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Budget Cuts

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States and Cities Press Berlin After Integration Course Access Is Cut

The interior minister cites soaring program costs as the reason for tighter eligibility that he says will rein in spending.

DHS Partially Shuts Down After Funding Lapse

Brazil’s Audit Court Curbs Agency Budget Freezes, Orders Plan for Financial Autonomy

Thousands of Federal Public Servants Receive New Layoff Notices as Ottawa Drives Cost-Cutting Review

Argentina Cuts Nearly 60,000 National Public Jobs in Two Years Under Milei

France Ends Lifetime Perks for Ex-Prime Ministers and Interior Ministers as Policy Takes Effect

Reform UK Unveils 68,500 Civil Service Cuts, Fivefold Bonus Pool

Ottawa Warns Hundreds of Public Servants as Early-Retirement Push Begins

INE Approves 2026 Operating Budget of 14.1 Billion Pesos After Legislative Cut

Victoria Unveils Public-Sector Overhaul With 1,000+ Job Cuts and Agency Mergers

Belgium’s Three-Day Strike Moves Into Day Two After Coalition Sets €9 Billion Budget Path

Cross-Party MPs Warn UK Aid Cuts Endanger National Security, Urge Reversal

Belgium’s General Strike Grounds Flights, Cripples Brussels Transit, Forces Budget Delay

Lecornu Names New French Cabinet as Report Points to €31 Billion in Savings

Trump Orders Pentagon to Tap Available Funds to Keep Troops Paid During Shutdown

DOE Suspends 223 Projects as White House Freezes $26 Billion to States

Macron Sinks to 17% Approval as France Moves to Recognize Palestine at UN and Anti-Austerity Unrest Deepens

Ciotti Submits €120 Billion Counter-Budget to Lecornu

Deputies Overturn Milei Vetoes as Nationwide University March Fills Streets

Minister Loretta Ortiz Criticizes SCJN Pay Cut, Says Her New Salary Is 137,000 Pesos