The extent of the impacts of the Trump administration’s sudden 90-day freeze of almost all foreign aid is still unclear ...

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

The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget rescinded its memo to freeze federal aid spending, just one day after issuing it. The freeze, announced Tuesday, halted nearly all federal ...

Judge John McConnell ’80 requested the attorneys general draft an order to protect individuals and institutions that rely on ...

On Capitol Hill, Trump faced bipartisan complaints as constituents and affected groups flooded lawmakers’ offices with phone ...

A federal judge said he'll likely grant an order barring agencies from withholding federal funds, even though a memo ...

Although rescinded, an order to freeze disbursement of federal grant money would have cost the city of South Bend "tens of ...

A federal judge on Tuesday delayed a sweeping order by the Trump administration to freeze trillions in federal grants and loans just as it was set to go into effect, after the move sowed confusion and ...

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

The federal funding freeze, rescinded after a judge paused it, is the latest episode in the president’s attempts to extend ...

Some suburban gun violence prevention efforts, counseling programs for sexual abuse victims and road improvement projects would be crippled if President Donald Trump’s controversial order to freeze ...

A 19th-century presidential assassination was a signature event in helping the U.S. establish a meritocratic system for filling federal government jobs. Donald Trump and Republican loyalists appear to ...