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  "path": "/2026/04/22/repub/trump-proposal-to-halt-funding-for-minority-serving-colleges-criticized-by-dems-advocates/",
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  "tags": [
    "DC Bureau",
    "Education",
    "Politics & Law",
    "Donald trump",
    "Linda McMahon",
    "Mazie Hirono",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats, advocates, students and leaders on Wednesday blasted attempts by President Donald Trump’s administration to do away with funding for minority-serving institutions in higher education. U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono led a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol that called on the administration to fully fund and protect the more than 800 minority-serving institutions, […]",
  "title": "Trump proposal to halt funding for minority-serving colleges criticized by Dems, advocates"
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