White House budget director nominee Vought advances despite Democratic protest
The Senate Budget Committee on Thursday advanced Russell Vought’s nomination as Office of Management and Budget director, ...
At the Races: Democrats take a stand
Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including on Trump nominees and ...
Inside 45 hours of chaos: The brief life and quick death of Trump’s federal spending freeze
The withdrawal of the federal freeze was a stunning about-face for President Donald Trump’s White House, which has so far ...
This would be ‘devastating’: California sues to stop Trump’s chaos-inducing funding freeze
Following a Monday executive order from President Donald Trump that seeks to freeze all federal aid, California officials ...
Democrats urge delay on Trump budget office nominee in response to funding freeze
Senate Democrats are demanding Republicans postpone a vote scheduled for Thursday on Russell Vought, President Trump’s ...
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Mass. nonprofits react to Trump's sudden funding freeze
They could have at least a few more days to figure out the landscape. A federal judge in Washington, D.C. temporarily blocked the proposed freeze late Tuesday afternoon, according to POLITICO. The ...
Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal spending, reversing course
The White House budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing federal grants after the administration’s move to halt ...
Massachusetts scrambles to understand, react to federal funding freeze
Federal aid is a major source of revenue for states. According to Pew Charitable Trusts, federal grants represented 36.4% of ...
CT AG Tong, filing suit against Trump funding freeze, calls decree ‘war on the American people’
A federal judge Tuesday blocked President Trump’s administration from halting federal funds after a day filled with chaos as ...
Trump order to pause federal funding throws the country into a chaotic scramble
By Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge had put the order on a brief stay while challenges to the administration work their way ...