Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Tuesday that President Trump’s federal aid freeze could end up at the Supreme Court. “How does this end? This is already in the courts. You
After this story was published, the White House rescinded a memo that froze federal grants and loans and created widespread confusion this week. Read our developing coverage here. A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s pause on federal grants and loans,
President Donald Trump’s dramatic pause of federal grants and loans is queuing up a Supreme Court showdown over the Constitution that will test the court’s recently muscular commitment to curb executive power.
The spending freeze on federal assistance could affect everything from aid to nonprofits, universities, small business loans and state and local government grants.
To put the point as directly possible, the Supreme Court’s budget depends upon a functioning appropriations power.
Joyce Vance warned that Trump's move could ignite a "constitutional confrontation" between government branches.
As Trump's funding freeze heads to court, he hopes judges grant him the power of impoundment. What is impoundment? And why does it matter?
President Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget faced a tough grilling from Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday.