At least one senator of each party had to be present for the nominations to proceed. Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, appears before ...

The nominee’s combative disdain for Congress’s power of the purse makes him unqualified.

The drama over federal-grant spending this week isn’t mere disorganization; it’s part of a broader effort to remake the ...

The OMB memo is the boldest, and clearest example of how the administration is employing Project 2025’s strategies.

President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Laken Riley Act into law as his administration’s first piece of legislation.

The White House has rescinded the freeze on federal grants and loans after facing furious backlash from both sides of the ...

Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is back on Capitol Hill on Thursday facing a second Senate panel in as many days as he vies for ...

On Capitol Hill, Trump faced bipartisan complaints as constituents and affected groups flooded lawmakers’ offices with phone ...

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer took a small victory lap around the White House’s decision to rescind an order for ...

An internal OMB document shows that it is official administration policy to block funding to provoke a constitutional ...

A 19th-century presidential assassination was a signature event in helping the U.S. establish a meritocratic system for filling federal government jobs. Donald Trump and Republican loyalists appear to ...