DOGE gets mixed reviews from conservatives who have long wanted major budget cuts
Conservatives who have spent decades promoting deep cuts to government are giving mixed reviews to the Department of ...
Whole Hog Politics: Inflation clouds hang over budget battle
ON THE MENU Dem voters want more moderation Senate GOP’s big map, big money Trump hedges on Vance Transgender readers respond ...
How Each Senator Voted to Confirm Russell T. Vought as Budget Chief
The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Russell T. Vought — an architect of the ultraconservative Project 2025 policy agenda — ...
‘People are just flipping out’: Billions in federal funding remain frozen despite court orders to keep the taps open
Federal agencies across Washington are finding ways to keep funding frozen even after judges last month temporarily blocked ...
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White House Forces Showdown Over Congress’s Power of the Purse
Vought to lead the powerful White House budget office is likely to escalate ... as well as the president’s efforts to gut the United States Agency for International Development.
It takes nearly 4 cents to make a single penny. Here's why Trump wants them gone.
Trump says he'll order the Treasury Department to halt penny production to save money. Costly nickels, however, could cancel out savings.
US to stop producing pennies?
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he had told the Treasury to stop producing penny coins, presenting it as an effort to ...
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Rubio’s years of strong support for USAID stand in contrast to his sudden criticism of the aid agency
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, newly in charge of the besieged US Agency for International Development, was for years a ...
Consumers don't need more hidden fees, tricky loans, or a repeat of financial crisis
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a go-to financial agency for dealing with bad practices. Trump ...
Trump on penny production: 'This is so wasteful'
On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced on social media platform Truth Social he has directed the Treasury Department to stop producing new pennies, saying. “For far too long the United States has ...
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's freeze on federal grants and loans
The plan, first unveiled in a memo from the Office of Management and Budget Monday night, sparked panic and confusion amid groups that rely on federal ... history of the United States.