The Trump administration’s many attempts over the past couple of weeks to halt federal spending have met mostly with approval from Republicans on Capitol Hill and outrage from Democrats.

Congressional Republicans may seek to drastically cut Medicaid by imposing per capita caps, which would place a hard cap on per-person federal Medicaid spending. At a time when people across ...

That’s sort of what one would expect given that Trump is a Republican, but also kind of weird in that states and congressional districts that vote for Republicans are as a rule much bigger net ...

Some of the efforts should be welcome to Americans, like a long overdue examination of federal contracting and procurement. But don’t be surprised when it takes a hard look at Medicare spending ...

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from temporarily freezing federal spending, saying the White House’s withdrawal of a policy memo on the issue wasn’t enough.

It is separate from a lawsuit filed by Democracy Forward and other non-profit groups that resulted in a separate federal judge's ... halt congressional spending commitments. I will continue ...

This week President Trump began a campaign to upend federal spending. Meanwhile a lithium company in Imperial Valley awaits over $1B in federal funds. inewsource investigative reporter Philip ...

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration likely violated federal law with a controversial directive that aimed to pause spending on potentially trillions of dollars of grants and loans to a vast ...

McConnell's ruling blocks Trump's federal spending freeze 'indefinitely' or until further order of the court A new hearing will be set soon for the plaintiff states to produce evidence in support ...

BOSTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday temporarily ... procedures designed to restrict a president from not spending money appropriated by Congress. Trump, though, has said he ...