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.

The lack of a legal underpinning for the purported eight-month severance package, and Elon Musk’s history of offering—and ...

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

The White House sparked a national controversy when it ordered a freeze on federal grants. Under pressure, Team Trump rescinded its scandalous memo.

White House officials said VA financial assistance programs do not violate rules banning diversity and inclusion efforts.

President Donald Trump has fired two of the three Democratic commissioners of the federal agency that enforces civil rights ...

Doug Collins, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, pledged to protect veterans ...

“The VA does not exist in and of itself. It exists for the veteran.” However, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) asked Collins ...

Charles Murray, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, has become one of the most influential social scientists in America, using racist pseudoscience and misleading statistics to argue that ...