The Constitution unambiguously grants Congress the power to determine how tax dollars are spent, an uncomfortable reality for the Trump administration's efforts to unilaterally slash spending. Many of ...

President Donald Trump recently moved to cancel $4.9 billion in spending on foreign aid, the latest skirmish in the battle for control of the federal budget between the White House‘s Office of ...

The right of rescission is a consumer protection provided by the federal Truth in Lending Act, also known as Regulation Z. It gives individuals the option to cancel certain residential loans within ...

It's been over a week since Congress granted the White House its wish to claw back $7.9 billion that Congress previously allocated for spending on disease and famine control, disaster relief and ...

President Trump is using a tool known as a “pocket rescission” to unilaterally cut roughly $5 billion in congressionally approved funding, sparking bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill. The rare move, ...

How many times have you wished that you could undo something from your past, perhaps a string of incoherent statements made at a client dinner while slightly under the influence, or an ...

Second, most significantly, the memorandum instructs agencies to then begin the rescission of any regulations they identify as unlawful under step one, without undertaking public notice and comment.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski at a 2019 Senate hearing. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was among several Republicans who spoke out Wednesday against President Trump’s plan to claw back $9.4 billion that Congress ...

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At some point on Wednesday evening, the Senate is likely to approve a bill trimming the federal budget by about $9 billion—though the exact total could change as amendments are offered on the Senate ...