'It's a small victory': Democrats find their voice fighting Trump's federal funding freeze
A Democratic strategist told NBC News that Tuesday was "the first day I actually felt good about Dem messaging in, like, six months."
Did Backlash Really Kill the Trump Funding Freeze?
Democrats are taking credit for ginning up a public reaction to a funding “pause.” But this is just the first of many battles.
Funding freeze sparks Democratic uproar as party grapples with how to take on Trump
Donald Trump’s move to pause trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans awakened widespread Democratic resistance to the new president’s second term that was felt Tuesday on Capitol Hill, in governors’ offices and in the race to helm the party’s national committee.
Republicans largely back Trump's attempted federal aid freeze — with some notes of caution
Members of Congress and governors supported the idea of reviewing federal spending, while some wanted clarity that certain programs wouldn't be affected.
Trump administration’s surprise federal funding freeze sows havoc across Illinois before being blocked by federal judge
The Trump administration’s surprise federal funding freeze spurred discord and pushback in Illinois even as a judge temporarily blocked the effort.
Republicans defend Trump’s authority to freeze federal funding but have questions on implementation
Senate Republicans on Tuesday largely defended President Trump’s authority to temporarily freeze disbursements of federal funding for a variety of grants and other assistance programs, but said they still had some questions.
Trump's funding freeze creates widespread confusion
The Trump administration's abrupt freeze on nearly all federal grants and loans has created widespread confusion.
Trump rescinds order to freeze federal aid
The White House walked back its order to freeze all federal aid even after several prominent Republicans defended President Donald Trump’s decision amid national pushback.
Inside 45 hours of chaos: The brief life and quick death of Trump’s federal spending freeze
The withdrawal of the federal freeze was a stunning about-face for President Donald Trump’s White House, which has so far pushed the envelope to reshape the federal government, sowing chaos and confusion in firing career civil servants, pausing foreign aid programs and offering federal workers a buyout.
Inside Democrats' plan to keep hammering Trump's aborted funding freeze
The Trump administration's freeze on federal grants and loans may have been short-lived, but expect it to still feature prominently in congressional Democrats' public messaging going forward. Why it matters: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.
Trump’s federal funding freeze temporarily blocked by federal judge before it began
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives.
Republican aid freeze jeopardizes core needs
For Republicans, maybe the point is to deny children education and food or to block advances in cancer research. Maybe the ...
White House budget office rescinds federal funding freeze memo
The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget released a new memo Wednesday rescinding a controversial memo ...