Trump administration officials are weighing a controversial maneuver aimed at allowing them to block federal funding previously authorized by Congress without lawmakers’ approval. White House budget chief Russell Vought said earlier this month that the gambit,

The White House is attempting to move on from the Jeffrey Epstein controversy on multiple fronts, even as House Republicans joined Democrats to call for more transparency in the situation. The House left town on Wednesday,

Republicans are seeking to undermine the Government Accountability Office as it investigates, and considers suing, over the Trump administration’s withholding federal funds.

The clock is ticking for Congress to claw back more than $9 billion of federal funding for programs, including foreign aid and public media. Friday night is the final deadline for the House to pass the so-called rescissions package,

HARVARD LAWSUIT: A federal judge appeared to lean in favor of Harvard University during arguments today in its lawsuit over the Trump administration's cuts to the school's research funding.

Harvard University is in federal court in its ongoing battle with the Trump administration over more than $2 billon in government funding halted by the White House in spring.

Republican lawmakers fear Washington may be headed for a government shutdown later this year after two bruising fights over President Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill Act and a $9 billion

Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said appropriations should be less bipartisan, but avoiding a shutdown will require both parties.

Congress had until the end of day on Friday to pass the rescissions request, or the funding would have had to be spent as originally intended.

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