Congress unlikely to enact ‘absolutely devastating’ Trump proposal to slash Pell Grants

WASHINGTON—Donald Trump wants to cut nearly $1,700 from the maximum Pell Grant award as part of his fiscal 2026 budget request—a move that would leave the subsidy for low-income students at its lowest level in more than a decade.The proposal would have a devastating effect on college affordability and drive up costs for states because they’d have to fill in the missing federal doll...

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