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Trump threatened to pull federal unemployment funding from all states as leverage in a policy dispute. The move would mark an unprecedented use of benefit cuts as a political weapon.
Trump is threatening to strip federal unemployment funding from states as a negotiating tactic in a policy dispute. This would be the first time a president has weaponized jobless benefits this way. The threat targets the entire federal-state unemployment system, which currently provides extended benefits during economic downturns and supports baseline programs in every state.
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