You Pay for Internet Service in Empty Buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island — ProPublica

U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/adak-island-alaska-internet-subsidy-fcc

San Francisco to make childcare free for families earning up to $230,000

Officials to offer 50% subsidy up to $310,000 in effort to make one of world's most expensive cities more affordable…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/san-francisco-childcare-families

 

US farmers say Trump’s $12bn package not enough to undo damage from tariffs

Donald Trump, having promised to "NEVER LET OUR FARMERS DOWN", appeared to come through for them this month when he unveiled a $12bn aid package. Industry leaders say thousands of farms will still go bust this year…

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/22/trump-aid-package-us-farmers

 

What fraud? State Obamacare officials don’t see the problem GOP subsidy opponents do - POLITICO

State health care exchanges say they have few problems with fraud. Instead of killing the subsidies, policy experts suggest fixing the federal exchanges instead…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/11/states-argue-enhanced-obamacare-subsidies-not-the-cause-of-fraud-00686216  

Trump SHOCKS ALL with insane weekend announcement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7JdhbHYakM

Democrats offer to end shutdown for one-year health care subsidy extension - The Washington Post

"For us to have any confidence about what the House will do, either the president has to get involved or Speaker Johnson has to say they're willing to actually engage," said Sen. Chris Coons (D-Delaware). "As long as their position remains 'We control the White House, the House and the Senate, and we won't speak to you at all until there's a reopened government,' they own the shutdown."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/07/senate-shutdown-vote-democrats/

The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’ | Michigan | The Guardian

Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/rx-kids-flint-michigan-pregnancy 

 

No, President Joe Biden didn’t announce $6,400 government subsidies for all Americans - PolitiFact

We rate the claim that a video shows Biden promoting a $6,400 government subsidy False...

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/17/facebook-posts/no-president-joe-biden-didnt-announce-6400-governm/

Manufacturers have less than five days’ supply of some computer chips, Commerce Department says - The Washington Post

…About 75 percent of chip production today takes place in East Asia, and over 90 percent of the most advanced chips are manufactured in Taiwan — a particular vulnerability for the United States, given China's aggression toward the democratic island, U.S. officials have said. 

Some lawmakers, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have voiced opposition to the subsidies, saying the semiconductor industry is highly profitable and doesn't need federal aid…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/25/semiconductor-shortage-inventory-2022-chips/

'Why are we not subsidizing guns?' OAN guest says white people deserve free guns to protect them from BLM - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism

…Conservative activist Rogan O'Handley argued over the weekend that the government should provide firearm subsidies so that people can protect themselves from "looting, violence and murder" that he blamed on Black Lives Matter…

https://www.rawstory.com/gun-subsidies-for-individuals/

Franchise group calls for $300 billion in federal assistance | TheHill

The International Franchise Association (IFA) is asking congressional leadership for the creation of a $300 billion fund to provide liquidity to franchises struggling through the coronavirus pandemic. ...
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/488472-franchise-group-calls-for-300b-in-assistance

Candy industry calls for $500 million in federal assistance | TheHill

The National Confectioners Association (NCA) called on the White House and Congress on Thursday to establish a recovery fund of $500 million to pay employees, maintain overhead expenses and meet existing financial obligations to support the candy industry through the coronavirus pandemic.
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/488497-candy-industry-calls-for-500-million-in-federal

Obesity declined among toddlers on food assistance after Obama-era reforms. But now enrollment is falling - The Washington Post

The obesity rate among more than 12.4 million 2- to 4-year-olds enrolled in a federal assistance program dropped from 15.9 percent in 2010 to 13.9 percent in 2016....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/11/22/obesity-declined-among-toddlers-food-assistance-after-obama-era-reforms-now-enrollment-is-falling/

Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidy cash 'could pay for green transition'

Redirecting small portion of subsidies would unleash clean energy revolution, says report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/01/fossil-fuel-subsidy-cash-pay-green-energy-transition

Federal bill would allow clean energy companies to structure like oil companies - Ars Technica

In the meantime, IEA says value of subsidies for fossil fuels has increased.....
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/06/federal-bill-would-allow-clean-energy-companies-to-structure-like-oil-companies/

No, China is not paying for Trump's bailout for US farmers - CNN Politics

Just as Mexico was supposed to pay for the wall, but isn't, now China is supposed to pay for President Donald Trump's plan to bail out US farmers.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/tariffs-bailout-china/index.html

Trump planning another socialist bailout for 'Our great Patriot Farmers' - Daily Kos

The man who loves trade wars because they're so easy to win is finding that the collateral damage inflicted is not so easy to deal with. The disaster Donald Trump's tariffs have brought to "Our great Patriot Farmers," who he still insists "will be one of the biggest beneficiaries of what is happening now" has proven problematic. So the administration is trying to figure out how to do yet another bailout. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/14/1857530/-Trump-planning-another-socialist-bailout-for-Our-great-Patriot-Farmers

Farm Union Calls Trump's Proposed $15 Billion Subsidy Insufficient - Newsweek

"Such temporary solutions are not sufficient to address the permanent damage the trade war has inflicted on agricultural export markets."
https://www.newsweek.com/farm-union-president-trump-subsidy-trade-china-1424340

HUD plan aimed at undocumented immigrants to displace 55K kids in US legally - ABC News

HUD estimates 55,000 children could be displaced by its plan.....
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hud-plan-aimed-undocumented-immigrants-displace-55k-kids/story

AP FACT CHECK: Blue high-tax states fund red low-tax states -- ABC News

Republican leaders have spent months promoting the myth that red low-tax states are subsidizing blue high-tax states because of the deduction for state and local taxes ....
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ap-fact-check-blue-high-tax-states-fund-51687881