Center on Budget and Policy Priorities4d
2025 Budget Stakes: Millions Could Lose Needed Food Assistance
Republican proposals Congress could consider this year would take away or reduce food assistance from tens of millions of ...
In Trump’s quest to close the Education Department, Congress and his own agenda may get in the way
Democrats in Congress were quick to jump on Trump’s plan. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., a member of the Health, Education, ...
Trump push to use tariffs to pay for tax cuts faces opposition in Congress
U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing a plan to explicitly use revenue from higher tariffs on imported goods to help pay for ...
Democrats sue White House budget office over federal grant freeze
A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general announced legal action against the White House budget office Tuesday over ...
US judge blocks Trump from freezing federal spending for 22 states
The temporary restraining order will be in place until further order of the court while the judge considers whether to issue ...
Democratic states plan to sue over Trump's federal grant funding freeze
A Monday night memo could affect programs in every state, from aid to nonprofits to small business loans and local government ...
The Washington Post8d
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The memo, which goes into effect Tuesday, states its orders ... Trump’s nominee to lead the budget office, has vowed to try to move power over spending from Congress to the executive branch ...
THE WEEK5d
What is 'impoundment' and how does it work?
Congress is locked in a contentious funding battle with an overzealous president who has spent his first weeks in office working ... that made its way to the United States Supreme Court, as ...