In an all-night marathon of speeches on the Senate floor, Democrats are protesting Russell Vought ’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget, warning his confirmation will supercharge ...

Disparate fights in the early weeks of Trump 2.0 are linked together by the question of whether a president can take spending ...

The recent federal funding freeze spurred immediate finger-pointing inside the Trump administration, with anonymous sources ...

The economic fallout began Saturday evening as Canada said it will retaliate with a 25% tariff on $30 billion (Canadian dollars) of U.S. goods, with another C$125 billion to follow in three weeks.

President Donald Trump‘s opponents celebrated when his administration rescinded a memorandum to freeze federal aid spending ...

Public-policy expert Don Kettl discusses Trump and Musk’s blitzkrieg attack on the federal workforce, and where it goes next.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck about the constitutional issues raised by the Trump administration's efforts to pause federal loans and grants last week.

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

Focusing on the concrete consequences of Donald Trump’s funding freezes, rather than abstract arguments about democracy, ...

President Trump signed an executive order calling for a federal "funding freeze," and Matthew J. Vaeth, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) subsequently issued ...

The Senate Budget Committee on Thursday advanced Russell Vought’s nomination as Office of Management and Budget director, ...

An internal OMB document shows that it is official administration policy to block funding to provoke a constitutional ...