Trump Administration Revokes Billions In COVID Spending

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Five years after the first COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will pull back billions in pandemic spending from state and local public health departments, nonprofits and international partners, the Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday.

HHS confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation that as much as $11 billion could be cut in grants and cooperative agreements identified by CDC as no longer necessary. (RELATED: Trump Announces New CDC Nominee After White House Withdrew Previous Pick)

“The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago,” HHS Director of Communications Andrew Nixon said in a statement to NBC News. “HHS is prioritizing funding projects that will deliver on President Trump’s mandate…

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