Live Updates: Trump Order Seeks Power Over Agencies Congress Made Independent
The president has already challenged statutory protections against summarily firing officials overseeing such agencies ...
Congress closing in on shutdown deadline with no clear plan
Congress is struggling to strike a deal to keep the government funded as a looming deadline to prevent a shutdown next month ...
Congress wants to kill two education tax credits. That would cost American students billions in lost benefits
The GOP leadership in the House has proposed eliminating two education tax credits to save the government $85 billion over 10 ...
The anti-Musk protest movement is expected to ramp up with Congress on recess
President Trump's billionaire top lieutenant, Elon Musk, is the focus for thousands of Democratic activists launching a ...
With Congress Pliant, an Emboldened Trump Pushes His Business Interests
Norms recognized for decades in Washington by both parties no longer appear to apply to the Trump White House, former ...
In Congress, what’s the difference between a budget resolution, reconciliation and spending bills?
There’s understandable confusion over Capitol Hill lingo discussing the budget process and appropriations/spending process — ...
House GOP approves bill to expand Congress’s power to undo Biden-era rules
The House on Wednesday voted to dramatically expand Congress’s ability to roll back regulations passed by the prior ...
I Came to Congress to Gut Foreign Aid. I Was Wrong
Congressman Ted Yoho came to Washington with a mission to cut foreign spending. Now, he explains why it was a mistake.
DOGE Can't Slash Government Without Congress
That was the Democratic line on the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) just months ago. But ever since Elon ...
Trump’s new order gives White House appointees greater control over Congress agencies
The directive is anticipated to impact various independent agencies, such as the Federal Election Commission, the Federal ...
Congress, not the president, decides on spending—a constitutional law professor explains the 'power of the purse'
Because of the Trump administration's efforts to cut staff and spending, Congress' "power of the purse" has been in the news ...
Congress has Constitutional responsibility to stand up to Trump on spending cuts | Letters
Congress has not exerted its authority in this budgeting fiasco, choosing the defer to the president. Now's the time for ...