The Constitution gives Congress what’s called “the power of the purse,” or the ability to spend taxpayer money — not the ...

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

The Joint Budget Committee suffered a rare loss Wednesday, when state Senate Democrats overruled them on spending authority for the Department of Public Safety. The issue: the ability of the ...

BEIRUT — The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has allocated $78 billion for defense spending in 2025, up from $75.8 billion spent in 2024, Governor of the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI ...

The White House’s temporary pause on trillions in federal spending could set up a court fight over executive authority and Congress ... he believes undermine the national interest.

On Monday, the Trump administration claimed the authority to unilaterally freeze hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending, an action that would have effectively shut down thousands of ...

Elon Musk and his deputies in the Department of Government Efficiency have gained access to Treasury Department systems and targeted a key foreign aid agency for closure, riling Democrats who say ...

The restraining order, along with a similar directive by another judge from Friday, amounted to a rebuke of the move as an overreach that likely lacked legitimate authority. By Charlie Savage ...