White House Spending Freeze Tries to Flip Script on Busted Budget Process
Presidents from both parties, including Trump, have let the budget grow and grow. The White House is trying to make changes on its own.
Democrats to sue White House budget office over federal grant freeze
A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general announced legal action against the White House budget office Tuesday over its directive to freeze federal assistance while reviewing whether
White House pauses federal grant, loan and other assistance programs
The Trump administration has temporarily paused grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, according to a memo.
White House orders freeze on 'financial assistance,' unleashing anger, confusion, lawsuit
California will help lead a coalition of states in suing to block a White House budget office order halting "all federal financial assistance."
White House budget office suspends federal financial aid programs
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.
White House tells federal agencies to freeze grants and loans in latest axe to spending
US federal agencies are set to freeze the payment of hundreds of billions of dollars of domestic federal grants and loans on Tuesday in President Donald Trump’s latest aggressive move to slash and overhaul government spending.
Democrats urge delay on Trump budget office nominee in response to funding freeze
Senate Democrats are demanding that Republicans postpone a vote scheduled for Thursday on Russell Vought, President Trump’s ...
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States go after Trump funding pause in court
The pause takes effect at 5 p.m., and agencies have been instructed to provide OMB “detailed information” on affected ...
US To See Rising Debt, Deficit In Next Decade: Budget Office
The United States is set to see its debt level swell to a record over the coming decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday, days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Trump plans an audacious grab for congressional ‘power of the purse’
As a presidential candidate last year, Donald Trump declared that if California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) did not divert more of ...
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CED Issues Statement on January 2025 Congressional Budget Office Outlook
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New budget projections show US hitting debt record in 4 years: CBO
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its latest 10-year budget outlook, which projected the U.S. is on track ...
Treasury will begin steps to avoid debt default as Trump takes office
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the U.S. government’s fiscal health is bleak, with debt and deficits ...
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U.S. population projections shrink from last year because of declining birth rates, less immigration
The Congressional Budget Office has shrunk its projections for ... The budget office last year projected 383 million people living in the United States in 30 years but reduced that ...
Trump Federal-Assistance Freeze Sows Chaos Over Medicaid, Other Funding
The move represented the new president’s most audacious effort yet to disrupt the nation’s spending priorities.