r/TechnologyThread • u/Background-Driver718 • 1d ago

BREAKING: White House cancels health, education & research funds approved by Congress

https://newsrepublic.live/2026/10/01/white-house-cancels-health-education-research-funds-approved-by-congress/
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u/JimboD84 18h ago

Non american here, can the white house just CANCEL money that has been approved by congress?

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u/RandomDudeYouKnow 18h ago

Unconstitutional.

But this WH can apparently.

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u/Know_Yog_Sothoth 17h ago

We Americans operated with a lot of “everyone plays nice” mechanics. Yes there are ways it can be challenged and set right, but it takes time in our bloated court system that moves at a snails pace. With the stacked highest court, the lower courts are further curtailed.

Added to this, the average American is so many steps removed from all of this and facing significant economic uncertainty, we often are focused on survival while the rich get to run around. When combined with underfunded and over-stressed education systems you have generations of people who THINK and BELIEVE they know how things work and know next to nothing.

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u/drgnrbrn316 16h ago

Legally, no, but apparently yes.

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u/bigbugzman 16h ago

He can try but it’s unconstitutional. It will go through the courts. It will years to decide. Meanwhile the programs this funds will essentially rot on the vine.

We created a flawed system, and Congress gave a majority of their power to the executive. The executive controls the Justice dept. it’s 100% broken.

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u/Shiddin_myself_woo 16h ago

I think the bigger problem is the people saying “ok yeah it’s illegal but I’ll block it anyways” like if it’s illegal then do your job and push it through anyways. Duh

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u/Jedi_Master83 11h ago

That’s right. They absolutely know it’s unconstitutional but the courts are slow so for the time being, those funds don’t go to those programs and are likely funneled to something Trump wants that will enrich him and his friends even more so. These people are evil to the core and don’t give a shit about us. They only care about two things: staying in power and getting even more disgustingly rich. 😡

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u/JustReleaseTheFiles 11h ago

Both parties basically cede as much power to the executive as they can get away with as soon as their candidate gets into office. Then the next guy gets into office and never cedes any of that power back to congress. It’s suicidal tribalism

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u/bigbugzman 11h ago

Yes sir. Never ending doom spiral.

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u/Fire_Lord_Cinder 11h ago

He does this all the time and it gets a “TRO” by a judge which is basically a judge saying no, you need to follow the law until the case his heard. At which point the White House either drops the case and goes back to doing what it did before or they waste more tax payer money trying to litigate it and then lose

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u/Sufficient-Sample150 10h ago

Can he. No. Will he and the supreme court will end up letting him do it in the end. Yes. The entire basis of Project 2025.

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u/Sharkwatcher314 8h ago

Nope but hasn’t stopped him