U.S. federal budgeting has two major categories of spending. The one subject to the most scrutiny is “discretionary” spending, which is the basis of the annual appropriations process. This includes ...

U.S. federal budgeting has two major categories of spending. The one subject to the most scrutiny is “discretionary” spending, which is the basis of the annual appropriations process.

President Trump temporarily freezes federal funding as programs and organizations that receive federal grants are reviewed.

Pentagon, Education, just about everything. We’re going to go through everything,’ Trump said at a White House press ...

The White House budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing federal grants after the administration’s move to halt ...

The withdrawal of the federal freeze was a stunning about-face for President Donald Trump’s White House, which has so far ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released its Options for Reducing the Deficit, outlining a number of p ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday defended his temporary freeze on federal ... on certain discretionary spending, payments such as government grants – only for us to quickly look ...

U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action Tuesday afternoon, minutes before it was set to go into effect. The ...

The U.S. Office of Management and ... mandatory and discretionary. Mandatory spending represents close to two-thirds of annual federal spending, and this type of spending does not require an ...