Congress has the power to appropriate federal dollars, and the executive branch’s job is to spend it as lawmakers direct. But ...

The White House’s temporary pause on trillions in federal spending could set up a court fight over executive authority and ...

The Trump administration memo prompted consternation in Washington about which federal government programs could expect to ...

The framers stated clearly that Congress, not the president, should hold the power of the purse. Trump has tried this power ...

"It is blatantly unconstitutional," one senator says as agencies grapple with pausing nearly all grants and loan programs.

In a statement, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said that the freeze would have devastating implications for the “most ...

Donald Trump put a temporary pause on federal grants and halted foreign aid, among a slew of other efforts, to cut down on ...

The first Trump administration's strategy caused a "brain drain" and a generational blow to American agricultural research.

President Donald Trump’s firing of 18 inspectors general explicitly violates a law passed by Congress to protect these ...

One of 17 government watchdogs ousted by President Trump said that the move was a “a potentially existential threat” to a ...