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Trump, RFK JR. job cuts gut World Trade Center health program, paralyze care

The Trump administration has gutted the agency overseeing the World Trade Center Health Program, a move advocates say will wreak havoc on the program’s operations and bring critical operations to a standstill. More.

WTC Health Program must be saved: Firing of leader Dr. John Howard and others must be reversed

The World Trade Center Health Program, providing essential medical care to the heroes and the victims of 9/11, was spared a 20% Trump administration budget cut in February only when Republican members of Congress from New York fought back and saved the WTCHP. Those members must now ride to the rescue again. More.

Trump cuts to World Trade Center health program trigger bipartisan criticism

President Donald Trump’s deep cuts to the federal agency overseeing health services for survivors of the September 11th attacks have triggered widespread condemnation, including from Republicans worried the reduction will jeopardize a program that has symbolized the government’s commitment to victims of a defining event of the last quarter century. More.

World Trade Center Health Program layoffs will impact 9/11 survivors, officials say

There is outrage over the Trump administration's decision to lay off staff at the World Trade Center Health Program, with many saying the cuts will impact health care for 9/11 survivors. More.

Agency in charge of World Trade Center Health Program gutted

The Trump administration has gutted the agency overseeing the World Trade Center Health Program, a move advocates say will wreak havoc on the program’s operations and bring critical operations to a standstill. More.

'Delay and deny care' to 9/11 survivors. Trump HHS cuts World Trade Center Program staff

The Trump administration fired hundreds of staff at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), including those at the World Trade Center Health Program who treat 9/11 first responders and survivors. More.

Legislation to extend benefits for 9/11 responders, survivors introduced

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in Congress to ensure benefits for Sept. 11 responders and survivors will be extended. The 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2025 would update the program’s “funding formula” to ensure it would be funded through its duration, which is set to expire in 2090. More.

This bill aims to help firefighters with cancer. Getting it passed is just the beginning

As firefighters battled the catastrophic blazes in Los Angeles County in January, California’s U.S. senators, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, both Democrats, signed on to legislation with a simple aim: provide federal assistance to first responders diagnosed with service-related cancer. More.