Gov. JB Pritzker and 16 Illinois Democrats sent a letter to OMB Director Russell Vought on Tuesday demanding the Trump administration release $1.88 billion in federal funding to Illinois.
President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aiming to expand the White House’s authority over various independent regulatory agencies, a move likely to prompt legal challenges. Trump issued
President Donald Trump will sign another executive order Wednesday supporting the Department of Government Efficiency's stated war against federal waste.
The order weighing on the federal agency's independence could also have implications on enforcement activity, concerned observers say.
The White House sent a memo to several federal agencies telling them to prepare to reorganize and fire high quantities of workers. The memo is the latest in Trump’s ongoing war against what he calls bloated federal “woke” policies,
The Trump administration has taken another step to centralize the executive branch with a new order that “reins in independent agencies.” | The White House's latest executive order would give the president greater control over federal agencies typically shielded by cross-term leadership appointments and dismissal protections.