President Trump is impounding funds already legally authorized by Congress, in defiance of law, precedent, and arguably the ...

The Trump administration grabbed at the 'power of the purse' in Congress, using a little-known executive action that could ...

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The Constitution gives Congress what’s called “the power of the purse,” or the ability to spend taxpayer money — not the ...

Congress in 1975 passed the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act, a sweeping law that establishes the strict rules for if and how a president can prevent congressional funds from being ...

Once back in office, Trump wasted no time testing that vision. He issued multiple Day One executive orders freezing funds to ...

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

Lost amid this week’s panic is the role the government’s dysfunctional budgeting process contributed to the cacophony and ...

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

If a president wants to rescind or defer spending, a formal request must be submitted to Congress, which then has the final ...

The “Department of Government Efficiency” is charged with cutting federal expenditures and there is a vast amount of ...