News 2017
5 Things You Need to Know About The CBO's Report on Trumpcare

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) is less than impress with Trump's federal budget
The Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the American Health Care Act of 2017 comes three weeks after the House passed it.
On May 4, the United States House of Representatives passed an updated version of the American Health Care Act of 2017 (AHCA).
Read more: 5 Things You Need to Know About The CBO's Report on Trumpcare
In The Life: Aunsha Everett-Hall

Aunsha Everett-Hall, Senior Development Manager, Black AIDS Institute
One in a series of photos and stories from "In The Life," a story series about the life experiences of Black gay/bi/same-gender-loving/NGC and trans men, told in their own words as part of the #30DaysOfHIV campaign
In This Issue

President Trump's inaugural budget is rippling through Washington and the country. A president neither authorizes nor appropriates federal spending. So why is the President's 2018 budget so important?
Less Talk, More Action: Southern Leaders Meet with CDC to Address HIV Disparities in the South

Southern meeting
Why did it take us so long to focus our attention on the disparities experienced in the South? Was it that AIDS was first identified in big cities on the east and west coasts—Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York?
Trump's Vow To Squeeze 'Sanctuary Cities' Could Play Havoc With Health Programs

Black immigrants
The Trump administration's tough stance on immigration has some local health department officials worried it could spur cuts in federal funding and complicate a wide variety of programs, from efforts to battle the opioid epidemic to domestic violence initiatives.
Read more: Trump's Vow To Squeeze 'Sanctuary Cities' Could Play Havoc With Health Programs