US Government: 'Voice of America' gets quiet due to 'financing cut'; Federal student loan to continue? | 10 Updates

The US Senate adjourned on Wednesday without deciding how to end the government’s closure. On the first day of the government, the blame aimed at all sides. Here are the top ten updates of the US GOVT closing day 1: 1. Despite the conclusion of the government, student assistance programs will continue to work largely as normal. According to the contingency plan of the Department of Education, pell grants and federal student loans will still be paid out, and lenders are expected to keep making payments on their loans, as reported by AP. The department runs a $ 1.6 billion federal student loan portfolio, which supports approximately 9.9 million students in 5.400 colleges. However, within the Office of Federal Student AID (FSA), 632 out of 747 employees will be exposed during the downtime. Most service loan services are handled by third-party enterprises contracted by the department, and the immediate disruption of borrowers is expected to be minimal. 2. The Trump Administration has suspended all news broadcasts of Voice of America (VOA) and fed almost all its journalists after the government closing, just two days after a judge ordered the agency to resume staff and resume programming. ‘Voice of America broadcasts has been suspended due to a US government financing cut, which led to a government’s closure, “a recent notice on the website reads. 3. Meanwhile, the US Embassy in India said in a post on X: “Due to the decline of appropriation, this X account will not be updated regularly before resuming the full operations, with the exception of urgent safety and security information.” 4. Billions of dollars on climate financing for mainly democratic guided states will be canceled according to the office of management and budget director Russ Vought. “Nearly $ 8 billion in green new scam funding to supplement the left climate agenda is canceled. More information to come from @energy. The projects are in the following states: CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MD, MA, NH, NH, NJ, NY, NY, or, vt,” 5.. It seems that the Trump administration has postponed the implementation of a proposed 100% tariff on certain imported medicines. The tariff, which President Trump threatened last week, was aimed at brand name or patented pharmaceutical products unless the manufacturers were building a production facility in the United States, as reported by CNN. 6. “The Department of Trade continues to evaluate the proposals of pharmaceutical businesses to recreate the manufacture of manufacturing and lower drug prices to (the most favorable nation) rates while preparing pharmaceutical rates,” an official of the White House told CNN. 7. During the conclusion of the Government, the DC court system will not issue marriage certificates or export marriage ceremonies, according to the official website. Scregrab of the official website. 8. Funding for the $ 8 billion program that offers food aid to pregnant women, babies and young children is almost exhausted. However, most countries are expected to have enough resources to continue normal operations for one to two weeks during government closure. 9. This includes that new entries are allowed in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Babies and Children (WIC), according to Ali Hard, policy director of the National Wic Association. The exception is Mississippi, who temporarily interrupted the acceptance of applications during the closing, according to a notice posted online. Voice of America broadcasts was suspended due to a US government financing cut, which led to a government’s closure. 10. The most recent closure of government took place at the end of 2018 and early 2019, caused by President Trump’s claim for funding to build a US-Mexico border wall. In an AP-Norc poll conducted during the closing, about 7 out of ten Americans Donald Trump held “a big part” or “quite” responsibility for the partial stop. AP has blamed Republicans in Congress about 6 out of ten, while about half of the Democrats attributed responsibility in Congress, AP reports. (With input of agencies, AP)