Polls show Americans actually want more spending on education, health care, Social Security, infrastructure and anti-poverty efforts.

President Trump’s torrent of executive actions has spurred a flood of legal challenges seeking to thwart the president’s ...

While the Trump administration intends to ax funding for initiatives it views as out of step with its priorities, it didn’t mean to blow up funding for a broader suite of programs.

Uncertainty swept the nation this week when the Trump White House introduced a freeze on federal grants and loans, sending organizations across the country scrambling to figure out what would ...

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday she believes that a federal grant assistance freeze now under a court-ordered ...

The White House Office of Management and Budget Jan. 29 rescinded a memo it issued two days earlier directing federal ...

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 ...

President Trump signed an executive order calling for a federal "funding freeze," and Matthew J. Vaeth, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) subsequently issued ...

Verbally blaming Obama, Biden, and diversity programs for a plane crash wasn’t enough: Trump repeated his baseless ...

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

His funding freeze play was supposed to be part of a well-planned, shock-and-awe takeover. The slapdash result suggests that ...

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