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Daily News Roundup: Trump Donates First-Quarter Pay to Park Service

April 4, 2017 | Read Time: 1 minute

National Park Service Is First Recipient of Trump Salary Pledge: At a White House press briefing, the federal agency was presented with a check for $78,333.32, representing the president’s wages for the first quarter of the year, reports The New York Times. Mr. Trump is proposing deep budget cuts for the Interior Department, which oversees the Park Service. See what nonprofits Chronicle readers say should benefit from President Trump’s promise to donate his government pay.

Carlos Slim Foundation to Help Mexicans in U.S. Get Citizenship: The telecommunications billionaire’s philanthropic organization is working with Latin America’s largest university and Mexico’s human-rights commission to develop workshops and online programs to instruct immigrants who are in the United States legally on applying for citizenship, Forbes writes. Read a Chronicle profile of Mr. Slim and his giving.

Big Donor’s Messy Family Feud Poses Challenge for Mass. College: Worcester Polytechnic Institute leaders say they are closely following developments in the bitter fight between Robert Foisie — an alumnus and patron whose name adorns several campus programs and facilities — and his ex-wife and children, which has featured unproven allegations of criminal behavior and could have public-relations fallout for the university, writes The Boston Globe.

Nonprofit to Make Millions Available for New D.C. Schools: CityBridge Education, an offshoot of the schools-focused CityBridge Foundation, announced plans to provide more “high-quality” seats for District students by giving up to $500,000 per school to educators to open new charters or revamp existing institutions, The Washington Post reports.