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

After Trump's second week in office, the future of government jobs and their functions are up in the air.

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she believes that a federal grant assistance freeze now under a court-ordered pause has ...

Give Trump some credit. He has no interest in faking empathy, as Biden did so ineptly. In Trump’s playbook, empathy is a ...

The Trump administration likely violated federal law with a controversial directive that aimed to pause spending on ...

A second federal judge has ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest ...

The decision came in response to a petition by attorneys general in 22 states and, D.C., seeking to block the ...

U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from enforcing its halt ...

The Justice Department argued that the lawsuit by 22 states was moot because the Trump administration recently rescinded its ...

A federal judge in Rhode Island has placed a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's planned freeze on federal funds and grants.

A federal judge in Rhode Island has placed a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's planned freeze on ...

The Trump administration's recent pause on certain federal assistance and grant programs has sparked concern and confusion.