Trump Administration Live Updates: Latest on Federal Workers and Tariffs
After TWA Flight 800 crashed in New York in 1996, President Bill Clinton asked “every American not to jump to conclusions” about what brought it down and declared it time…
Federal Debt Is Now Worrying Even Progressives
The 119th Congress began, as it so often has in recent years, with calls from Republican politicians for wrestling down the national debt, which is near a record level relative…
Trump Administration Rescinds Freeze on Federal Grants and Loans: Live Updates
The White House on Wednesday rescinded a directive that froze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans after the order led to mass confusion and legal challenges that accused…
Trump Blames Federal Reserve Jerome Powell Speech After FOMC Meeting 2025
The Federal Reserve Jerome Powell speech began with the Fed deliberately pausing to cut rates, which went against President Donald Trump’s demand to cut them. Trump is going to pin…
Higher Interest Rates Make Federal Debt More Expensive
The path of interest rates over the next year doesn’t just affect the cost of mortgages and car loans. It also makes it more expensive for the federal government to…
Federal Spending Freeze Does Not Apply to Student Loans and Pell Grants
The U.S. Department of Education said in a statement on Tuesday morning that the memo sent to government agencies the day before calling for a broad pause on federal spending…
Trump Administration Orders Federal Grants Pause: Live Updates
In his first week in office, President Trump tried to browbeat governments across the world into ending the flow of drugs into America, accepting planes full of deported migrants, halting…
Under Trump, changes are coming for Oregonians with federal student loan debt
Editor’s note: As President Donald Trump takes office, OPB is providing a look over the week surrounding inauguration to understand how Oregonians voted, how they’re feeling now and how the…
White House Budget Office Orders Pause in All Federal Loans and Grants
The White House budget office has ordered a pause in grants, loans and other federal financial assistance, according to a memo sent to government agencies on Monday, potentially paralyzing a…
Read the Memo Pausing Federal Grants and Loans
2025), Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Jan. 20, 2025), and Enforcing the Hyde Amendment (Jan. 24, 2025). These executive…