Democrats urge delay on Trump budget office nominee in response to funding freeze
Senate Democrats are demanding Republicans postpone a vote scheduled for Thursday on Russell Vought, President Trump’s nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, after the budget office on Monday issued a broadly worded memo freezing large swaths of federal assistance.
Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
Trump's memo that directed a federal funding freeze has been rescinded. Here's what happened
President Donald Trump issued a memo ordering a freezing of federal funds. After lawsuits and a federal judge issuing an injunction, the memo was rescinded.
Trump Says Funding Freeze Was Targeted at Waste and Fraud
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a temporary freeze on certain discretionary spending announced by his administration a day earlier was meant to give time to the government to identify instances of improper spending.
Trump White House rescinds memo freezing federal money after widespread confusion
President Donald Trump’s budget office has rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country
Trump White House rescinds freeze memo on federal grants, ending feud with Congress
The Trump administration reversed its policy to freeze grants and loans while officials evaluated whether spending met the president's priorities.
Trump rescinds spending freeze on federal assistance
The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded its sweeping freeze of federal assistance, which roiled Washington and caused widespread confusion about which programs were affected by the move, according to a copy of the memo obtained by POLITICO.
White House eyes fight to expand Trump’s power to control spending
Trump’s early, extraordinary steps pose a direct challenge to a fundamental underpinning of the Constitution: the power of ...
Can Trump Cancel Government Funds Through Impoundment? What To Know As He Pauses Federal Assistance.
President Donald Trump’s administration issued a memo Monday ordering widespread federal assistance to be temporarily paused, ...
How much does Trump’s Florida security detail cost? Here’s what a sheriff’s office is requesting
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is asking county officials for over $45 million regarding security for President Donald ...
Trump's federal grant pause is the fulfillment of a longtime campaign promise
Donald Trump promised to do everything he could to challenge a Nixon-era impoundment law. The OMB's grant freeze is likely ...
Donald Trump Is Claiming Powers That Even King George III Didn’t Have
The matter was so important that it was a central issue in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 when Parliament and its allies ...
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Donald Trump's plan to abolish income tax: What tax cuts does he want?
Donald Trump wants to abolish income tax, cut corporate taxes, eliminate taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security ...
Inside 45 hours of chaos: The brief life and quick death of Trump’s federal spending freeze
The withdrawal of the federal freeze was a stunning about-face for President Donald Trump’s White House, which has so far ...
A 'constitutional crisis?' Democrats, Republicans spar over Donald Trump's spending order
Congressional Democrats and good-government groups say President Donald Trump 's Monday night directive to pause the ...
Donald Trump May Slash TSA To Pay For ICE Deportations: Report
Two sources familiar with the plan told NBC News the Trump administration is considering pulling funding from TSA and ...
GOP steps aside as Trump assaults Congress’ power
President Donald Trump has declared an all-out war on congressional power. And his allies on Capitol Hill aren’t doing much ...
The Recession That Never Was Could Be Coming This Year
There are essentially no economists predicting a recession right now. That’s in sharp contrast to just 24 months ago. Could ...