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White House Nixes Spending Freeze Memo — but Says Freeze Remains
Good evening. Wednesday was another wild news day, as the White House reversed the freeze on grants and loans it announced this week; the Senate held more confirmation hearings for President Trump ...
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White House Nixes Spending Freeze Memo — but Says Freeze Remains
After a powerful backlash, the White House on Wednesday rescinded its Monday night memo that temporarily froze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans. That order created extensive ...
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Trump Sows Chaos With Spending Freeze Order
Good evening. President Donald Trump continues to brazenly test the boundaries of presidential power - or try to steamroll right through them. We've got the latest. A federal judge on Tuesday ...
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Vance Tells House GOP to Keep Democrats Out of Debt Ceiling Fix
Meeting behind closed doors with House Republicans at their policy retreat at Trump National Doral resort near Miami Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance told the assembled group that President Trump ...
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Trump’s Federal Spending Freeze Temporarily Blocked by Judge
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from implementing a new freeze on grants, loans and other financial assistance payments after a coalition of nonprofits sued to ...
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House Republicans Huddle to Finalize Their Budget Game Plan
House Republicans are gathered in South Florida for a few days to flesh out their plans for the massive budget blueprint they hope to pass in just four weeks’ time. Politico calls it a “make ...
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Dems Could Use Debt Ceiling to Limit Trump Agenda
Republicans have long used the need to raise the debt ceiling as leverage in negotiations over federal spending, but now that there is total GOP control in Washington, with the Trump ...
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House GOP Huddles With Trump to Nail Down Budget Game Plan
Happy Monday! It's bound to be another wild week, as President Donald Trump continues to flood the zone - though he also played golf today at his Trump National Doral resort near Miami, where ...
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Trump Proposes ‘Getting Rid of FEMA’ and Threatens to Withhold Disaster Aid for California
Traveling to North Carolina Friday to survey damage caused by last September’s Hurricane Helene, President Donald Trump called for the overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and ...
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Americans See Problems in Government, but Have Doubts About Musk
Most Americans believe that corruption, inefficiency and bureaucratic red tape are major problems in the federal government, according to a new Associated Press-NORC poll, but many are also ...
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Trump Threatens to Eliminate FEMA, Withhold Disaster Aid to California
Good evening! The Senate is set to vote tonight - on a Friday night! - on the nomination of former Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense. It's expected to be a close vote.
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Trump Doubles Down on Tariff Threats in Speech to Global Leaders
President Donald Trump warned corporate executives and political leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday that he intends to follow through on his threats to raise ...