Opinion
Trump May Yet Win His Foreign-Aid Spending Freeze
Yesterday’s 5–4 Supreme Court decision requiring the United States Agency for International Development to start making payments that the Trump administration had frozen was immediately hailed as a signal of the justices’ discomfort with the administration’s efforts to feed “USAID into the wood chipper,
A second federal judge has ruled to block the Trump administration's spending freeze
U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. said the attempt to pause trillions in federal spending "fundamentally undermines the distinct constitutional roles of each branch of our government."
Second Judge Blocks Trump's Sweeping Freeze on Federal Funding
President Donald Trump's administration suffered another legal blow in its efforts to freeze federal funding for programs that do not align with the Republican's agenda on Thursday when a second judge blocked it from implementing a sweeping pause on spending on grants,
Second federal judge extends block preventing the Trump administration from freezing funding
Rhode Island’s attorney general is backing a federal judge’s decision to extend a block barring the Trump administration from freezing grants and loans potentially totaling trillions of dollars
'The Executive Put Itself Above Congress': Trump’s State Funding Freeze Blocked By District Court Judge
The judge’s ruling, though preliminary, includes a sharp rebuke to Trump’s attempt to seize power traditionally held by other branches of government.
‘Catastrophic’ Trump Spending Freeze Blocked by Second Judge
President Donald Trump’s freeze on trillions of dollars in loans, grants and other payments has been blocked indefinitely by a judge for a second time, the latest setback for the administration in its broad attempt to claw back spending already approved by Congress.
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Trump, tariffs and potential defense spending surge overshadow European Central Bank meeting
The impact of a potential trade war with the United States and massive increases in European defense spending and government ...
Explainer: Why would the US government shut down?
Large swaths of the U.S. government would be forced to stop operating at midnight on March 14 if Congress does not pass ...
The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic ...
U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Strain From Trump’s Tariffs and Spending Cuts
Consumer and business sentiment is wobbling as fiscal support fades and fears rise that tariffs will lead to higher prices.
US Commerce Secretary wants to remove government spending from GDP
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday he would strip out government spending from the gross domestic product ...
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US government spending has not slowed under Trump so far, data shows
Treasury Department spending records show. Overall, the government spent about $710 billion between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20, Treasury daily spending data shows, up from the roughly $630 billion ...
Surprising Trends in American Spending Habits You Need to Know
Consumer Spending in Specific Categories . Below are the major spending categories the BLS aggregates and tracks statistics on. Note that as of September 2024, the most recent ann ...
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Germany's likely next government seeks higher defense spending
They also said they will seek to set up a €500 billion ($533 billion) fund to finance spending on Germany's often-creaking ...
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China Rearms to Deter the United States: Boasts the Second Largest Military Expenditure in the World
Beijing is increasing its defense investment to keep up with the global trend, with a rise this year of 230 billion euros.