All of DOD exempt from White House's civilian hiring freeze
Hiring for vacant positions in commissaries, child care centers, schools and everywhere else within DOD can continue, two memorandums show.
White House revokes spending freeze in face of legal challenges
By Jeff Mason, Andrea Shalal and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration pulled back a proposed spending freeze that threatened to disrupt hundreds of billions of dollars in aid to U.
Hawaiʻi Joins Legal Fight Against White House Funding Freeze
The state Department of Defense relies on $88 million of federal funding for general operations including the National Guard and the state Emergency Management Agency. But Hawaiʻi National Guard Maj. Gen. Stephen Logan said that there would be no immediate impacts from a temporary freeze.
White House eyes fight to expand Trump’s power to control spending
Trump’s early, extraordinary steps pose a direct challenge to a fundamental underpinning of the Constitution: the power of the purse.
White House Considers Dozens of New Ways to Seize Spending Power
The White House is considering challenging the constitutionality of a 50-year-old law limiting the president’s control over federal spending, easing the firing of civil servants, curbing pay and reining in independent agencies,
Trump administration rescinds order attempting to freeze federal aid spending
The move comes after the order sparked widespread criticism and confusion. A federal district judge had temporarily paused the freeze.
Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal spending, reversing course
The White House order freezing federal grants caused mass chaos and confusion across Washington, appearing to imperil government programs that fund schools, provide housing and en
Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal grants after widespread confusion and legal challenges
President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges.
Defense Department pauses all social media posts pending review by incoming secretary
The order came with President Donald Trump's approval from the White House and will remain in place until his pick for defense secretary is confirmed ... At the start of Pride Month in 2022, the ...
Trump executive order calls for a next-generation missile defense shield
For more than 60 years, the military has launched reconnaissance, communications, and missile warning satellites into orbit.
What to know about Trump’s US Iron Dome missile defense plan
President Trump on Monday night signed an executive order to create a next-generation missile defense shield, which the White ...
Trump White House Now Claims Mysterious Drones Were Authorized, Which Makes No Sense
According to research company Enigma Labs, who studies unidentified phenomena, over 650 unexplained, drone-related, ...
White House Orders Pause in All Federal Grants and Loans
The White House budget office has ordered a pause in grants, loans and other federal financial assistance, according to a ...
White House says NJ drones 'authorized' by the FAA: 'This was not the enemy'
The White House is providing an explanation for the drones that were spotted over New Jersey, and all along the East Coast, ...
Trump's White House says deportation flights are underway, posting pictures of people being loaded into US Air Force C-17s
The Pentagon signaled earlier this week that Air Force C-17s could be used to fly deportation flights. That's happening now.
White House says Colombia agreed to Trump's deportation terms after tariff standoff
President Donald Trump said Sunday he would impose sweeping retaliatory measures against Colombia, including tariffs and visa ...
'Deportation flights have begun' as Trump sends 'strong and clear message,' White House says
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that "Deportation flights have begun," releasing a photo of ...
Vance suggests some reporters covering the Trump White House are biased
Vice President JD Vance is suggesting that some reporters covering the Trump White House are biased — perhaps even Democratic ...