Spending bill talks bog down after Trump’s efforts to slash government
Before President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress can enact much of their legislative agenda, they have to deal with ...
How spending $153M to pay its bills put USAID in DOGE’s crosshairs
As Marocco and his DOGE entourage dug through USAID’s books, the foreign aid freeze’s effect was reverberating across the ...
Inside USAID’s undoing
As Marocco and his DOGE entourage dug through USAID’s books, the foreign aid freeze’s effect was reverberating across the ...
How USAID freeze could be the most catastrophic for women and girls
In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, where USAID oversees services including HIV prevention and treatment, girls and women ...
USDA freezes farmer funding for some programs, conservation contracts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that programs helping farmers would not be ...
Judges are pausing Trump's policy changes. But for how long?
Judges have pumped the breaks on Trump's efforts to freeze spending, curtail birthright citizenship, reduce the federal workforce and more.
Over $300 million in federal funds frozen in Washington State amidst political battle
Right now, state agencies in Washington State are under direction to analyze what federal funding streams are inaccessible to ...
US employers added 143,000 jobs in solid but unspectacular January hiring, jobless rate ...
January hiring was narrow. Healthcare (44,000 new jobs), retail (34,000) and government (32,000) together accounted for 77% ...
Newsom approves $50M in ‘Trump-proofing’ funds for California
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday approved $50 million for legal defenses against the Trump administration, following a special ...