Trump, Congress

Can Trump Use Impoundment To Freeze Spending Approved By Congress?
President Trump is impounding funds already legally authorized by Congress, in defiance of law, precedent, and arguably the Constitution.
Does Trump Have the Power to Block Spending That Congress Has Authorized?
The White House’s temporary pause on trillions in federal spending could set up a court fight over executive authority and Congress’s control of the purse.
GOP steps aside as Trump assaults Congress’ power
President Donald Trump has declared an all-out war on congressional power. And his allies on Capitol Hill aren’t doing much to fend off the invasion. From firing a slate of inspectors general to changing citizenship qualifications to delaying a ban on the TikTok app,
Trump administration rescinds freeze on federal grants, ending spending feud with Congress
The Trump administration reversed its policy to freeze grants and loans while officials evaluated whether spending met the president's priorities.
How Trump Could Impound Budget Line-Items To Gain Leverage Against Congress in Effort To Curtail Spending
Yet if the federal government is to return permanently to budgetary discipline — after the total absence of it for most of the last 50 years — fundamental reforms to the budget process are vital. The most important reform is to put the president back in the budgetary game by restoring his bargaining power with Congress.
Trump's Attempt to Usurp Congress's Spending Power
The Trump Administration is undertaking what amounts to a wide-ranging assault on Congress's power of the purse, seeking instead to usurp authority over
Chile Congress Gives Final Backing to Long-Sought Pension Reform
Chile’s Congress gave its final approval to a reform that will boost pensions for current and future retirees, handing ...
Chile's Congress approves reform to private pension system
Chile's Congress approved a reform to the country's controversial private pension system on Wednesday, clearing the way for ...
Trump Is Ignoring the Law — and Congress Doesn’t Care
On his first day in office, Trump declared that he would effectively ignore the law, and so TikTok lives. He appears to have ...
The first special elections for Congress since Trump’s return
Good morning, Early Birds. Google will be updating its maps to use “Mount McKinley” and “Gulf of America.” But what about New ...
Trump's first week: Congress, courts consider their "checks and balances"
In his first week back in office, Trump wasted no time shattering norms – from a blizzard of transformative executive orders, ...
Trump-endorsed candidate wins GOP primary in Florida race to replace Mike Waltz in Congress
The candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a special election in Florida's 6th ...
El Salvador's Congress clears hurdle to speed constitutional reforms
El Salvador’s Congress has ratified a constitutional reform that will make it easier and faster to make constitutional ...
Jimmy Patronis wins Republican Primary in race to replace Matt Gaetz in Congress
The Associated Press called the race for Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis at 7:08 p.m. as the results came in ...