A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

During the dismal days that followed Watergate and the resignation of President Richard Nixon, there was a dark-humored joke that made the rounds. It went something like this: As Nixon was making his ...

Richard Nixon tried the same thing Donald Trump is trying in not spending money Congress has already approved. It did not end ...

President Trump is impounding funds already legally authorized by Congress, in defiance of law, precedent, and arguably the ...

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell describes how Donald Trump’s late-night purge of 18 independent inspectors general violates a law ...

Trump is leading a revolution. The Democrats are still acting like he won the election because of the price of eggs. This is just depressing.

The Trump administration has rescinded a plan for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions ...

Trump vowed to rid the Justice Department of what he says is partisan bias. Ex-officials say he's using retaliation and ...

The cartoonist and writer proved that the deadliest skewering is informed by understanding. Jeet Heer After watching Gore ...

The U.S. labor market heated up in December, adding more jobs than expected and stoking optimism that higher interest rates and slower growth abroad won’t stop the steady march of economic ...