NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, following the White House's withdrawal of an order to pause federal spending.

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray introduced a resolution Tuesday condemning President Donald Trump’s pardoning of people who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol police officers on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump’s budget office has rescinded his proposed freeze on large swathes of federal aid, capping off a whirlwind 48 hours in ...

The temporary moratorium on some federal financial assistance programs was set to take effect Tuesday, setting off widespread ...

The Trump administration reversed its policy to freeze grants and loans while officials evaluated whether spending met the ...

The White House confirmed that OMB pulled the memo Wednesday in a two sentence notice sent to agencies and departments, but ...

The symbolic resolution would only have condemned pardons for the most violent rioters, but Republicans have mostly moved on from criticizing the Capitol riot.

Democrats are struggling to respond to the sheer volume of executive orders, personnel changes, and policy shifts taking place in the little more than a week since Trump’s inauguration.

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) is speaking out after Republicans blocked a resolution on Tuesday that would have condemned ...

At her first briefing on Tuesday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that this pause will not impact individual assistance ...