Trump news at a glance: the end of some national guard efforts and all childcare payments | Trump administration
The Trump administration took a series of actions on the last day of 2025, including drastic reversals on two key issues.
Donald Trump abruptly gave up deploying federal troops in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland. This decision marks a significant turnaround after months of tensions between the federal government and local authorities.
Separately, the Department of Health and Human Services has frozen all child care payments to states, and funding will not be released until states prove the money is being used “legitimately.”
Trump ends National Guard efforts in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland
Donald Trump suddenly backed away from his attempts to impose federal troops in law enforcement roles in Democratic-led cities, announcing Wednesday that he was ending attempted deployments from Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland.
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Trump administration freezes all child care payments in all states: report
The Department of Health and Human Services is freezing all child care payments in all states, a Donald Trump administration official told ABC News in a report released Wednesday, just hours after department officials announced they had frozen child care funding in Minnesota. State funds, the anonymous official said, will only be released “when states demonstrate they are being spent legitimately.”
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Court Allows White House to End Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 States
A US appeals court agreed Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to strip Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood health centers in 22 states and Washington DC. The order from the three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stays an injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani.
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A record number of Americans pessimistic about the health care system
A record 23 percent of Americans think the U.S. health care system is “in a state of crisis” and 47 percent think it has “major problems,” according to a recent poll from the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America.
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Kennedy Center changed rules before vote to add Trump’s name – report
The Kennedy Center reportedly adopted bylaws earlier this year that would limit voting to directors appointed by Donald Trump — a controversial move that appears to reveal the long-running plan to install Trump’s name at the center.
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What else happened today:
A catch-up? Here’s what happened December 30, 2025.
