President Trump is impounding funds already legally authorized by Congress, in defiance of law, precedent, and arguably the Constitution.

President Donald Trump’s administration issued a memo Monday ordering widespread federal assistance to be temporarily paused, as Trump and his allies have argued he can block government funds that Congress has already authorized, despite a federal law forbidding it.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell describes how Donald Trump’s late-night purge of 18 independent inspectors general violates a law Congress enacted in the years after Richard Nixon’s corrupt presidency and strengthened in 2022 to defend against “the next Donald Trump who turned out to be Donald Trump.

The announcement of the freeze set off panic and confusion across the country. The result could be a constitutional clash over control of taxpayer money and expansion of executive power, with the Supreme Court serving as referee.

The Trump administration has rescinded a plan for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars after it was temporarily blocked by a federal judge

Trump is leading a revolution. The Democrats are still acting like he won the election because of the price of eggs. This is just depressing.

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Trump and Nixon are far from the only presidents to rake in money for inaugurations. Twelve years after Nixon's $4 million ceremony, Ronald Reagan set a record with a $20 million swearing-in that featured more elaborate celebrations, according to ethics watchdog Public Citizen.

After watching Gore Vidal’s play An Evening with Richard Nixon (1972) Jules Feiffer unexpectedly found himself “feeling sorry for Nixon…. Just because of the overkill and the setting up of false terms.

North Jersey home listed for $6.325 million was once home to a stockbroker who donated hundreds of acres to what is now High Point State Park.

The practice of China lending pandas to other nations began in the 7th century. Here's why this sign of international good will was revived.

One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.