMB to agencies – Office of Management and Budget

• Twitter statement from CBPP President Sharon Parrott

• House approves spending bills despite many Democrats' objections to ICE funds – NPR

• Thune comes under GOP pressure to bypass Democrats on health care – The Hill

• Frustration over U.S. health costs erupts at congressional hearing – Washington Post

• Trump lauds ‘tremendous’ federal workforce cuts. Good government group calls them ‘disturbing.’ – Federal News Network

• US science after a year of Trump – Nature

• Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data – Washington Post

• The year Trump broke the federal government – Washington Post