Democrats are taking credit for ginning up a public reaction to a funding “pause.” But this is just the first of many battles.

Donald Trump’s move to pause trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans awakened widespread Democratic resistance to the new president’s second term that was felt Tuesday on Capitol Hill, in governors’ offices and in the race to helm the party’s national committee.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday largely defended President Trump’s authority to temporarily freeze disbursements of federal funding for a variety of grants and other assistance programs, but said they still had some questions.

The withdrawal of the federal freeze was a stunning about-face for President Donald Trump’s White House, which has so far pushed the envelope to reshape the federal government, sowing chaos and confusion in firing career civil servants, pausing foreign aid programs and offering federal workers a buyout.

The Trump administration's freeze on federal grants and loans may have been short-lived, but expect it to still feature prominently in congressional Democrats' public messaging going forward. Why it matters: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.

Consumer sentiment fell in January for the first time in six months, according to U-M survey. What's next as Trump creates more uncertainty?

A federal funding freeze announced by President Donald Trump’s administration this week sparked concern in the public health community about the fate of crucial services and the communities served by them.