A proposal to rebrand a new type of federal Pell Grant as “Trump Grants” has drawn sharp criticism from Rhode Island lawmakers, who insist the program should retain the name of its creator, the state’s longest-serving US senator. The name change is embedded in a House spending bill for the US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for the upcoming fiscal year. Rhode Island’s congressional delegation argued that the proposal would “erase Senator Pell’s name from a program that has uplifted generations and replace it with a President whose record on education is defined by cuts and dismantlement,” calling it “a profound insult to that legacy,” according to a letter obtained by the Associated Press. Created to expand access to higher education, Pell Grants are

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