The freeze threatened to hold up trillions of dollars in funding for basic government functions like health care, infrastructure and support for children and veterans.

The news of a possible federal funding freeze from Monday night was a clear code red for the Illinois Coalition Against ...

Illinois lawmakers are happy a federal judge halted President Trump's federal funding freeze Tuesday, but they aren't relying ...

A federal funding freeze announced by President Donald Trump ’s administration this week sparked concern in the public health ...

Federal judge blocks Trump’s attempt to freeze funding for Medicaid, Meals on Wheels, and other vital programs. • The Trump administration issued an OMB memo freezing federal grants and funding, ...

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) sought to keep expectations in check during an afternoon news ...

Medicaid and Medicare are exempt from the spending freeze, but those stipulations were questioned. Leavitt reportedly ...

But Illinois has a “trigger” law that would automatically end Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions in the state if federal funding is cut — which means 931,169 Illinoisans would lose their health ...

Good afternoon, Chicago ✶ Earlier today, the Trump administration announced a “temporary” freeze on federal funding to state and local governments. It’s a decision that’ ...

Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence had a particularly controversial trip to the Middle East that members of ...

When the White House budget office released a memo this week that instructed all federal agencies to cease spending on any financial assistance programs pending internal review, the fate of the nation ...

Central and southern Illinoisans deserve better. And, most of all, we deserve answers from our government that are clear, ...