I typically don’t write about national politics in this space. When I do cover national politics, it is usually through the ...

A federal district judge for the District of Rhode Island has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration's efforts to freeze payments for grants and other programs. Via NPR ...

One federal employee who spoke with NBC News said the government workforce feels like it's being attacked regularly with ...

Without a leader or a cause to rally around, Democratic attacks on Donald Trump aren't landing. Republicans, on the contrary, appear unified and strong.

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

Less than two days after the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum directing all government agencies ...

Let’s start, though, with the most closely watched senator of the moment.

After Trump's second week in office, the future of government jobs and their functions are up in the air.

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she believes that a federal grant assistance freeze now under a court-ordered pause has ...

Give Trump some credit. He has no interest in faking empathy, as Biden did so ineptly. In Trump’s playbook, empathy is a ...

The Trump administration likely violated federal law with a controversial directive that aimed to pause spending on ...

A second federal judge has ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest ...