A federal judge spanked the Trump administration Monday over its handling of the government funding pause, saying that despite several court orders and the White House's efforts, some agencies are still blocking money from going out the door.
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund for the U.S., which would take government surpluses and invest the money into potentially risky asset classes that could generate high returns.
A judge in the nation's capital will likely keep a temporary block on a Trump administration plan for a freeze on federal funding after lawyers for nonprofit groups said they're still struggling to get promised grants and loans.
Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance to other countries.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday he is serving as acting director of the U.S. Agency for International Development, taking the lead at the foreign aid agency a day after President Trump criticized the leaders there as "radical lunatics."
Two days after nonprofit groups sued the federal government over a stop-work order targeting programs that provide information and guidance to people facing deportation, the U.S. Justice Department reversed course and ordered that funding to the programs be restored.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said an effort by New York Democrats to delay a special election to replace Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is tantamount to "political corruption."