Joan is joined by Brett Murphy, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter on ProPublica’s national desk. They discussed the Trump administration's illegal federal funding freeze, which affected a vast number of programs and agencies, including Head Start and the National Institutes of Health. Murphy also talked about the recent ProPublica article he authored with Anna Maria Barry-Jester that highlighted the impact on medical facilities in Sudan, where staff chose to keep operations running despite Donald Trump's order to halt aid, risking the lives of up to 100 babies and toddlers. The article also covered the drastic measures taken by the Trump administration to halt USAID operations, including putting civil servants on leave and restricting access to systems. 

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