A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's freeze on federal grants that set off a firestorm of alarm and confusion around Washington as lawmakers and aid organizations demanded more time to figure out what is affected by the White House's order.

President Trump's decision to hit pause on billions of dollars in federal spending spawned an avalanche of complaints from his opponents on Tuesday.

Karoline Leavitt made history Tuesday as the youngest White House press secretary with her first briefing, calling on the media to be truthful in their reporting and giving a sneak peek into how the Trump administration is redefining transparency.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday largely defended President Trump's authority to temporarily freeze disbursements of federal funding for a variety of grants and other assistance programs, but said they still had some questions.

The Trump administration's order freezing certain federal grants follows President Biden's massive expansion of spending at home and abroad to implement "woke" ideology and far-left "Green New Deal," policies, according to budget analysts.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York called an emergency meeting among House Democrats to iron out a strategy to fight back against President Trump's temporary freeze of federal grants and assistance.

The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing next week to address concerns that some financial institutions cut off customers because of their political views, a practice known as "debanking."

President Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive order meant to broadly restrict access to gender-affirming care for transgender children and teenagers younger than 19, inching closer to fulfilling a key campaign promise to ban treatments that he and his administration have cast as experimental and dangerous, in conflict with major medical associations and transgender...

Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s chief financial officer, won the Republican primary in the state’s 1st Congressional District, making him a favorite to win the general election for the district's U.S. House seat in April, according to Decision Desk HQ. Patronis is running to replace former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned from Congress. The congressional district...

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is launching a public affairs firm with several of his political allies following his departure from Congress. Watchtower Strategy will be a “full-service public affairs firm” that specializes in strategy, advocacy and strategic communications, the group said in a release Tuesday. McCarthy will be joined at the firm by former...