While business groups have long lamented actions taken by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Trump and his allies want ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest U.S. government agency to have its work halted by the Trump administration.

House and Senate Republicans are arguing over budget strategy, while the Trump administration makes clear it is ready to ...

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is developing a pattern in how it tries to dismantle government agencies.

Senate Republicans are vowing to move quickly on a budget plan that could pave the way for about $340 billion in additional ...

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Justice Department's request to pause a judge's order while it challenges the order in court.

Our independent judiciary is the best hope we have as a bulwark against the demise of the republic, writes Law Journal ...

A judge’s order blocking the Trump administration’s spending freeze is “intolerable judicial overreach,” the Department of ...

The federal judge who suggested Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt over the spending freeze on ...

An Illinois Christian college deleted a post congratulating Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, a graduate of ...

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"Costs of the 20-Year War on Terror: $8 Trillion and 900,000 Deaths." Office of Management and Budget, via The White House (Obama Administration Archives). “Fiscal Year 2017 Historical Tables ...