The U.S. shrugged when Thomas Jefferson blocked funding for a program he hated. Richard Nixon did the same with programs he ...

So the president can't spend more money than Congress has agreed and voted to spend. But can the president spend less money ...

Since taking office, the Trump administration and DOGE have been seeking to unilaterally override the spending plans set by ...

From Thomas Jefferson’s praise of newspapers as the backbone of democracy to Richard Nixon’s declaration that “the press is the enemy,” America’s leaders have had fraught relationships ...

With unilateral freezes and cuts, President Trump is testing how far he can encroach on Congress’s power of the purse.

Thomas Jefferson was the first president to ... that impoundment became a political flashpoint. Then-President Richard Nixon tried reshaping policy by withholding funds from a number of domestic ...

Thomas Jefferson was the first president to use the action in 1803, withholding $50,000 for naval gunboats. It wasn't until the 1970s that impoundment became a political flashpoint. Then-President ...

Thomas Jefferson, for example ... A showdown between Congress and President Richard Nixon in the 1970s led to a law laying out specific rules around impoundment. Nixon had tried to halt billions ...

Thomas Jefferson, for example ... A showdown between Congress and President Richard Nixon in the 1970s led to a law laying out specific rules around impoundment. Nixon had tried to halt billions ...