The Beltway swamp hates it, but President Donald Trump is bound and determined to shrink the federal budget and its massive deficit, and to shrink the 2 million-plus federal workforce.

The Trump administration’s move to re-examine federal funding for hundreds of programs for evidence of what it calls “Marxist ...

President Donald Trump said his administration blocked $50 million for condoms to be sent to Gaza through its pause on ...

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 a memo ...

The extent of the impacts of the Trump administration’s sudden 90-day freeze of almost all foreign aid is still unclear ...

Trump’s early, extraordinary steps pose a direct challenge to a fundamental underpinning of the Constitution: the power of the purse.

A separate U.S. program that provides contraceptives internationally spent $60 million worldwide in one year, but Gaza was ...

Executive orders and announcements by President Trump have put billions of dollars in U.S. climate commitments into question.

The administration’s proposed action appears to be illegal and could halt funding for programs for child care, school lunches ...

The Senate Budget Committee approved Russ Vought’s nomination to be Office of Management and Budget director despite a ...

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

The Trump administration has rescinded its order to freeze federal aid, less than 24 hours after the directive went into ...