Trump's War on Children: DOGE Guts Head Start, Child Abuse Programs, Healthcare & More

[Uncle Joe]

Cuts by the Trump administration are putting children at risk, according to a new report by ProPublica. The administration has cut funds and manpower for child abuse investigations, enforcement of child support payments, child care and more. On top of that, Head Start preschools, which offer free child care to low-income parents, are being severely gutted. Democracy Now! speaks with ProPublica reporter Eli Hager on his investigation into Trump’s “War on Children.”

“It wasn’t just cuts to these more liberal-coded programs like support for child care and direct assistance to lower-income families with children, but also these programs that have much more support across the political spectrum, like funds and staffing for investigating child abuse and Child Protective Services,” says Hager.

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[Deuxcents]

1. All the while trying to get women to have more kids. Don't care about em, just get em here

[AloeVera]

2. Unconscionable.

These people don't care about life or kids.

Could care less what happens to a child after it is born.