President Donald Trump’s budget office has rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after ...

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A federal judge has paused a sweeping new plan from the Trump administration to halt categories of federal spending.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is holding a press conference Wednesday morning to respond to the Trump ...

Industry groups seek clarity on OMB memo that was set to halt funds for federal support programs, including small business ...

In today’s edition … DNC defends Medicaid as Republicans consider cuts … 2026 Senate race in Michigan starts to take shape.

Financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the Green New Deal’ will ...

A federal judge temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s plan to freeze all federal aid, a move that had raised ...

A notice from the Trump Administration calling for a temporary pause in federal grant and loan programs sent state leaders ...

Donald Trump’s move to pause trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans awakened widespread Democratic resistance to ...