Powerless to stop the president or Russell Vought, the nominee to lead the White House budget office, Democrats pulled an all ...

Follow the latest coverage as President Donald Trump participates in the National Prayer Breakfast. Live updates as the ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 29 The Washington Post on Trump's OMB pick The White House memo announcing a federal spending freeze, rescinded Wednesday ...

Disparate fights in the early weeks of Trump 2.0 are linked together by the question of whether a president can take spending ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck about the constitutional issues raised by the Trump administration's efforts to pause federal loans and grants last week.

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

President Donald Trump‘s opponents celebrated when his administration rescinded a memorandum to freeze federal aid spending ...

I hope you will join me in urging our Senators to do everything they can to push back against the following Presidential power grab and to oppose confirmation of Russell Vought’s nomination to lead ...

Seizing the Senate floor is one of the remaining tools the minority party has to stonewall a confirmation. Democrats ...

Although Democrats have stalled on several Trump nominees, they seem especially opposed to Russel Vought, Trump's pick for the Office of Management and Budget ...

Democrats protested Vought’s nomination overnight Wednesday on the Senate floor, with several referring to him as Trump’s ...

In an all-night marathon of speeches on the Senate floor, Democrats are protesting Russell Vought ’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget, warning his confirmation will supercharge ...