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        BREAKING newsletter: Trump admin moves to end federal HIV prevention programs
     
 Kayla Gagnet 
          
          Mar 18, 2025
          
Kayla Gagnet
Kayla Gagnet is the executive director of digital content for equalpride, parent company to The Advocate. She has more than 20 years of journalism experience, working as a reporter, editor and newsroom leader. She previously worked as the managing editor of digital at The Times-Picayune in New Orleans and the senior vice president of content at CNHI.
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The Trump administration is preparing to eliminate all federal funding for domestic HIV prevention programs, a move that health experts say will undo decades of progress in combating the epidemic. 
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Opinion: The president's reheating of conspiracy theories related to voter fraud — with attacks on trans people for good measure — is a clear ploy to undermine democracy, argues Josh Ackley.

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