Watch live as Trump continues his crackdown on illegal immigration and takes executive action on federal aid and DEI initiatives.

President Donald Trump’s administration issued a memo Monday ordering all 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.

Donald Trump promised to do everything he could to challenge a Nixon-era impoundment law. The OMB's grant freeze is likely just the first step.

The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.

The average cost to ICE to deport a single person during the Biden administration was about $10,500, sources told NBC News.

A federal judge Tuesday blocked President Trump’s administration from halting federal funds after a day filled with chaos as Gov. Ned Lamont and other top officials scrambled to learn the

The federal government fell into chaos Tuesday as officials braced for potential interruptions to programs that range from protecting food safety to responding to natural disasters.

An order by President Donald Trump freezes potentially trillions of dollars of grants and loans, but Congressional leaders and legal experts say the move is against the law.

The full extent of the order was not immediately clear, but the directive sent to government agencies on Monday threatened to paralyze a vast swath of federal programs.

A US judge yesterday temporarily blocked part of president Donald Trump’s sweeping directive to pause federal grants, loans and other financial aid, giving a win to advocacy groups that said it would disrupt programmes that serve tens of millions of Americans.

A district court blocked Trump’s plans to freeze spending on Tuesday. That’s just the opening salvo in what could be a long court battle over presidential power.