President Donald Trump has sent Congress a request to nix $9.4 billion in current funding for public broadcasting, National Public Radio and foreign aid — the first test of Republicans’ willingness to ...

He found that the freeze threatened constitutional fundamentals, like separation of powers and checks and balances, since it aims to block funding already approved by Congress. “The executive’s ...

In court filings, California state and local officials have described “chaos” erupting after the Trump administration initiated a federal funding freeze ... through Congress, will be devastating.

Republicans in Congress — and the White House — are hoping to pay for big tax cuts in part by imposing levies on wealthy ...

But the spending freeze – along with other key moves early ... Trump was seeking to redirect or halt funding already appropriated by Congress. “It is a direct challenge against Congress ...

Can the president freeze funds already promised by Congress? NPR's Michel Martin speaks ... that the president has that have to be taken into account. For example, to make exceptions to the ...

Previous reporting: A sudden freeze on federal spending by the Trump ... “This action takes the power of the purse away from Congress, violates the separation of powers, and is already causing ...

City officials in New Haven thought they’d been left in the lurch after President Donald Trump called for a federal funding freeze last ... a federal Treasury account containing the money ...

will still be delivered despite a freeze in the law that created the funding source. The recently allocated money to Utah and tribal entities in the state may also help improve water functions in ...