Lawmakers from around the Pacific Northwest are reacting on Tuesday to the Trump administration's freeze for federal funding and grants, including one Democratic U.S. senator urging Republicans to delay a committee vote on President Donald Trump's nominee for the very budget office that issued the pause.

The White House Office of Management and Budget says its program freeze is limited, but states report widespread disruption in online Medicaid portals.

Scott Bessent, Donald Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary, stressed the importance of tax cuts for the wealthy during his confirmation hearing.

Scott Bessent, a South Carolina billionaire hedge fund manager ... “It clobbers people of modest means,” said U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Wyden said workers and small businesses would have to pay more taxes. “All through the campaign, we heard ...

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - South Carolina billionaire investor and ... So your response?” asked Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). “Senator, I would respectfully disagree. And the, history of tariffs and ...

Senator Ron Wyden, speaking Sunday at the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting in Palm Springs, detailed his stance on data privacy, a federal privacy law, consumer data brokers and, for good measure, his thoughts on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg cozying up to ...

State Medicaid programs across the country reported Tuesday they had lost access to federal payment portals one day after President Trump announced a freeze on federal grants and aid. By the late

A notice from the Trump Administration calling for a temporary pause in federal grant and loan programs sent state leaders scrambling Tuesday as the uncertainty

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his prior public statements on a range of health policy issues in a fiery confirmation

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his prior public statements on a range of health policy issues in a fiery confirmation hearing Wednesday. The hearing juxtaposed a grilling from senators behind the dais and vocal supporters in the audience and in the hallway outside.

In a chaotic Senate hearing, RFK Jr. insists that some of his best friends are vaccines - ANALYSIS: At his confirmation hearing, Robert F Kennedy Jr. was haunted by dozens of hours of podcast appearances from his time on the fringes of health science,

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