A legally contested executive order on foreign aid did, at least initially, halt the distribution of life-saving HIV drugs.

The White House has said that the freeze will not affect funds for small businesses, funds for farmers, Federal Pell Grants, Head Start Services, and rental assistance programs. See a spelling or ...

Consumer sentiment fell in January for the first time in six months, according to U-M survey. What's next as Trump creates ...

The Beltway swamp hates it, but President Donald Trump is bound and determined to shrink the federal budget and its massive deficit, and to shrink the 2 million-plus federal workforce.

The disbanding of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities came amid a flurry of executive orders touching on ...

Trump’s early, extraordinary steps pose a direct challenge to a fundamental underpinning of the Constitution: the power of the purse.

The directive from the Office of Management and Budget that froze most federal funds on Monday had not gone through the usual ...

Several Granite State organizations met with New Hampshire's congressional delegation late Thursday afternoon to discuss what would happen if there was a freeze on federal grants and loans.

President Donald Trump's budget office has rescinded a directive that froze trillions of dollars in federal aid and sowed bipartisan chaos ...

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

After major backlash, Trump’s radical plan to freeze government spending is on hold. Now, it’s all very confusing and ...

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, ...