Because lawmakers have 45 days to respond, President Trump's request effectively ensures the foreign aid money will lapse unspent.

President Trump is seeking to bypass Congress to rescind $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding, setting up a clash with lawmakers and perhaps in court.

Lawmakers unhappy with President Donald Trump’s plans to cut spending that Congress approved are ignoring that past presidents have used similar powers, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director ...

Trump's budget officials project a 50% deficit reduction over 10 years, though outside analysts warn the forecast relies on ...

President Donald Trump and his team are crowing about the downsizing of the federal bureaucracy, which is set to shrink by ...

Republican Senator Susan Collins blasted President Donald Trump’s attempt to claw back nearly $5 billion in foreign aid so close to the end of the budget year as unlawful. On Thursday night, the ...

In a letter sent to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Donald Trump said he wouldn't be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid — effectively cutting the budget ...

OMB Director Russ Vought unpacks the origins of the deep state and how President Donald Trump is dismantling it at NatCon 5.

Every single official in the executive branch is required, under penalty of potential prison, to avoid financial conflicts of interest. But two people are exempt: President Donald Trump and Vice ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is handing over the wind-down of USAID to President Donald Trump’s budget director as the ...

Some Republican and Democratic lawmakers have called President Donald Trump's attempt to use a "pocket rescission" illegal.

The Trump administration frequently invokes the president’s priorities to justify its actions—regardless of whether they align with the law.