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White House to ask Congress to cut $9B in funds, including for NPR, PBS, USAID
The White House is preparing a rescission package that will seek to have Congress claw back more than $9 billion in approved ...
D.C. Mayor Prepares City for Cuts After Congress Goes on Break
The House of Representatives went on recess without acting on a measure to avert a possible billion-dollar budget cut in ...
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Does Trump Even Need Congress?
Team Trump prefers executive-branch power grabs to legislation, and soon rescissions will present another test of ...
White House readies plan for Congress to ax taxpayer funding for NPR, PBS
White House budget director Russ Vought wants to claw back $1.1 billion appropriated for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
Congress has power over tariffs, but stopping Trump isn't likely as of now
But Congress has enacted laws giving the president some tariff powers. And courts have generally upheld that authority. In ...
In Congress, a Day Can Last Months if Politics Demands It
House Republicans are so intent on avoiding tough votes on President Trump’s tariffs that they have rewritten the calendar.
Trump wants Congress to end daylight saving time
President Donald Trump is urging Congress to “push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day” in his latest dig at the ...
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White House plans to ask Congress to rescind some funding it previously approved
The White House is preparing a rescission package that it plans to send to Congress, calling on lawmakers to cut previously ...
If DC has Home Rule, why does Congress have power over its budget?
D.C.’s operating budget for fiscal year 2025 is up in the air — but not because of decisions made by the D.C. Council or Mayor Bowser. Instead, laws passed by the federal government have forced ...