But the spending freeze – along with other key moves early in this presidency, including the firing of Justice Department prosecutors and a bid to repeal birthright citizenship – also reflects Trump’s view that the presidency has almost unlimited power and he can simply decide what is legal and what isn’t.

Democrats are crying foul as the White House budget office pauses all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government to ensure its programs are consistent with President Donald Trump’s executive orders.

President Trump's action to pause federal grants was clearly endorsed during his presidential campaign — and even further outlined in Project 2025, which Trump denied having any ties to.

Senate Democrats are demanding Republicans postpone a vote scheduled for Thursday on Russell Vought, President Trump’s nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, after the budget office on Monday issued a broadly worded memo freezing large swaths of federal assistance.

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities

The Office of Management and Budget instructed federal agencies to pause any financial aid programs that might conflict with President Donald Trump's executive orders.

Following his inauguration ceremony on Monday, President Donald Trump released the full list of his cabinet appointees.

President Trump temporarily freezes federal funding as programs and organizations that receive federal grants are reviewed. Here's what that means.

During an unscheduled stop on the casino floor at Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, President Donald Trump said he might terminate the contracts of thousands of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) workers, referring to debunked claims that the agency has hired 88,000 enforcement agents to go after taxpayers in the past few years.

On day seven of Donald Trump’s new presidency, his administration issued an order of possibly unrivaled lawlessness via a two-page memo directing a broad pause in billions of spending authorized by Congress.

A legal showdown is unfolding over the Trump administration's order to freeze federal funds, which officials say is to ensure spending complies with the president's executive orders. Democratic attorneys general in several states have announced a lawsuit seeking to block the action.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), one of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, is the latest to express public disapproval, particularly for the pardons for those convicted of assaulting police officers.