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Federal Budget

The Trump Administration Seeks to End Nonpartisan Grantmaking

June 17, 2026 | Jacob Leibenluft , Devin O’Connor and Sam Berger

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Governance

President Trump’s New Slush Fund Flagrantly Disregards Law to Serve His Personal Ends at Taxpayer Expense

May 29, 2026 | Sam Berger and Devin O’Connor

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Federal Budget

Congress Should Include Robust Government-wide Guardrails in 2027 Appropriations to Halt Unprecedented Interference by Trump Administration

May 18, 2026 | Sonali Master , Sam Berger and Devin O’Connor

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Governance

The Trump Administration Is Engaging in Increasingly Blatant Efforts to Misuse Federal Funds to Coerce and Punish

January 27, 2026 | Sam Berger and Devin O’Connor

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Governance

Administration’s Radical Personnel Cuts Bypassed Congress and Lacked Transparency, Obscuring Impact on Public Services

January 15, 2026 | Kiran Rachamallu and Devin O’Connor

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Governance

Administration’s Abuse of Layoff Powers Shows Need for Congressional Action

December 15, 2025 | Jacob Leibenluft , Devin O’Connor and Sam Berger

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Governance

Trump Administration’s Undercutting of Oversight Hurts Taxpayers and Beneficiaries

November 6, 2025 | Cristin Dorgelo , Kathleen Romig , Nia Law and Devin O’Connor

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Governance

The Trump Administration Is Purposefully Inflicting Unnecessary Pain During the Shutdown

October 24, 2025 | Devin O’Connor and Sam Berger

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Federal Budget

Administration Plans for Mass Firings in a Shutdown Not Justified by Law or Prudent Management

September 29, 2025 | Sam Berger

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Governance

New Data Show Trump Administration’s Illegal, Targeted Withholding of Funds

September 26, 2025 | Joe Carlile and Devin O’Connor

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Federal Budget

New Proposal Shows Congress Can Enact Guardrails to Ensure a Deal Is a Deal for 2026 Funding

September 25, 2025 | Sam Berger and Devin O’Connor

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Federal Budget

Understanding the Legal Framework Governing a Shutdown

September 17, 2025 | Sam Berger

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Governance

Trump Administration Abused Spending Safeguards to Advance Its Agenda — and Illegally Hid Its Actions

September 5, 2025 | Devin O’Connor and Joe Carlile

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Federal Budget

2026 Appropriations Must Protect Against Further Partisan Cuts and Illegal Withholding of Funds

September 4, 2025 | Brendan Duke , Richard Kogan , Sonali Master , Sam Berger and David Reich

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Federal Budget

Deferral Requests Would Be Another Tactic in the Trump Administration’s Illegal Strategy to Withhold Congressionally Approved Funding

August 5, 2025 | Devin O’Connor and Jacob Leibenluft

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Governance

“Pocket Rescissions” Are Illegal

July 30, 2025 | David Super and Sam Berger

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Federal Budget

Rescission Package Would Sabotage Recent Funding Deal, Poison Future Negotiations

July 15, 2025 | Jacob Leibenluft and Devin O’Connor

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Federal Budget

Trump Rescission Proposal Builds on Illegal Impoundments, Would Undermine Future Funding Deals

July 10, 2025 | Devin O’Connor , Sam Berger and Jacob Leibenluft

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Social Security

Trump Administration Politicizing Social Security Administration Will Further Undermine Benefits

May 8, 2025 | Devin O’Connor and Kathleen Romig

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Governance

Trump Administration’s Mass Layoffs of Federal Workers Are Illegal

May 2, 2025 | Sam Berger and Jacob Leibenluft

Blog

Governance

Unprecedented Use of Special Government Employees Raises Serious Ethical Concerns

May 1, 2025 | Cristin Dorgelo and Sam Berger

Blog

Social Security

Trump and DOGE Claim Power to Falsely List Living Persons as Dead in Social Security Records

April 15, 2025 | Devin O’Connor and Sam Berger

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Social Security

Trump Administration, DOGE Activities Risk SSA Operations and Security of Personal Data

April 1, 2025 | Jacob Leibenluft , Devin O’Connor and Kathleen Romig

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Federal Budget

How Congress Would Consider a Rescission Request

March 18, 2025 | David Super

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Governance

Many Trump Administration Personnel Actions Are Unlawful

February 14, 2025 | David Super

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Governance

Many Trump Administration Fiscal and Regulatory Actions Are Unlawful

February 11, 2025 | David Super