Follow the latest coverage as President Donald Trump participates in the National Prayer Breakfast. Live updates as the ...

The Senate is heading for a confirmation vote on Russell Vought. He is President Donald Trump’s nominee for White House ...

I hope you will join me in urging our Senators to do everything they can to push back against the following Presidential power grab and to oppose confirmation of Russell Vought’s nomination to lead ...

Although Democrats have stalled on several Trump nominees, they seem especially opposed to Russel Vought, Trump's pick for the Office of Management and Budget ...

Powerless to stop President Trump or Russell T. Vought, the nominee to lead the White House budget office, Democrats pulled ...

Disparate fights in the early weeks of Trump 2.0 are linked together by the question of whether a president can take spending ...

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for Vought on January 15, 2025. Russell Vought's Senate confirmation hearing, January 15, 2025 The Senate ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 29 The Washington Post on Trump's OMB pick The White House memo announcing a federal spending freeze, rescinded Wednesday ...

President Donald Trump‘s opponents celebrated when his administration rescinded a memorandum to freeze federal aid spending ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck about the constitutional issues raised by the Trump administration's efforts to pause federal loans and grants last week.

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.