The Trump administration is employing a rarely used tool that allows the president to transmit a request to cancel previously approved funding authority.

The ink flowed freely this week from New Hampshire Governor Kelly A. Ayotte’s veto pen, as she rejected a variety of Republican-backed legislation, proving her willingness to provide a check on policymakers from her own party.

House Republicans were struggling to secure the votes for a rescissions bill in the Trump administration’s latest attempts to cut previously approved federal spending.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans will vote on a Russia sanctions bill once Trump approves it, as pressure mounts on Moscow to negotiate peace in Ukraine.

Trump asked lawmakers to rescind almost $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which represents the full amount it’s due to receive during the next two budget years. CPB provides grants to local radio and television stations across the country, including PBS and NPR.

Civil rights activist and Georgia Congressman John Lewis was known for saying he got into "good trouble" by using peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice. Now, in 1,600 cities and towns across the country, protesters are planning to make similar "good trouble" on July 17, the fifth anniversary of Lewis' death.

After two years of back-to-back special sessions, Colorado lawmakers may be headed for another one, this time to deal with the fallout of congressional Republicans’ tax and spending cut law.  Lawmakers,

Republicans plan to strip $400 million in global AIDS program cuts from President Donald Trump's rescission package, as Sen. John Thune plows forward before funding holds expire.

The GOP megabill’s recission of green energy tax credits is expected to kill renewable energy projects and jobs — including in the districts and states of lawmakers who voted for it. Many