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Trump executive order targets transgender care - Roll Call

The executive order follows a separate Pentagon directive calling for a change for transgender troops issued Monday.

Roll Call · Jan 28, 2025

Pause to AIDS funding leaves health experts scrambling - Roll Call

Health analysts say that the pause in funding for international and domestic efforts to halt HIV and AIDS are "unprecedented."

Roll Call · Jan 28, 2025

Funding freeze turmoil - Roll Call

This episode of the CQ Budget podcast outlines the battle over presidential "impoundment" authority and what it may mean for appropriations.

Roll Call · Jan 28, 2025

White House seeks to tamp down concerns over funding directive - Roll Call

The Trump administration tried to calm the waters after stakeholders, lobbyists and lawmakers scrambled to make sense of the directive.

Roll Call · Jan 28, 2025

Former Sen. Bob Menendez faces sentencing in corruption case - Roll Call

Prosecutors recommended that the New Jersey Democrat receive at least 15 years in prison after being found guilty last summer on 16 counts.

Roll Call · Jan 28, 2025

Top Rules Committee staffer heads to the private sector - Roll Call

Committee staff director Jennifer Belair will soon become senior vice president of government affairs at lobbying firm Atlas Crossing.

Roll Call · Jan 28, 2025

Michigan Sen. Gary Peters will not seek reelection in 2026 - Roll Call

Michigan Sen. Gary Peters won’t seek reelection in next year, opening up a key seat in a swing state won twice by Donald Trump.

Roll Call · Jan 28, 2025

White House sends aid freeze questionnaire to federal agencies - Roll Call

The Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday morning sent out instructions to agencies for complying with a massive federal funding freeze.

Roll Call · Jan 28, 2025

Trump White House orders freeze on federal grants, loans - Roll Call

President Donald Trump's budget office on Monday ordered all federal agencies to temporarily block disbursement of grants and loans.

Roll Call · Jan 27, 2025

Bessent easily confirmed as Trump's Treasury secretary - Roll Call

The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary despite criticism levied by Democrats for his handling of self-employment taxes.

Roll Call · Jan 27, 2025