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May Day protests planned for Thursday in South Florida and across the nation are aiming at scolding President Donald Trump for his administration's deportation policies, massive layoffs of federal worker and drastic funding cuts to scores of federal government programs.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled two food programs earlier this year that would have provided $1 billion in funding. The budget cuts are part of the federal initiative to reduce government spending.

Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), along with congressional Republicans, must cease their “illegal assault” on the nation’s Social Security program.

A new poll for MediaLab@FAU shows more support for Gov. DeSantis’ state-level government efficiency department than for Elon Musk’s federal version. Musk told investors this week that he will soon step back from his role overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Budget cuts to the USDA, as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to reduce federal spending through billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE activities, have hit deliveries of food to the Salvation Army of Broward County.

Florida's public universities and colleges have just two weeks to turn over six years' worth of records on staffing, research and grant funding as part of the first formal information request under Gov. Ron DeSantis' newly mandated Department of Government Efficiency – a sweeping effort to identify "inefficiencies" in higher education.

The National Weather Service is no longer providing translations of its products into Spanish and other languages after its contract with an artificial intelligence company was allowed to lapse. It's a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing warnings about extreme weather.

Two local progressive groups are planning protests Saturday in South Florida in opposition to Trump administration policies and Elon Musk’s massive layoffs in leading the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

President Donald Trump's historic federal hiring freeze and firing spree has eliminated thousands of jobs and placed thousands more on indefinite hold. For South Florida students sitting on the cusp of internships or post-graduate jobs in the government, the freeze has been devastating.

Federal Judge Royce Lamberth ruled the continued operation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was "in the public interest" and froze White House plans to shut it down.

As the National Endowment Democracy sues to unfreeze the congressionally-approved funds, board member Mel Martinez tells WLRN the nonprofit has cut 70% of staff and stopped most grants in work such as supporting political prisoners and pushing for free press and elections. He says it's "unfortunate" they had to name Secretary of State Marco Rubio — a former supporter — in the lawsuit.

As South Florida national parks reckon with staff layoffs from the White House, the latest visitor data shows attendance steadily rebounding and in some cases breaking records following the COVID-19 shutdown.